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Blog Tour: The Shadows We Cast, Sarah Tinsley

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I am very excited to tell you about this read.





What is in the shadows of the plot:

What if you couldn't recognise the violence in others? Or in yourself?

Nina refuses to accept the role of passive victim after being sexually assaulted. She becomes obsessed with an online vendetta that risks her job, her friendships, and her sanity.

Eric thinks, if anything, he's too nice. But when he takes advantage of a stranger he is forced to confront the kind of man he really is.


The Shadows We Cast is a dark novel about consent and control that unsettles ideas about victims and villains.


Bobs and Books honest review:

I do call myself a feminist and these subject matters are close to my heart. I think that the author captures perfectly the turmoil a victim goes through, the lengths a victim takes to get believed and how much a victim is judged along the way.


Having the two viewpoints is very clever and it toys with perceptions well.


The book starts with a very powerful moment and it keeps its edge throughout. Its dark, sinister and challenges the reader in a smart way. Difficult subject matters are explored and tackled head on with a true to life story, character reactions and side characters playing their part.


Evocative, powerful, tense.



About the author:

Sarah is a UK writer living in France. She explores gender issues in her writing and helps others explore their creative selves through workshops and courses. Her first novel, The Shadows We Cast won the Spread the Word/Bookouture competition in 2020 and is published by SRL Publishing in January 2022. Her short fiction has been published widely, including in Mslexia and Litro, and she came third in the Bristol Short Story Prize in 2021. She also coordinates Write By You, a writing project for underrepresented young female writers in the UK. For more visit https://sarahtinsley.com and follow @sarahtinsleyuk


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