Take The Gathering Place Constructed By Trevor Johnson Depicted In Digital Copy

quick read

This novel has enough twists amp turns to keep you entertained, I also liked that it was set in thes, The premise of

the story was fresh amp not cookie cutter standard fare, However, the final ending seemed forced with not quite enough closure for my taste, I received this book as a part of GoodReads giveaway,
The storyline in the beginning looked promising and engaging, But as the lead character Sophie began her work as an undercover journalist in the club "Eratto", i kind of felt that the character got deviated from her purpose and lots of new things/characters come into picture.
Towards the end is when Sophie remembers her purpose, There were moments when i really had to convince myself to read on, Overall the plot is okay and engaging, I received my copy free via Goodreads Giveaways,

Londons swinging sixties is drawing to an end and ambitious journalist Sophie Boyd is on the hunt for a story, A friend, from her newspaper days, has been investigating the background to a wartime spy who went missing and Sophie signs up to help him dig the dirt.


This is the ostensible premise for this novel, but the missing spy story goes missing itself for much of this book as Sophie becomes embroiled in the seedy goings on in the Erato Club, a nightclub where anything goes.
As she gains entry to the club we meet a collection of seedy individuals, each less likeable than the last, There is plenty of sex, drugs and violence as Sophie is sucked inexorably into the lifestyle of the clubs members and into the internal politics of the club with dangerous consequences.


Its a fun read and theres plenty going on throughout, I particularly liked the early sequences set in and around the Erato Club, In truth, as the tale progressed my dislike of just about all the protagonists became a bit of a barrier, particularly as my support for Sophie also waned.
I started to find that I couldn't identify a single character I was willing to succeed and consequently my interest dipped towards the end.
My main criticism, however, is that too many conversations took place that just didnt seem real somehow the flow was wrong, Or maybe it was that insufficient effort had been made to establish a mood or a progression of behaviour that would have sanctioned the conversations.
Either way, I had to force myself to push aside the feeling that it was all a load of tosh,

This aside, it was an ok read and all loose ends were satisfactorily resolved by the end, Even the missing spy story made a late reappearance,
Hated the ending

Loved the story, There was closure to the original story line, So why start a new story and not finish it WELCOME TO THE GATHERING PLACE

The Erato Club, Mayfair: a decadent Sixties playground for Londons rich and famous.
But the Eratos pleasures are nothing compared with those on offer at the club within the club known as The Gathering Place, A Futuristic penthouse lair where money buys you all the sex, drugs and murder you could want, This is the world that undercover journalist Sophie Boyd must infiltrate if she is to investigate tycoon Hugo Summers connection with the disappearance of a wartime spy.
A world that will threaten her sanity, her soul and her life, .