The Tiger Catcher audiobook

Any book by Paullina Simons is always a guaranteed good read, and The Tiger Catcher was no exception. I wont really go into the plot except to say Julian finds Josephine, loves Josephine, loses Josephine. Then, with the help of a shaman, Julian goes to find Josephine.A lovely book, full of love, grief and angst, we follow Julian as he staggers through LA and London, and in the end he risks all to find his girl. Beautifully written, Paullina Simons captures Julian and all his emotions intimately. We feel we are on the journey with him as he withdraws from his friends and family. I found this book very hard to put down and I'll be looking out for the next installment to follow the continuing saga of Julian and Josephine. A compelling book, I recommend this one.My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

My hero and the queen of romance is back with this epic first instalment in a new incredible trilogy.It’s no secret that The Bronze Horseman trilogy are my favourite books of all time— there has not even been a question about that ever since I read them a lifetime ago. And they always will be 🫶 Even so, I’m inclined to say that The Tiger Catcher is Paullina Simons ‘ finest work. Her amazing story telling in this was maybe EVEN a little bit more incredible than usual and the whole book was just pure gold. Simple as that. To read one of Paullina books is a lot like coming home for me or visiting a lovely friend. Always warm and inviting and recognisable.For an even more magical reading experience; the audiobook with narrator Jeremy Arthur is absolutely fantastic!Best birthday gift ever! And I really do mean that. This woman is freakishly talanted and turns everything she writes into gold.Update May 2018-OMG 🤬🤬🤬 how long do we have to wait for this book??!! I will literally wait forever if I have to but come on!!!How much patience is a fan supposed to have ⁉️⁉️⁉️‼️Update July 19. OMG OMG 😯 I think I just fainted. I just found out that End of forever is actually a triology and the titles are THE TIGAR CATCHER, A BEGGARS KINGDOM and INEXPRESSIBLE ISLAND I can’t tell you how excited this makes me! Finally a new book from PS. Not one, but three, and they are apparently already done! SQUEE!!!!!

*https://mrsbbookreviews.wordpress.com‘True love never dies’This is the tagline featured on the front cover of The Tiger Catcher, written by Paullina Simons, best known for her international bestselling novel, The Bronze Horseman. The Tiger Catcher is the first novel in the End of Forever saga and all three books in this series will be released this year. The Tiger Catcher is a novel that delivers a love story like no other, suspended by time, adventure and hope.Beginning with Julian, a young man who resides in Los Angeles, Julian’s world is forever changed when he embarks on a fateful love affair with a woman named Josephine. Julian is consumed by Josephine, dropping all of his friends and commitments to be with the woman he loves. But Josephine is a woman with a bevy of secrets and these secrets will determine the couple’s final fate. Paullina Simons presents a contemporary love story with a strange twist, issuing her readers with the ultimate adventure story that crosses time, place and space. It reminds us that love often knows no bounds and for Julian in particular, his love for Josephine is going to take him to places he never would have imagined. The Tiger Catcher is a book that really sends the reader off kilter, on trek towards true love, heartbreak and hope.Paullina Simons has a firm position in this reader’s heart. Her well known book, The Bronze Horseman has remained my favourite book of all time, despite the fact that I read it over 10 years ago. It seems some time has passed since we had a Paullina novel. In an unusual move, the release of The Tiger Catcher is to be followed by the quick succession of two more books in the new End of Forever saga and all three books in this new series will be released by the close of the year.I wasn’t entirely sure how I was going to respond to this novel, I do know I had high hopes, being a long standing Paullina fan. However, a fellow book blogger did warn me about the narrative twist in this book. I won’t go into explaining the nitty gritty of this aspect of the novel, as I would hate to venture in spoiler territory for potential readers of this series going in blind. I will say that there are subtle hints to the fantastical, mystical world, perhaps even sci fi. You do need to have quite an open mind for The Tiger Catcher, but it is well worth venturing into this wonderfully conjured world of magic and impossibility – for just a short while. I appreciated to chance to step into another world, creatively composed by Paullina Simons.If love at first sight romance stories are your weakness, I am sure that The Tiger Catcher will draw plenty of appeal. I do love these kind of stories and I enjoyed walking in the shoes of the couple of this story. Julian and Josephine reminded me just how skilled Paullina Simons is at portraying those grand, once in lifetime style love stories. The epic, heart pounding, can’t sleep or eat kind of romances. Julian and Josephine’s love is presented extremely well by Simons and although they are not a touch on Tatiana and Alexander, I still enjoyed their journey.In The Tiger Catcher Julian is determined to find his way back to the girl, Josephine and he downright refuses to forget her. This is where the influence of a guru of sorts, Devi, comes in the picture. Devi, along with many of the supporting cast are fleshed out well by Simons. This is where the book takes quite a dive into a completely different narrative direction.The Tiger Catcher is certainly an emotional, swirling and mind boggling novel. It has moments of airy light and gentle humour, along with darker moment of loss and intense aching for that one person that defined your life. However, underneath it all is a strong message of hope and longing that dreams can come true, if close your eyes and wish hard enough!The Tiger Catcher marks a very different novel from a much loved author. I am confident that The Tiger Catcher and the following two books in the End of Forever series will be embraced by readers worldwide.*I wish to thank Harper Collins Books Australia for providing me with a free copy of this book for review purposes.

