THE OVERNIGHT GUEST
Heather Gudenkauf
Park Rowe
Publication Date: January 25th, 2022
336 Pages
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This was a very atmospheric tale because it takes place during a blizzard, at an isolated farm and the weather and location were certainly important elements to the story. The author did a marvellous job of describing the setting. The story sucked me in right away and held my attention throughout so I was able to get through this in a couple of sittings.
This is how you do a psychological thriller right, it has excellent pacing, short chapters and lots of tension. I loved the format of the story with multiple points of view and different timelines seamlessly woven together. The characters were engaging and the plot was intense.
Even though part of the storyline was predictable I enjoyed the journey to get there and the reveal of the culprit was a surprise. The child character and her situation were flawlessly written and were so well done that it made me feel bad for her and I can’t believe how sad I felt for a fictional character. This would have been a five star read for me but the coincidence between the two female leads was just not believable and the ending of the bad guy was a cliche, But the story does deserve four stars for the entertainment value alone.
