Unfortunately, I have not been able to read and review this book.

After losing and replacing my broken Kindle and getting a new phone I was unable to download the title again for review as it was no longer available on Netgalley.

I’m really sorry about this and hope that it won’t affect you allowing me to read and review your titles in the future.

Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity.
Natalie.

22 year old Imogene is overjoyed to be successful in getting a teaching assistant job in a prestigious boarding school for boys - especially since attending a prestigious boarding school as a student herself was something Imogene dreamed of in her younger days. From the very start of the book it is clear that Imogene is not a particularly mature, confident or experienced woman and before long she finds herself bending the rules and becoming overly-involved with the students which leads to an inappropriate relationship with one student, Adam. Imogene quickly becomes infatuated and consumed with the relationship despite the risk to her career and inevitable feeling of disaster.
Despite the difficult subject matter of a inappropriate sexual relationship between a 22 year old teaching assistant and her 17 year old student the writing was beautifully crafted and to my surprise my feelings of sympathy towards the naïve and awkward Imogene grew as the story progressed.
Of course I will not spoil the outcome and will just say that I do recommend this book which was well-written and engrossing.
4 stars and thanks to Netgalley UK and publishers for the ARC.

I enjoy a good slow burner of a book but the burn has got to be really worth the slow. For the first half of this book, I was disappointingly waiting for something to happen, for the story to take off. We really got to know Imogene, our leading lady, during this time but she was such an insular, detached sort of person that nothing had really happened in her life to create a story about. We learn of her insecurities, lack of confidence, lack of experience with the opposite sex and the propensity to pick her face all the time.

Imogene is an apprentice at a prestigious boarding school for boys and works under the supervision of other tutors. She knew and understood the rules of the school and what her relationship to the students should be, but her lack of experience or stupidity has her taking personally any interest from the boys. This naivete sets her on a course of inappropriate behaviour and reckless abandon of school rules. and I could see a mile off that this was going to end badly.

What I couldn't get out of my head while reading, was if the sexes were changed – Imogene was a male teacher at a girls boarding school – is that it would blatantly have been a very uncomfortable read about grooming and paedophilia.

The final third of the book did pick up in tension as we see the excruciating obviousness of Imogene's demise. She can't cope with work or indeed life, and her lack of relationship experience leads her away from all sensibility.

Very well written, and certainly worth reading if you like a slow burner.

Excellent story line which was gripping from start to finish. Great characters. I would highly recommend this book.

3.5☆ A good dose of drama.
(Rounded up to 4☆ for Amazon and Goodreads)

INDECENT is a story about how one young women's carer comes crashing down, when she abuses her power as a teacher.

Imogene works as an apprentice teacher for Vandenberg School for Boys.
She enjoys her job but finds it difficult to stick entirely to the rules.
First and foremost she is an adult, in charge of teaching. In no circumstance is she to befriend, get into a relationship or abuse her power.

I actually don't know why Imogene picks Adam Kipling, I think it's because Adam pushes the boundaries too, he is exciting and endearing and Imogen is drawn to this. The first time she spies him He is drinking alcohol and being mischievous with his mates out of school hours. Instead of chastising him which she should of done. She is intrigued by him.

It's quiet clear from very early on Imogene has very little sexual experience.
I'm not condoning by any means what she does but maybe it's because she wants to gain experience from a younger boy who won't judge her lack of experience.
Adam is 17/18 I'm not entirely sure. Yes he is over 16, but she still abuses her power to protect.

Imogene is very nieve, she is very immature for her age. She has a very low self esteem and kind of lives in her own bubble.
She craves attention and the need to be liked. Particularly Male attention, as soon as any male shows her a glimmer of attention she is infatuated.
This is the reason she gets herself into so much trouble!

The writing style for me was a little disjointed. I felt like I was dropped into the story, not really a clue who or what was happening. Then the plot switches to Imogene's teenage years. I just felt a little lost as there was no indication of a switch as it happens within a chapter.

When I see the blurb for Indecent I was very excited. Once the story got just past 100pages it ramped up a little.
The characters are flawed, and unlikable.
I didn't particularly like any of the characters. I wanted to like Imogene but I just couldn't relate to her deep rooted insecurities.

Indecent does contain sensitive subjects that some May find hard to read. Particularly underage sex, with teacher and pupil.

If you enjoy stories that contain Drama, a fair amount of sex, then you will enjoy this book.

