The Other’s Gold by Elizabeth Ames is a truly remarkable book. I was not sure if I would enjoy this genre of book but when I had read a few pages I was hooked!

Assigned to the same suite during their freshman year at Quincy-Hawthorne College, Lainey, Ji Sun, Alice, and Margaret quickly become inseparable. The leafy green campus they move through together, the idyllic window seat they share in their suite, and the passion and ferocity that school and independence awakens in them ignites an all-encompassing love with one another. But they soon find their bonds–forged in joy, and fused by fear–must weather threats that originate from beyond the dark forests of their childhoods, and come at them from institutions, from one another, and ultimately, from within themselves.

The Other’s Gold follows the four friends as each makes a terrible mistake, moving from their wild college days to their more feral days as new parents. With one part devoted to each mistake–the Accident, the Accusation, the Kiss, and the Bite–this complex yet compulsively readable debut interrogates the way that growing up forces our friendships to evolve as the women discover what they and their loved ones are capable of, and capable of forgiving. A joyful, big-hearted book that perfectly evokes the bittersweet experience of falling in love with friendship, the experiences of Lainey, Ji Sun, Alice, and Margaret are at once achingly familiar and yet shine with a brilliance and depth all their own.

It is a captivating story based around four friends. You read about their lives and friendships from meeting at College throughout their adult lives too. There are some twists and turns in this book that I would not have predicted and took me totally by surprise. It covers friendship, motherhood, boyfriends/husbands and more. They all make a mistake in their lives and this is shown by separate sections in the book dedicated to these. The Accident, the Accusation, the Kiss, and the Bite.

This stunning book captivates how many peoples friendships evolve and grow from when we are young to old. The lives of Lainey, Ji Sun, Alice, and Margaret are highlighted in this story and you learn in depth about each one. A truly remarkable story.

Disclaimer – I was sent an advanced reader copy of this for my honest review. All views are my own.