Another fun element is how Amy comes to see Roux, ironically, as the only person who really gets her. I couldn’t call her. I was not such a beaten dog that I would belly-creep for petting from the hand that held the whip. I bit and swallowed, tearing at the meat. What did it say about me that Roux was the only person I could be honest with? Only she saw me down to my core, dark and deep, bitter as wormwood. All the things that made me hate myself, she actively admired, and she was the only one who saw me whole.Roux keeps finding herself surprised that someone she had thought would be an easy mark had turned out to be a tough competitor in a game of spy versus spy. Frenemies on steroids. There is a nice scene in which Amy gives Roux a book to read, Stephen King’s Hearts in Atlantis, maybe hoping she would, on reading it, consider where she had gone wrong, maybe rue her current life gig? The author here is reminding those who are familiar with the book that many, many of us have not always lived our best lives. Tuesday, May 28, 1991, was the night that Amy’s life, as well as many others, changed forever. After that night, Amy tried a variety of ways to stuff her feelings. Eventually, it was diving that saved her. Being underwater was the only place she could forget… if just for a little while. Then Amy met Davis and his daughter, Maddy. They became her family, eventually adding baby Oliver to the mix. Finding a new best friend, Charlotte only added to Amy's happiness. Roux also threatens Amy to let the secrets, but Amy is no quitter. She has to beat Roux at her own game, and the cost may be higher than she ever imagined.

Overall, with multiple layers and a completely original storyline, I predict Never Have I Ever will be a big hit this summer. Book club is well underway when the doorbell rings. Amy opens the door to a pretty woman with beautiful dark hair. The woman's name is Angelica Roux, Roux for short. She is a single mom with a teenage son and they are staying at the Airbnb next door. She thought she would come to book club to meet some new people. I cannot emphasize enough how emotionally disturbing this story was to me. It’s all due to Roux (as she preferred to be called). She was diabolical and even when I wasn’t all that happy with Amy, I just couldn’t bear seeing her win at her “game.” Amy has lots of explosive secrets from her past, which could disrupt the lives of all those she holds dear. Who is this woman and how did she manage to discover so much about Amy and other neighbors? This thriller leaked into every pore of my body. I couldn't escape the plot. You won't get many details from me regarding the storyline because it's best to go into this one blind.The last seven years have been amazing, but there are times she wonders if she should have told the people she loves about her past. A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy.

Amy Whey is happily married, has a teenage stepdaughter, and a young son. She has a close friendship with her BFF, Charlotte, and lives in a nice home, in a nice community, and enjoys hosting Charlotte’s book club. Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival.

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I have one gripe about the book. There is a point at which Amy misleads Roux by telling her something that was not true, hardly an unreasonable approach when dealing with the criminal element. But not having been clued in by the author makes Amy, who had seemed pretty reliable, an unreliable narrator. It seemed inconsistent. Life for Amy Whey couldn’t be better with a newborn baby boy, fifteen year old stepdaughter and her loving husband. Amy leads a simple and happy life, she enjoys cooking, helping out her friends and being a mother and a devoted wife. Amy’s best friend Charlotte runs their local book club and Amy is always helping out whenever she can. The book club is a great way unwind and meet the local neighbours and discuss what they are reading.

But when Roux stars a game of spilling secrets…you know the one… Amy begins to learn why Roux is there, and it’s not to play nicely.So, all in all if you like insane plots, “Never Have I Ever” is for you. Though it takes a while to get going, once it does, Wowza!

The dynamics of the the book club change when a woman by the name of Angelica Roux (Roux) turns up and decides she’d like to join in. Roux is a single parent with a teenage son and she thought it would be good to get to know some of the neighbours. Before they know what is happening Roux seems to have taken over the book club and the women are drinking shots and playing a game called Never Have I Ever. The game starts off well, but it sure doesn’t end so well and this is where things change amongst the women. Amy has secrets she has spent years hiding. When new neighbor Roux shows up, determined to shake everyone's skeletons out of their closets, Amy finds herself drawn into a deadly game of cat & mouse. Who has more to hide? Who has more to lose? Who will win - Amy or Roux? Roux introduces herself and makes the rounds with her perfect hair and her perfectly toned body. She decides to play an unusual game with the few ladies still in Amy's basement. Empty wine bottles line the tables as our remaining mommies try to focus. Secrets are exchanged and laughter erupts. But Amy is having none of this. She only wishes for Roux to leave. Something about Roux is not quite right. When Angelica Roux breezes into a meeting of Amy's friendly neighborhood Book Club, you would think she belonged there, or at least that she had been invited. Soon, Roux, has the women drinking shots and playing a game called, “ Never have I ever”. The game starts out innocently enough, but then one of the women confesses something that hits very close to home. Suddenly it doesn’t seem like such a harmless game. Roux says that Amy would win this game hands-down. She seems to be indicating that she knows something about Amy's past. Amy has had enough and tells Roux to get out. As Roux is leaving she tells Amy that they need to get together, that they have a LOT to talk about.I was also rooting for Amy because I cared about every member of her family. They were all such well-developed characters – even baby Oliver. I adored the relationship between husband and wife (Davis and Amy), father and daughter (Davis and Maddy) and especially stepmother and stepdaughter (Amy and Maddy). It was so refreshing to read about a healthy, loving, trusting relationship between a stepmother and a teenager, and how Amy saw Maddy as her daughter (not step), and Maddy felt the same way about Amy. The other women are intrigued by her vivacious personality, but not Amy. She can't help but wonder what the angle is. Roux seems to be intentionally trying to get under her skin. There's one problem, Roux underestimated Amy. The domestic goddess exterior is not the whole of her persona and Amy is willing to do anything to protect what is hers. Most of us have heard of the ‘Never have I ever’ game. But what if the game was mixed up a little? What if, instead of admitting to things you've never done, what if you confessed to the worst thing you did that day, or week, or month, or ever? Now, that could be a very dangerous game, indeed.