4.5 starsI am a huge Paullina Simons fan and I have been waiting for her next book with impatience and trepidation. I could not wait to read The Tiger Catcher and I was very happy when I received an advanced reader copy from the publisher. I devoured this book! The Tiger Catcher has Paullina's beautiful and unique writing style, complex and interesting characters, and an impossible love story (as to be expected from her books). It also has time travel which I knew about and a reincarnation theme, which I didn't. I am fascinated by the reincarnation topic, I am always looking for more stories about it, so to find it in a book by my favorite author was such a great surprise and made me love The Tiger Catcher even more. Paullina Simons doesn't shy away from writing unlikable and problematic characters, characters who make bad decisions and stupid mistakes. But she makes her readers care and root for them regardless. Josephine and Julian's relationship is all consuming and destructive, they both hurt other people in order to be together and have to recon with the consequences of their selfish behavior. But their love is so great, it will take them on a journey across space and time. On this journey they will have to learn from their mistakes and avoid the same disastrous pattern that tore them apart in the fist place. Will they find each other and their HEA? I very much hope so! I cannot wait to read the next book in the series, A Beggar's Kingdom. *ARC provided by the publisher via Edelweiss

So….I just bought this Paullina Simons book purely on the basis of how awesome The Bronze Horseman trilogy is. Did not even read the blurb on the back that was how confident I was! So… I was hugely shocked that this first book in a her new trilogy is soooo different – waay on the other end of the spectrum different – that I was gobsmacked there for a while. So this is a time travel book – didn’t even pick that from looking at the cover. Thankfully I don’t mind a good time travel, and this one is done extremely well. Although I didn’t really like the main characters (mainly Josephine – Julian was ok except he ditches his friends for Josephine constantly which did annoy me also!), I was totally hooked and even getting about my normal day to day routine I was wanting to rush back and see what was going to happen next. And thankfully again, when the time travel bit happens we are then taken to the 1600’s which is one of my favourite historical periods. Dropping a star purely because I didn’t like Josephine much and didn’t feel how much she loved Julian really. So story goes, Julian meets Josephine whensecrets and consequent events separate them, and with Julian unable to move on, needs to get to Josephine at all costs. And yes, I am very much looking forward to diving head first into book 2 to see what happens next – which thankfully has just been released! A solid 4 for me….

