Couldn't give it less than a 1 or I would!

⚠️ TW: assault, grooming, paedophilia ⚠️ Unfortunately, this is my first DNF of the year! This book follows Mel who has practiced in law for twenty years and is well regarded among her colleagues and clients. However behind the scenes her life is disordered, her 16 year old son, Jacob, is distant and she's sleeping with a married man so when she is assigned a trainee lawyer, Natasha, it was the last thing she needed. Natasha watches Mel's every move as well as her every mistake, and as Mel begins to feel that she isn't just trying to learn the job but also learn her she discovers that Natasha has unearthed secrets that could ruin her but who will be believed? I don't even know where to start with this one but unfortunately from the beginning I just didn't like the two main characters, Mel and Natasha. Mel seemed very arrogant and looked down at Natasha as her pupil and initially saw her as a professional threat. And Natasha was painted as the bad main character from the start despite nothing other than some minor personality and behavioural issues being revealed however in chapter 20 she then decides to message Mel's 16 year old son under an alias to groom him for nudes which I found vile as she is in her mid 20's and before I thought it couldn't get any worse he sends her a nude photo to which the character 'shivered with pleasure as she took in his young naked body' 🤮 After that I couldn't read any further and it was an instant DNF for me. Overall, it was generally a very slow and didn't really grab my attention even though it was a somewhat easy read. As you can imagine from this review, I do not recommend reading this book.