📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚 The Overnight Guest
AUTHOR: Heather Gudenkauf @heathergudenkauf
Publisher: Park Row
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2 + 🐰
Published: January 28, 2022
The Review 📚 The Overnight Guest
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- I’m not sure where I first heard about this book, but I was really interested in the plot. Thanks to @netgalley and @parkrowbooks for letting me read this ahead of publication.
💜 What I liked:
- This book was an incredible journey told in 3 parts: The past, the present, and a side story of a little girl and her mom. How they connect comes together, the pieces like a puzzle slowly fitting together. There are major trigger warnings in this book and some slightly gory depictions of murder.
😱 What I didn’t like:
- Because I got an uncorrected ARC of this book, there were a few things that gave pieces away that I think are changed in the final version. However, this book was so thrilling I couldn’t put it down.
🚦 My face at the end: 😬
💭 4 Reasons to Read:
- 1. Thrilling and suspenseful
- 2. Intricate puzzle
- 3. Childhood trauma
- 4. Nail biting conclusion
🕧 Mini-Summary:
- Wylie has a troubled past and has come to a remote house to write her book. She encounters a lost child in the severe storm outside which sets off an intense journey of discovery.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.
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📘 Summary 📚 The Overnight Guest
A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf
She thought she was alone…
True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn’t mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she’s retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence. It would be perfect, if not for the fact that decades earlier, at this very house, two people were murdered in cold blood and a girl disappeared without a trace.
As the storm worsens, Wylie finds herself trapped inside the house, haunted by the secrets contained within its walls—haunted by secrets of her own. Then she discovers a small child in the snow just outside. After bringing the child inside for warmth and safety, she begins to search for answers. But soon it becomes clear that the farmhouse isn’t as isolated as she thought, and someone is willing to do anything to find them.