Paullina Simons is an author whose novels I always enjoy. Each new story from her is unique; she doesn’t seem to write to a formula, which is really rare nowadays, particularly with those big named authors who are backed by big publishers. There’s a certain type of safety in sticking to what works, I suppose, but I crave unique books, stories that are edgy, funny as well as heartbreaking, and in this, Paullina Simons never fails to deliver. In her latest release, The Tiger Catcher, she brings to us the first in a new trilogy, and this is as different as it comes. Of course, I loved every bit of it. I thought I’d include her author’s note at the beginning of this review, to set the scene, so to speak.‘I have taken a few liberties with mathematics, longitude, geography, various disciplines of science, the calendar, and the English language. There will also undoubtedly be some unintended tiny errors of fact. For all this, I beg your indulgence. As for the tale’s more fantastical assertions, I stand behind them. First, tiger catching is a real thing. Second, shame toast is crazy delicious. And, when properly applied, love can accomplish remarkable feats.’ – Author’s Note.I am totally on board with all of that! Some people may find this novel a bit too different, particularly those who are dedicated The Bronze Horseman fans. The Tiger Catcher is nothing like that one. It’s fiction in its purest form, not based on a real event, not set against the backdrop of something that actually happened, nor is it inspired by the life of a remarkable person. I enjoy all of those things, but there’s something to be said for a novel that is pure fiction – a totally out there adventure with a speculative edge that challenges the reader to just let go and suspend belief for the sake of a good read. And that’s exactly what this is. Now, before I go any further, I need to tell you something very important, because I know that for many of you, this can be make or break: this novel has time travel in it. I’m not spoiling anything by telling you this, but I will be if I tell you more, so my lips are now sealed on that topic. Except to say that I LOVE time travel. It’s my favourite sort of science fiction, and while I wouldn’t go so far as to label The Tiger Catcher as science fiction, it certainly has elements of it.“Listen to me very carefully,” Devi said. “Take your assumptions about what you know and throw them all out the window. All of them. You need to learn a new language. The language of the meridian, of universal time, of hope, and of faith. That’s your missing first principle right there.” Devi drew his finger in a straight line along the counter. “One of the many fallacies in your thinking comes from drawing time with a ruler on a flat surface. That’s not what time is. That’s not what the meridian is.” Devi formed his hands into a ball. “In the space-time beyond this earth, the meridian is not a line but a celestial sphere. What’s another name for celestial? Heavenly. Spiritual. Otherworldly. Godly.”“Or planetary.” Trying to be scientific about it.“Yes,” Devi said. “Pertaining to planets. By definition, outside our known world. To make sense of the physical contradiction that is time, certainly to alter it requires an observer and a mover, like an axle in a wheel. It requires a soul. It requires you.”The heart of The Tiger Catcher beats with a love story, but it’s by no means a romance. What often accompanies great love? Pain. Epic, splintering, grounding pain. And the pain takes just as much of a centre stage as the love in this novel. Which is another reason why I enjoyed it so much. No, I’m not addicted to pain and suffering; it’s just that I’m a sucker for a grand love story. And all the great ones have pain, at some point, and in spades. If it’s worth having, it’s worth bleeding over. In Julian, Paullina Simons has created a man that every woman will want to hug and comfort. You’ll all be secretly wishing for your own Julian, a man who crosses the dimensions of time on the off chance he’ll breathe the same air as his beloved Josephine again. And he’s perfectly imperfect. I don’t know how she did it, but she nailed it with Julian. There’s also a fantastic supporting cast propelling this story along. And it’s so funny, more sharp wit than slapstick comedic, but it all works so well. This is vivid, sensory writing, an immersive experience for the reader and a bit of a masterclass for the writer.‘Shock grinds down human beings. They can’t act, react, can’t speak, can’t feel. Sometimes they hear agony so unbearable that their minds block it out. You hear that sound, you know something terrible has happened. Someone has suffered an unsurvivable wound. Screaming like an uncontained blaze that obliterates everything. Sometimes you must close your ears and eyes to it, you must close your heart to it if you are to survive yourself.’The best part about this novel? The end is temporary because book two, A Beggar’s Kingdom, comes out towards the end of July, and the third book, Inexpressible Island, will be released some time in November. How exciting – and refreshing! – to not have to wait a year in between each instalment. I highly recommend The Tiger Catcher and have already begun my count down for book two.Thanks is extended to HarperCollins Publishers Australia via NetGalley for providing me with a copy of The Tiger Catcher for review.

‘“I’m dead, then. Good.” Those were the first words she said to him.’Meet Julian. He is handsome, young and runs a successful business. And then he meets Josephine. Julian falls head over heels in love with Josephine. His world revolves around her, everything else in his life becomes secondary. But Josephine is a complex and mysterious woman and she has secrets.Events and secrets separate Julian and Josephine, but he is unable to accept that he is separated from Josephine for ever. He sees Josephine everywhere; he wants to be reunited with her. In his search, Julian moves from the USA to the UK. His friends, whom he’s pushed away, worry about him. Julian has hit rock-bottom, when he meets a mysterious stranger who tells him he may be able to find Josephine again. He will need to give up everything. Sometimes, love requires taking risks. ‘There’s an essential conflict built into time’s very nature—that each and every event was once future, is now present and has since passed.’Julian’s quest to find Josephine involves time travel and while time travel doesn’t always work for me, it does (mostly) in this story.‘While Julian ate, Devi talked to him about the art of catching tigers.“You must be quiet and motionless. A tiger is a fearsome, awe-inspiring, lethal force of nature. To catch him will require everything you have. You must become fearsome and awe-inspiring yourself.”’I don’t want to write more about the story, to spoil it for intending readers. If you are prepared to jump feet first into a work of fiction, to assume that anything may be possible and that (perhaps) true love will triumph, then you may also enjoy this novel. Just imagine. I found this novel very different from Ms Simon’s other novels, enjoyable in a different way. This is the first novel in a trilogy, and I’m very keen to read the next instalment.Note: My thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins Publishers Australia for providing me with a free electronic copy of this book for review purposes.Jennifer Cameron-Smith