Thank you to Netgalley and HQ Digital for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

I read the synopsis for this book and I was immediately intrigued but at the same time I was appalled at the behaviour of Imogene Abney, the teacher. I had better explain- I used to work in safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and regularly came across referrals regarding teacher/ pupil relationships. It was with some excitement and also apprehension that I began to read. I am so glad that I read this book as I really enjoyed it but more about that in a bit.
I can’t say that I took to Imogene Abney one bit and on more than one occasion I wanted to slap her across the face with a wet flip flop a few dozen times. In my eyes, she was the teacher and Adam Kipling was the pupil and that was the way that it should have stayed. Imogene was the so called responsible adult in a position of trust and she should have kept her distance from Kipling. Even when he tried getting friendly with her, she should have pushed him away and a big massive alarm bell should have sounded in her head. I don’t really care how lonely she felt, what mental health problems she had, how delicate she was or how upset she was- in my eyes there can be no excuse for crossing that line and starting a relationship with a pupil. Imogene must have known the consequences that such a friendship/ relationship could lead to and the fact that she could have gone to prison. To me Imogene comes across as a rather selfish individual. That said, for somebody so young Adam Kipling is a master manipulator and he knew how to get Imogene to do what he wanted and how to exploit her weaknesses. Kipling could have got away with murder. I don’t think that he loved Imogene and that he was just using her. That doesn’t mean to say that I blame him for the relationship as technically he was a vulnerable child, even though some people would use the excuse that he was near the age of consent so it wasn’t that bad, but that doesn’t wash with me and Imogene as a teacher had a duty of care towards Kipling, she should have protected him and she certainly shouldn’t have started a friendship, let alone a relationship with him. I do know somebody who found themselves in such a situation in real life and I had no sympathy with or for them. Never had and certainly never will. In fact I would have personally locked the cell door behind them and thrown the key away, just as I wanted to do with Imogene. Anyway sorry about that slight rant there. I digress so back to the review I do go.
By the tone of my little rant about Imogene above, it sounds as though I hated the book. I really didn’t hate it- in fact I really enjoyed reading it. The writing style was such that I was drawn into the story from the beginning and it was interesting to see how the relationship built. I really enjoyed getting into Imogene’s thought processes and how she rationalised and normalised the relationship in her own mind, even if I did want to shake her by the shoulders as a result. The author’s writing style is so good and the descriptions so vivid that I really did feel like a fly on the wall. Reading this book and reading about the developing relationship was much like watching a car crash happen in that you know exactly what is going to happen but there isn’t a darn thing that you can do to stop it. I found myself ‘interacting’ in the book and on more than one occasion I found myself shouting at something I had read and as if the characters could hear me, which I know they couldn’t. If I get into a book then I tend to ‘live’ the story.
In short, I enjoyed reading this book and it certainly got me thinking. However in my eyes there can be no excuse for a teacher- pupil relationship and nothing I read changed my mind. My safeguarding instincts kicked in and that is why I am so against the relationship. I would recommend this book to other readers but perhaps not to those who are easily shocked. I can’t wait to see what comes next from Corinne Sullivan as I know that it will be one heck of a read. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a well deserved 4* out of 5*.

An intriguing storyline which I enjoyed although the end was a little rushed for me .....Imogene lands a coveted apprentice teaching position at a posh boys school and encounters Adam a handsome pupil - soon they are caught up in secret meet ups and the line between teacher/pupil relationship is crossed. The character of Imogene has many layers and is built up very well allowing us to understand why she may take the risk of this relationship which ends in obsession .... recommended !!!

This book made me quite angry with Imogene's character but I did still enjoy the story .

I received a advance reviewer copy of this book and at first glance this would not normally be my first choice of a read.

When Imogene starts working at a prestigious private school for the elite she soon strikes up an illicit relationship with a fourth year student. Although initially he does most of the running the illicit relationship soon becomes an unhealthy obsession. Imogene is a naive girl with little experience of real relationships. At times I felt sorry for her and in other places I wanted to slap her hard but I think that is the point. This book was an interesting read but I felt By the end of the book that Imogene was a very broken character who needed some help. Well worth a read.

Imogene is new to her job at a privileged boys school where she meets Adam, a pupil who intrigued her as she firstly finds out more about him then in turn after briefly talking, he pursues her and starts a relationship with her.



Then he tells the school head and he is believed over her. She pursued him, though really they were in it together and he went cold on replying to her. He bragged about dating their last apprentice to join the school to her and now she's just another one to add to that list.



Throughout the novel we read flashbacks to when Imogene was the boys age and deciding what to do for college, career and her first love and sexual encounters too.



This book is all about forbidden love and lust as we see both of the characters involved go hot and cold for each other at times though Imogene seemed mostly for the relationship despite her being his teacher. Overall it is believable but I would've preferred a split perspective and not just her perspective split between her age now and when she was Adam's age.



Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!