Jacob has wanted nothing more in his life than to be a celebrated and successful author. He has enjoyed the moderate success of one book but since has watched his career slowly nose dive over the years.
When Jacob meets Evan Parker at a summer writing program that he teaches every year, he discovers that Evan has ‘The Plot’ that is guaranteed to be a winner. When he first meets Evan, he calls him for what he is, a boastful rude narcissistic ass but …. He does have that ‘Plot’. A few years of tedious life go by for Jacob when he finds out that Evan passed away shortly after the writing program, and alas! He never wrote his book. What’s Jacob to do? He writes a book with Evan’s perfect plot but of course! At first, it’s all amazing, book signings and movie options, everything Jacob has worked for his whole life but It isn’t going to be all wine and roses because someone out there knows that isn’t Jacob’s plot and begins to threaten him with exposure of plagiarism. Thus begins Jacob’s plight to find out just who knows what he did before he gets outted to his adoring public and publisher.
This is one of those ‘plots’ (ha) that I had a good idea of who the antagonist was and I was right but this is where any sense of rightness I had stops. There are so many well-plotted twists in this story, most I didn’t see coming. Throughout The Plot, there is an actual ‘story within a story’ and it was fun to try and figure out just who’s story is being told. Little tidbits are revealed slowly and the tension amps up as Jacob’s stalker takes their time tormenting him, leading to the ultimate game of cat and mouse.
I really enjoyed this thriller, at first, I didn’t like Jacob, I found him to be a bit whiney and pretentious but his growth through the book is remarkable and I found myself rooting for him. The antagonist is so shrewd and so cleverly done! Even though there’s an idea of who it could be, the actual story behind it is mind-blowing and shocking, a delicious puzzle that I had fun decoding right to the very end.
My thanks to Macmillan Reading Insiders Club for #gifting me a copy of The Plot.
When Jacob meets Evan Parker at a summer writing program that he teaches every year, he discovers that Evan has ‘The Plot’ that is guaranteed to be a winner. When he first meets Evan, he calls him for what he is, a boastful rude narcissistic ass but …. He does have that ‘Plot’. A few years of tedious life go by for Jacob when he finds out that Evan passed away shortly after the writing program, and alas! He never wrote his book. What’s Jacob to do? He writes a book with Evan’s perfect plot but of course! At first, it’s all amazing, book signings and movie options, everything Jacob has worked for his whole life but It isn’t going to be all wine and roses because someone out there knows that isn’t Jacob’s plot and begins to threaten him with exposure of plagiarism. Thus begins Jacob’s plight to find out just who knows what he did before he gets outted to his adoring public and publisher.
This is one of those ‘plots’ (ha) that I had a good idea of who the antagonist was and I was right but this is where any sense of rightness I had stops. There are so many well-plotted twists in this story, most I didn’t see coming. Throughout The Plot, there is an actual ‘story within a story’ and it was fun to try and figure out just who’s story is being told. Little tidbits are revealed slowly and the tension amps up as Jacob’s stalker takes their time tormenting him, leading to the ultimate game of cat and mouse.
I really enjoyed this thriller, at first, I didn’t like Jacob, I found him to be a bit whiney and pretentious but his growth through the book is remarkable and I found myself rooting for him. The antagonist is so shrewd and so cleverly done! Even though there’s an idea of who it could be, the actual story behind it is mind-blowing and shocking, a delicious puzzle that I had fun decoding right to the very end.
My thanks to Macmillan Reading Insiders Club for #gifting me a copy of The Plot.