Prima di iniziare la lettura di questo libro, vi consiglio di non far caso al logo della casa editrice e non considerare il nome dell’autrice ma di leggere la storia senza nessuna influenza di nessun tipo.Il libro comincia come un classico romanzo rosa dove c’è un colpo di fulmine d’amore. Nello specifico Julian vede Josephine a una recita teatrale e ne rimane subito colpito e, quando per caso la rincontra nella sua città, si trova travolto da un tornado dagli occhi vispi.Lui è affascinato da quella giovane vivace, molto chiacchierona e piena di vita che è esattamente il suo opposto.Josephin parla citando frasi cinematografiche, paragonando i comportamenti a quelli di personaggi dello schermo e cita a memoria parti teatrali. Sembra che la sua passione per la recitazione si estenda anche sul quotidiano facendo sorridere, o solleticare l’ammirazione, di chi le sta accanto. La sua frivolezza stona tantissimo con quello che è attorno ma lei sembra non preoccuparsi.Julian ha smesso di sperare in una vita differente, cercando di condurne una più sensata e sotto controllo e credere in un amore sensato. Quello che lui definisce la persona giusta.Ogni week-end viaggia con il suo amico Aston, la sua ragazza Gwen e l’amica Riley alla scoperta di nuove città e luoghi, visitando musei o andando semplicemente a teatro, È come il non voler fermarsi mai a pensare e stare sempre occupati fisicamente e mentalmente.Julian è alla ricerca della sua anima perfetta, si sente che gli manca qualcosa e solo dopo il secondo incontro con Josephine capisce che lei è quella giusta.Tiene un blog dove dispensa consigli ed è proprietario di un negozio, assieme ad Aston, di oggetti, abiti e mobili di scena. Josephine lo considera un’insegnante, uno scrittore e un imprenditore, di certo l’uomo è cresciuto in un ambiente che ne ha saputo valorizzare le potenzialità intellettive, unite alla sua fragilità e sensibilità.Dal loro secondo incontro. Julian e Josephine si sentono completi anche se qualcosa, grazie a piccoli indizi che l’autrice inserisce, stona. Non è l’opposizione o le ritrosie di chi è loro accanto, ma è qualcosa che viene da loro e che resiste al viversi pienamente.Sono le cose taciute e le verità scomode da confessare che il tempo porta a conoscenza che destabilizzano e mettono in bilico l’amore.Anche se l’amore c’è.Una nota di elogio per la caratterizzazione dei due personaggi principali. Onestamente ho fatto fatica a comprenderli poiché li ho trovati articolati, contorti e non lineari. Probabilmente il mio errore è stato quello di credere di leggere una ‘normale‘ storia d’amore mentre invece mi sono trovata dentro a qualcosa di molto diverso. Credo che la parola allucinogeno sia quella più calzante.I personaggi secondari, sia quelli che si muovono sulla scena che quelli che vengono semplicemente nominati, sono ben delineati e inseriti nel contesto. Di certo l’autrice ha un pieno controllo delle personalità e individualità di ognuno di loro, dando al lettore l’impressione di una immediata riconoscibilità nei dialoghi.L’ambientazione di Los Angeles è solare da un lato, ma anche cruda e reale dall’altra, poiché non viene romanzata ai fini narrativi ma utilizzata per aumentare la percezione dell’atmosfera del libro.L’andamento narrativo non è lineare: si trovano momenti frenetici, a tratti quasi isterici, alternati a passaggi lenti e ipnotici. Mi è capitato alcune volte di dover tornare indietro per rileggere alcuni estratti perché avevo la sensazione di aver perso il filo del discorso o, peggio, l’aver saltato qualcosa.Il nome di Paullina Simons è spesso associato al libro ‘Il cavaliere d’inverno‘, libro presente nella libreria da circa due anni (…) ma che non ho ancora avuto il tempo di leggere. Sul suo stile ci sono pareri contrastanti e ci si divide fra chi la osanna e chi critica evidenziando il suo stile prolisso e articolato.Dopo aver letto questo libro mi trovo dalla parte di chi la critica eppure è una lettura che consiglio proprio perché diversa da tante altre, strutturata in maniera strana e a cui bisogna dare una possibilità.

