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luftschlosseule's review
3.0
trigger warning
mental illness, tampering with medication, inducing of hallucinations
Dr. Natalaie Marsh is invited to Ellersberg Keep, where her estranged cousin works as a nurse in an exclusive mountain resort. After spending their childhood together and then being separated, they want to re-aquaint themselves with each other, and little do they know that someone else has different plans for the next week.
There is this castle in the mountains. It's winter, so of course they end up snowed in, with a murderer on the loose - and slowly they begin to doubt everyone, even their own cousin.
Said castle comes equipped with an infirmary, which is the only place for miles to get wounds fixed or a bug looked after, so there are strangers - but they don't feature much in this novel. It's about Nathalie and Lily, Nathalie's boyfriend and the family who owns the Keep. Their relationships between each other, past grievances, future plans.
Despite having been entangled in a murderous mess once before, as we're told, Nathalie behaves quite confused. She reaches a point at which she doesn't know what to do, whom to trust, and at which she is not in the physical capacity to do much. I think this could get quite repetitive if you take your time with reading this book. Read over three days, it didn't bother me much.
This thriller is not one of my favourites, but it's not badly written or anything I can really put a finger on. It just didn't work very well for me, and that's okay.
I recieved a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Dr. Natalaie Marsh is invited to Ellersberg Keep, where her estranged cousin works as a nurse in an exclusive mountain resort. After spending their childhood together and then being separated, they want to re-aquaint themselves with each other, and little do they know that someone else has different plans for the next week.
There is this castle in the mountains. It's winter, so of course they end up snowed in, with a murderer on the loose - and slowly they begin to doubt everyone, even their own cousin.
Said castle comes equipped with an infirmary, which is the only place for miles to get wounds fixed or a bug looked after, so there are strangers - but they don't feature much in this novel. It's about Nathalie and Lily, Nathalie's boyfriend and the family who owns the Keep. Their relationships between each other, past grievances, future plans.
Despite having been entangled in a murderous mess once before, as we're told, Nathalie behaves quite confused. She reaches a point at which she doesn't know what to do, whom to trust, and at which she is not in the physical capacity to do much. I think this could get quite repetitive if you take your time with reading this book. Read over three days, it didn't bother me much.
This thriller is not one of my favourites, but it's not badly written or anything I can really put a finger on. It just didn't work very well for me, and that's okay.
I recieved a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
jennerator's review
2.0
I had high hopes for this one. I love an atmospheric story about being stranded in a remote location with a group of people. It started out really well and at about 25% in I would have given it at least ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Unfortunately, as the story continued it became long and drawn out without anything significant happening.
*I received an advanced reader copy of this book from Netgalley in return for an honest review.
*I received an advanced reader copy of this book from Netgalley in return for an honest review.
readswithdogs's review
3.0
I picked this up on Netgalley and had no idea it was the 3rd book in a series, but now that I know it makes so much more sense!
It's basically a mystery surrounding a mysterious death in a resort at an isolated castle.
The main character doesn't get much of a backstory, but lots is alluded too...like I said it makes more sense knowing this is the third in a series. The mystery read like an Agatha Christie mixed with Shakespeare and was interesting enough, but I was so caught up wondering who everybody was.
It's basically a mystery surrounding a mysterious death in a resort at an isolated castle.
The main character doesn't get much of a backstory, but lots is alluded too...like I said it makes more sense knowing this is the third in a series. The mystery read like an Agatha Christie mixed with Shakespeare and was interesting enough, but I was so caught up wondering who everybody was.
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