Be Mine

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Flitting between Muswell Hill in 2023 and Marin County 2014, we meet Beth. Beth. The new mum of Etta. The wife of Adam. Knee deep in that challenging stage of innumerable wakes. Feeling like the waking dead. Getting just enough rest to paper over the cracks until it all starts again on repeat. But Beth can't possibly ignore the privilege of motherhood, or choose not to cherish every moment, especially when she considers all she's been through to get there.

Although she misses the days of sharp edges. Of laptops, and coffee cups and meetings and lunchbreaks, she adores her baby girl. Even if the magnitude of responsibility for preserving another human being is a lot alongside the constant anxiety over whether she's doing the right thing.

And then the envelope arrives to throw Beth even further into freefall. The envelope embossed in gold. Elixir. And she is right back in 2013, like the last decade hasn't happened. Back in the city of disruption that was San Francisco. Thrown back to that first meeting with Marissa in the coffee queue. The coffee that changed the course of her life. Remembering what that 1 inch patch of flesh etched on her arm really stands for. Recalling how she was convinced that it was the answer to everything. Incandescently happy.

How Elixir ruled her life. How the belief system drove every decision. Every move. How it became her remedy. Her cure all. Her belief system. Her perfection. How she committed to the Elixir Guarantee, every word of Tate Larson's Manifesto. Hook. Line. And. Sinker.

As her past catches up with her we understand her need for invisibility, and realise that the shell she wears is forged in iron. And the rollercoaster she is on is not showing any signs of slowing down. If you love a twisty turny psychological thriller then strap yourself in, you're in for a wild ride!

Deborah Maclaren

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