Despite having The Bronze Horseman on my TBR list for years, this is actually my first read by Paullina Simons. I have heard great things about her writing, so I figured I couldn't let a new series by her pass me up. I wasn't sure what to expect... but man, did this book put me through the ringer!Are you prepared to risk everything to gain nothing? How would you answer that question? Because it will become important over the course of this book. The story of Julian and Josephine was endearing, dramatic, tragic and harrowing. It changed from page to page and my emotions could never quite settle on how to feel about the relationship. This definitely was not a happy-go-lucky story... but I think the series is going to give us one of those epic romances that will stay with us for years to come. But along the way, you are going to have to deal with angst, apathy, grief and unsurety. So prepare yourself! This book was interesting for me in that 1) it was told from Julian's point-of-view and 2) it didn't appear we were meant to love our "heroine" or love interest, Josephine. There were many times when I didn't like Josephine at all, and I have a feeling there will be more as the series progresses. Julian also isn't my "usual" type of hero. I felt sorry for him much of the time, but I ended up developing quite an emotional connection to his character. I care what happens to him. I want him to find happiness and stop wandering aimlessly through the universe. The story has a touch of mysticism that will likely continue to grow throughout the series. I enjoyed that aspect of the plot, and I am looking forward to seeing where it takes us in the future. I am interested to see how Julian's friends and Josephine's family may be integrated into the mystic aspects, if at all. I do like some of the secondary characters, particularly our shaman, who seems to have a tragic story of his own. I also like Julian's best friend, even though he gives off a douchey vibe at times. I hope that we see them meeting and maybe collaborating to help Julian in the future.For this being my first read by Simons, I know I need to work through her back list very soon. I am looking forward the future of this series, but also want to get The Bronze Horseman read ASAP.I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book that I received from the publisher.

Not what I expected at all! This one took a while to get into, Julian and Josephine were not the most likeable of characters but I was soon caught up in Julian's journey to find her and where that takes him. It was an unusual story and I don't know if I would have picked it up had I read the other reviews first but I did enjoy it and look forward to following the next step in the journey.

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Time shift novel set in LOS ANGELES and LONDONThe opening chapters of The Tiger Catcher describe a conventional ‘boy meets girl’ love story. Los Angeles based Julian is in New York for a theatre weekend. He sees a play with an actress called Josephine Collins understudying for a non-appearing Nicole Kidman. He is fascinated by her. Shortly afterwards he bumps into her in a book shop in Los Angeles – a city where she has gone for work. Over the coming weeks they have a passionate and all consuming love affair. They plan to get married – far too hasty say their friends. She has secrets and a past life. She dies in circumstances I won’t describe for fear of a spoiler…We then switch to London two years later. Julian has moved there and is in a state of anxiety and depression. He hold down a job – just. He is obsessed with finding Josephine again, and is addicted to the strong tranquillser, Klonopin. His friends from Los Angeles come over for his birthday, and are shocked at the state they find him in. By chance he comes across Devi, a shaman from Vietnam who runs a small restaurant and healing centre in the East End of London. Devi offers him a dangerous chance. He can go back in time and possibly encounter Josephine in one of her previous lives. But he won’t be able to return to the present day. He heads to the Greenwich Observatory on the appointed day (there is only one in the year). At a precise time, he can access the Prime Meridian and be transported to a different time and place – but it proves to be a difficult and precarious journey. He ends up, in fact, in the same place – London – but in the year 1604, just after the death of Queen Elizabeth 1. He is led to Clerkenwell where he again meets Josephine (only she was then called Mary). She is the daughter of a grand family fallen on hard times, and is scheduled to marry a rather repulsive Lord to restore the family fortune. Mary and Julian fall madly in love (again). Julian’s mind is still firmly in present times, but hers is not. He helps with sanitation and disease control in the midst of all the filth. She has no idea of the encounter they will have several centuries later. Their affair again ends in grief. Defying Devi’s predictions, Julian returns to the present day.As well as being both romantic and quite mysterious, The Tiger Catcher is also very witty. Julian travels to the early 17th century in a jacket with zip fastener, watch him explain that away! He also quotes lines from Shakespeare’s plays that haven’t yet been written. My funniest piece, though, is when he is waiting in a pub in Greenwich for the precise time to go to the Observatory. ‘Julian ordered coffee and an ale. Both came at a temperature called room. He drank neither’.The Tiger Catcher is quite brilliant in TripFiction location terms. There is a lot of detail about present day Los Angeles and present day London. But it is the description of early 17th century London that really excels. Julian puts the buildings that existed then (some of which still exist today) and the wide open spaces (Holborn was all fields) into the context of today’s London. Extremely well done.The Tiger Catcher is the first book of the End of Forever trilogy. The remaining two books are to be published – in true binge viewing manner – later this year. The first few pages of the next book, A Beggar’s Kingdom, are previewed at the end of the edition that was sent to me. I suspect it will be a very worthwhile read.This is a hard book to classify. At one level it is a story of two affairs between the same two people centuries apart. But is also a book that makes you think about the forces that bind people together across the divides of the universe.Definitely recommended. Paullina is an extremely good writer.

