Arabelle's Shadows by Fleur Gaskin

Book review: Arabelle’s Shadows by Fleur Gaskin

I thought this was going to be a book about the easy lives that I perceived most models live. I discovered industrious, jet-setting girls who are flat out busy attending auditions but rarely make enough to cover their expenses. This is probably the truth for all but the top 10% in the modelling world.

I expected a story about the shallow minds of models and the stories of what they get up to. I discovered psychologically damaged young girls who are often taken advantage of.

I hoped I would find some interesting sexual content to excite the male mind. I found myself ashamed to be a bloke considering the father and male friends or Arabelle.

Any single bloke who thinks that a brief affair with a young (perhaps drunk) attractive girl is harmless will have second thoughts when they read this gripping novel.

My eyes were opened wide but not in the way expected. I will definitely be more sympathetic in my attitude to models in the future and consider the correct attitude to the fairer sex in all circumstances. 

It is not often you read a book by a female that portrays the attitude of blokes (and their sex drive) so well. It is sad but enlightening, thank god the end was uplifting.