There are so many layers to this very complex, interwoven plot and the surprises never seem to stop coming. Reading The Flavours of Love is like putting a puzzle together piece by piece, with each piece giving you just a bit more information and willing you on to complete the puzzle. It is easy to trust that the truth will be revealed when she is good and ready to reveal it. However, in the hands of Koomson, there is nothing to worry about. Many readers may find the lack of chronology in these types of books jarring and confusing. It is a brave author who chooses to write a story which jumps back and forth through time more than even Doctor Who manages. Some shocking news about her 14-year-old daughter begins to shatter the walls Saffron has spent so long building around her and when the murderer starts to write her threatening letters, she is forced to deal with everything she has spent the last eighteen months ignoring. It has been eighteen months since her husband was murdered and she and her daughter decided to keep the murderer's identity a secret for some unknown reason. Saffron is a woman on the verge of a meltdown. This post was originally published at and is now at.
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