In order to enjoy this book I had to suspend reality on a number of fronts. 1. You need to accept the feasibility of love at first sight and, whilst we're at it, that love is eternal 2. You need to be comfortable with the idea of time travel, or at least mysticism 3. Potentially, you might need to be ok with the idea of this whole shebang being a Jacob's Ladder scenario (more on that later)So if you're comfortable with the above, The Tiger Catcher will be an enjoyable read. For me, Paullina Simons is an author that I don't need much convincing to read. One of the very few where I pick up books on sight, rather than story line, Paullina has built trust that her stories are good. The Tiger Catcher was a little weak to begin with. Julian is attending a show where Nicole Kidman's understudy enchants him and sends his life spiraling in to a completely new direction. I mention Nicole Kidman because for me her inclusion was pertinent in the sense that the book commenced by feeling like a modern day Moulin Rouge. The beguiling Josephine who so enthralls Julian can be very neatly aligned with Satine, and the happy-go-lucky vibe of Julian is a convincing Christian. Julian is invited into the theatrical world and immerses himself in Jospehine's culture and aspirations.... so even though I'm progressing through a Moulin Rouge renaissance at the time of reading the book, I do think it captures the vibe of the Tiger Catcher quite well. That is, until the whole book turns on its head and becomes a time travel steampunk love story.So at this point you're going to have to love it or leave it. Deciding to lean in (despite my qualms about the head over heels romance, blame my cold dead heart) the exploration of love without barriers or time and space is not particularly new, but re-imagined enough to be intriguing.So as the first novel we are left wondering what will happen. Hence my claim of Jacob's Ladder. I wouldn't be mad if that is the case, but with a few books to go it may be too early to call. Regardless, Paullina Simons does a wonderful job of hooking you in, where you wish to continue with the story to see where it ends. Lets hope the wait isn't too long.

Linda’s Book Obsession Reviews “The Tiger Catcher” by Paullina Simons, William Morrow, an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishing, May 28, 2019Paullina Simons, Author of “The Tiger Catcher The End of Forever Saga” has written the first part of a trilogy. This is an intense, edgy, captivating, dramatic, enthralling, and emotional read. The Genres for this book are Fiction, with some input of Magical Realism, Romance, Historical Fiction, Time Travel, Fairy Tale, and Adventure. I had a difficult time trying to decide on what best genre fits, and I think a case can be made for all those mentioned. I found this to be a difficult and thought-provoking read as I was reading the second half of the novel. There are different time periods, and the story takes place in Los Angeles and England. The author describes are characters as complex and complicated. Some are obsessed, quirky and dysfunctional.Julian writes a column for a newspaper in Los Angeles, has good friends and seems to be doing well. He meets an aspiring actress, Josephine and immediately becomes obsessed and drawn to her. There seems to be some magical essence that brings there world together. Julian is determined to spend his life with Josephine, no matter what. Just like in the song, “I Will Follow Him” sung by Little Peggy March, Julian will follow Josephine anyway, anytime, anyhow.This is a book of twists and turns. Is Josephine who she says she is? There are deep dark secrets that can lead anywhere. I would recommend this novel for those readers who enjoy a dark, intense, thought-provoking novel.