Audition

This book terrified me, mainly because I happened to read it just after getting out of a long-term relationship. The premise itself is pretty perverse, or maybe sad depending on your viewpoint – a widow who hasn’t moved on since the death of his wife holds auditions for a fake movie so that he can find his perfect mate. As you’ll see in my own novel, auditions can often be the perfect cover for something more sinister. In this case though, it’s the auditionee who gets the upper hand. Very creepy and with a great twist, Audition is definitely one to read.

Audition is a book that will scar you for life and leave you questioning the mental health of everyone you ever date, as you check to see if your limbs are still intact. It is the story of Aoyama, a forty-two-year-old widower who gets the terrible idea of auditioning as a replacement for his wife, Ryoko, under the guise of a fraudulent movie audition. Discovering his dream girl, a 24-year-old timid beauty going by the name of Yamasaki, Aoyama aims to make this ex-ballerina his new wife. The two hit it off and begin to date. Blind with infatuation, Aoyama… show more.