Wow! What a breathtaking read! Amanda Robson debut book Obsession stimulates the reader emotionally and mentally. It starts with Rob’s wife, Carly, asking him who he would pursue if he had the chance. It is crazy how this one simple question can ruin so many lives. Being a married woman, this book made me feel like I was experiencing my worst nightmare but I could not stop reading it. Every page left you wanting more. To me this book wasn’t a psychological thriller. It is more of a stunning erotica thriller, involving affairs between married couples and violence. It is also told from each character’s perspective; I thought that this was very intriguing, but also disturbing. All personal thoughts and actions were exposed to the reader. Throughout reading this book, I grew to hate the four main characters: Rob and Carly, Craig and Jenni. Both couples have history together as friends. They did everything together, including pregnancy, school, work, church, etc. One question, one night, one answer destroyed all the history that was built between them. It makes you second guess asking a question to your spouse if you can’t handle the answer. Carly made it her mission to destroy Jenni and Craig’s marriage by having an affair with Jenni’s husband, Craig before Jenni could have an affair with her husband Rob. Craig has an affair with Carly while his wife’s mother is dying. He later gets back with his wife, but proceeds to have an affair with another woman, Anastasia. Anastasia at the time was currently going through a divorce due to her spouse cheating on her. In my mind this does not make the relationship between her and Craig okay at all. Jenni, also known as “bitch whore” comes off as sweet and innocent, but later on turns out to be conniving, deceitful and destructive. She tries to seduce Rob and later poisons Carly. Carly has a mental breakdown and is hospitalized. Jenni attempts to fill in her role as Rob’s wife and the gospel’s (Matt, Mark, Luke, John) and Pippa’s mother. She moves away and ends up killing her husband and his mistress. She moves back after Carly convinces her to. Jenni later has a sexual encounter with Rob, although it seems like a rape but later evolves into an affair. Rob, on the other hand, leads the reader to believe that he would never be unfaithful to Carly. He ends up having an affair with Jenni and doubts his wife’s involvement in multiple murders, which later leads to her death. He was so blind to the obvious signs of mental illness, even with his profession being a doctor. There was never a dull moment between the four of them. This book also involves common life issues such as infidelity, sex, drug addiction, mental illness, and alcoholism. Obsession is very dark and has a wide variety of love and hate. The reader goes through all the ups and downs with each character just to be dropped off at the end. I thought there was hope when Carly was exonerated of all charges in court and that her and Rob was going to lead a happy marriage. The climax of events came to a sudden stop with Carly’s suicide. I felt that this ending was cliché and this book could have ended on a much more positive note. I highly recommend this novel to anyone who can handle a tumultuous series of events.