Yes - the tube journey for once wasn't long enough. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? Imogen manages to give each character a distinct voice without over doing it. What does Imogen Church bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?įrom Leila's perspective, Imogen creates a voice for Leila that allows you to easily slip into her computer generated world.Also, am impressed with the seamless accent changes between American, English and Welsh. His breezy attitude to life, his sense of grabbing life is so different to Leila's closeted online view. They are certainly an odd couple, Lottie Moggach and Imogen Church conjure up a great picture of these two polar opposites living is a small, onion smelling apartment. Just as I am now.Īpart from Leila, definitely Jonty. Yet still people continue to add more and more information about there lives, work and views. It is scary it is how much information is out there on the internet about everyone. Very high, I found it very easy to get into and soon I was taken in by the twisting, turning plot. Where does Kiss Me First rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

'Unnvervingly claustrophobic and enormously moving… a metaphor for the creation of identity… Moggach has done a great job of folding these issues into a suspense novel that is classy, frightening and upsetting' ( Guardian)

'A new literary talent has burst on to the scene in the shape of Lottie Moggach, daughter of bestselling author Deborah … A clever balance is struck by Lottie Moggach, who mixes emotional intensity with a gripping mystery story.' ( Daily Express) ”Hailed as this year’s Gone Girl, make room in your beach bag for this.” ( Elle Magazine, What the Editors Pack) One thing’s for sure: you won’t feel quite the same in an internet chat room after you’ve finished it.” ( Evening Standard, ES Magazine) On the other hand, who’s to say it’s really you sending emails or posting photographs on Facebook? Such is the intriguing premise of Lottie Moggach’s disturbing debut novel, which tells the story of Leila, a clever but socially awkward young woman persuaded to impersonate a complete stranger for reasons that only gradually become clear. ”How easy is it to disappear without a trace? Well, in a world where so much of our lives is lived online, not that easy.

Kiss me first by lottie moggach