ABSORBED BY KYLIE WHITEHEAD
Paperback published by Dead Ink Books 27th May 2021
Allison has been with Owen since university. She’s given up on writing her novel and is working a dull office job at the local council now it feels like the only interesting thing about her is that she’s Owen’s girlfriend. But he’s slipping away from her, and Allison has no idea who she’ll be without him.
Panicking, she obsorbs him
Soon Allison begins taking on Owen’s best qualities, becoming the person she always thought she would be. But is Owen all she needs to complete herself? Will Allison ever be a whole person?
MY REVIEW
Absorbed is the original and timely debut novel from Kylie Whitehead a darkly comic story of female insecurity, body horror and modern relationship.
As soon as I started reading the first page I knew I was going to enjoy this book.
Absorbed traces a young girl Allison who has insecurities about herself, just like some of us do. For Allison insecurities dig much deeper.
When her boyfriend Owen was kissing her she loved it so much that Allison didn’t want it to end. Then Owen stops kissing Allison, because he see another girl Helena.
To Allison when Helena starts talking to Owen, his face lit up. Helena was making Allison feel very insecure. It made Allison think Owen wanted her to be more friendly, funnier, more open and more like Helena. She begins to wonder if Owen is disappointed with her by the conventional person that she was and if he would rather her be more creative, more artistic.
Then Allison sees that Helena couldn’t keep her hands off her Owen. She thinks that it would be easier if they just kissed. It may seem weird, but Allison absorbed her boyfriend Owen, and this is what gave the story an unique edgy feel to it.
I recommend reading Absorbed as this is just the beginning of what happened, the story heads on gets a bit darker like your not expecting it to.
I would like to thank Dead Ink Books for sending me a printed paperback to read and review.
ABOUT AUTHOR KYLIE WHITEHEAD
Kylie Whitehead is a writer based in London, UK.
Her debut, Absorbed is a darkly comic novel of female insecurity, body horror and modern relationships, in the tradition of Naomi Booth and Otessa Moshfegh.
You can find Kylie Whitehead on her website
https://www.kyliewhitehead.com/
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