A review by sandrareilly513
The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous
4.0
This twisted story follows three narrators - Sadie, Beth, and an unnamed character - as they experience life at Raven Hall, a sprawling countryside estate set atop a hill above town. Beth, recently orphaned after a tragic car accident, is taken in by Leonora and Marcus in an effort to provide their daughter, Nina, with a companion. Nina and Beth take to each other right away and become as close as sisters, traversing the large estate and nearby lake with their townie friend, Jonas. But Leonora has strict rules for Nina, keeping her sequestered at Raven Hall. As much as Beth enjoys her life with her new “family”, she can’t help but feel like something’s off. Decades later, Sadie has been invited to Raven Hall as an actress in a company’s trial run at a murder mystery weekend experience. But as it becomes clear this ecclectic group of guests were each specifically chosen to attend, albeit for seemingly unknown reasons, the night turns dark and threatening. And a third narrator’s point-of-view will become the key to all of Raven Hall’s mysteries…
Perfect for fans of drama, intrigue, and suspense! Looking for an alternative to daytime soap opera shows??? This is it! And I mean that as a compliment. This story had me captivated and the suspense never let up. I was constantly looking for clues to solve the numerous mysteries playing out in each narrator’s settings. Even though I began to put the pieces together around the last third of the book, author Emma Rous weaves unforeseeable twists into the last few chapters that will make readers’ eyes pop. This book gave me total Days of Their Lives feels, and I will most definitely pick up future books by this author!
**Thank you to NetGalley and publishers for an eARC in exchange for this honest review.**
Perfect for fans of drama, intrigue, and suspense! Looking for an alternative to daytime soap opera shows??? This is it! And I mean that as a compliment. This story had me captivated and the suspense never let up. I was constantly looking for clues to solve the numerous mysteries playing out in each narrator’s settings. Even though I began to put the pieces together around the last third of the book, author Emma Rous weaves unforeseeable twists into the last few chapters that will make readers’ eyes pop. This book gave me total Days of Their Lives feels, and I will most definitely pick up future books by this author!
**Thank you to NetGalley and publishers for an eARC in exchange for this honest review.**