The Infidelity Chain - Tess Stimson

After really enjoying Tess Stimson’s book only recently named ‘What’s yours is mine‘, I was really quite ken to try some of her other books and when I spotted two in Tesco on the buy one get one free offer I was more than happy to buy them straight away to add to my collection! This is the one I red first. The author: Tess Stimson is an English author who now lives in Vermont, USA with her husband and three children. She has written 6 fiction books and two none fiction and also writes for the Daily Mail. She also sometimes writes for women’s magazines and was once a producer for ITN. The plot: ... more

After reading Stimson's other book 'The adultery club', I really looked forward to the Infidelity chain. Her style of writing is interesting and unrivalled as it clearly potrays each character's viewpoints on the same subject. I however did not enjoy the latter as much as the former because I think in the infidelity chain, Stimson made it justifiable to have an affair. In my point of view Ella and William both deserve eternal condemnation for what they did to their spouses. Ella is a woman who not only did not care that she was hurting her husband but has the audacity to blame him for keeping ... more

Well I have to admit I bought this as a deliberate easy, trashy read to while away some travel hours without too much thought provoking matter to disturb me! It fits that bill perfectly. Completely non-highbrow ofcourse and you're typical emotional, relationship dilemmas that are as cliched and obvious as they come. But I strangely found myself drawn in until I couldn't wait in some instances to get to the next page! Written in chapters from each individual prespective it repeats scenarios & conversations through each characters eyes allowing you interesting insights and some unexpected twists ... more