The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous.
Welcome To Raven Hall
Thank you to Penguin Random House for the opportunity to read and review this book.
Book Synopsis
The USA Today bestselling author of The Au Pair returns with another delicious, twisty novel--about a grand estate with many secrets, an orphan caught in a web of lies, and a young woman playing a sinister game.
1988. Beth Soames is fourteen years old when her aunt takes her to stay at Raven Hall, a rambling manor in the isolated East Anglian fens. The Averells, the family who lives there, are warm and welcoming, and Beth becomes fast friends with their daughter, Nina. At times, Beth even feels like she's truly part of the family...until they ask her to help them with a harmless game--and nothing is ever the same.
2019. Sadie Langton is an actress struggling to make ends meet when she lands a well-paying gig to pretend to be a guest at a weekend party. She is sent a suitcase of clothing, a dossier outlining the role she is to play, and instructions. It's strange, but she needs the money, and when she sees the stunning manor she'll be staying at, she figures she's got nothing to lose.
In person, Raven Hall is even grander than she'd imagined--even with damage from a fire decades before--but the walls seem to have eyes.
As day turns to night, Sadie starts to feel that there's something off about the glamorous guests who arrive, and as the party begins, it becomes chillingly apparent their unseen host is playing games with everyone...including her.
My Review
This is the first book I have read by this author. This book hooked me from the start with the setting of the novel as well as the alternating narrators and timelines.
The way in which the author introduced characters into the story was smart and certainly kept my interest. The author had me asking so many questions as I was enjoying this book and I had to keep reading so I could get answers.
This book has secrets, family history, a creepy setting, multiple pov's and even a bit of romance. There was so much drama, the perfect delivery of didn't see that coming moments with plot twists, and intrigue in this book that I was pulled in from the start.
I look forward to reading The Au Pair by this author.
My Rating: 4/5
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About The Author
Emma Rous is the USA Today bestselling author of The Au Pair. She grew up in England, Indonesia, Kuwait, Portugal and Fiji, and from a young age she had two ambitions: to write stories, and to look after animals. She studied veterinary medicine and zoology at the University of Cambridge, and worked as a small animal veterinarian for eighteen years before starting to write fiction. Emma lives near Cambridge in England with her husband and three sons, and she now writes full time.
Book Details
Author: Emma Rous.
Publisher: Berkley.
Publication Date: January 12, 2021.
Genre: Mystery. Thriller. Suspense.
Fiction. Crime.
Edition: Paperback.
Pages: 304.
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