Book Synopsis:
The perfect family.
The perfect chance.
The perfect lie.
A stunning novel about motherhood and betrayal, for readers who love Sarah Vaughan and Louise Candlish.
‘Deliciously dark and totally twisted’ ERIN KELLY
‘Very acute on class, aspiration, women and status’ SARAH PERRY, author of THE ESSEX SERPENT
Kate trusts Della, and Della trusts Kate.
Their downfall is each other.
When Kate moves to London after the disappearance of her sister, she’s in need of a friend. A chance meeting leads Kate to Della, a life coach who runs support groups for young women, dubbed by Kate as ‘the Janes.’
Della takes a special interest in Kate, and Kate soon finds herself entangled in Della’s life – her house, her family, and her husband. It’s only when she realises that she’s in too deep that Della’s veneer begins to crumble, and the warnings from ‘the Janes’ begin to come true.
Why is Della so keen to keep Kate by her side? What does Kate have that Della might want? And what really lies beneath the surface of their friendship?
A twisty psychological thriller for fans of Louise Candlish and Harriet Tyce.
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My Review:
The Guest House was an intriguing, clever read which I couldn’t believe was a debut book.
I was immediately drawn into the story and into the characters lives, my interest immediately piqued by the situation the characters find themselves them. I had to read more and often found myself reading too late at night as I was desperate to discover what would happen next.
The characters were all fantastic creations that I enjoyed learning more about. They two main characters were both fairly unlikable but that actually made the book more fun for me as I didn’t have to choose a side . I actually wish there had been a little more about Della as I thought she was a particularly interesting, complex character and I’d have liked to be able to get into her head a little more but maybe that is for a different book.
I thought this was quite a dark story in places with some if the scenes being quite unsettling but this helped build the atmosphere. The author cleverly increases the tension and unease in the book so that I was soon unable to put the book down. I found myself reading faster as I both wanted to know what would happen next but was also slightly nervous about it. There are lots of twists that kept me guessing to the end and I thought the ending was very well done as it completely surprised me which I always enjoy. It’s one of those books that I’d like to read again now as I’m wondering if I missed so clues on the way.
Huge thanks to Emily from Harper Collins for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book via netgalley.
About The Author:
Charlotte Northedge is the joint editor of Guardian Review and Head of Books for the Guardian. Charlotte has previously written for a range of newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian, Psychologies and Cosmopolitan. She has an MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature from Birkbeck and is an alumni of the Curtis Brown Creative writing course.
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