It did everything I want and need from a nurder mystery, which isn’t a bad outcome for an impulse bought peer pressure book.⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. I love the plot twists, the surprise motivations – but they need to make sense once revealed, which this did. For me the most important box that a murder mystery needs to tick is that I didn’t see it coming, because that’s just plain boring. It was exciting, it was suspenseful and an enjoyable read. Oddly enough for me, at the end during the face off and confession, I felt stirrings of the motives from The Lost Apothecary ( Book Review: The Lost Apothecary, by Sarah Penner ) and a couple of the themes from that book (no don’t worry, I won’t give anything away). I absolutely did not guess who the murderer was, or how any of it pieced together until the final confrontation. It reminded me of Thirteen ( Book Review: Thirteen, by Steve Cavanagh ) in this way, but once the murders started being uncovered Elin came into her own and the book begun to pick up the pace rapidly. The main character is carrying a lot of baggage around with her, and that hotel is really pretty creepy reading, so it took a little perseverence to start with. There was a brief lull at the beginning of the book where I struggled to get into it. I did not quite finish it in one sitting – I went to sleep in the middle. So I settled down with a book and a hot drink to enjoy my new adventure.
It arrived on Friday, and fortunately I was in that rare mood where a murder mystery sounds like just the thing. But, the whole point of this blog was supposed to be honesty, and to represent the reality of being a book lover. I was a tad embarrassed to admit it to myself, and a little more embarrassed to admit it to you.
People, I bought it and then suddenly realised that I hadn’t even read the blurb. It was all over Twitter with everyone raving about how great it was, and one evening when I was feeling vulnerable, looking for some sort of nice little treat, I saw yet another post raving about it. This is a book that I absolutely, undeniable bought because of FOMO – I’m sorry, but I just cannot lie.
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