The Stats
📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: The Last House Guest
AUTHOR: Megan Miranda @meganlmiranda
Publisher: Corvus
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Published: June 18, 2019
The Review
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- I have read a few of Megan Miranda’s books and really enjoyed them. I purchased this one on sale a while back.
💜 What I liked:
- The journey of this story, guiding you to suspect a different person and finally landing on the one you don’t suspect.
😱 What I didn’t like:
- The ending had a little surprise nugget, but I really was expecting more consequences for certain people and their actions in this book.
💁♀️ The Characters:
- Avery is a resident whose friend Sadie has committed suicide. Or has she? I really felt for Avery because she is working to figure out what happened to her friend, even though it looks like she is in danger and her job is on the line. She is tough and smart.
🚦 The Ending:
- It wrapped up fine. I just wanted a little more from this book.
💭 Consider if you like:
- Thrillers that leave you guessing!
All thoughts and opinions are my own.
📘 Summary:
The summer after a wealthy young summer guest dies under suspicious circumstances, her best friend lives under a cloud of grief and suspicion.
Littleport, Maine, has always felt like two separate towns: an ideal vacation enclave for the wealthy, whose summer homes line the coastline; and a simple harbor community for the year-round residents whose livelihoods rely on service to the visitors.
Typically, fierce friendships never develop between a local and a summer girl—but that’s just what happens with visitor Sadie Loman and Littleport resident Avery Greer. Each summer for almost a decade, the girls are inseparable—until Sadie is found dead. While the police rule the death a suicide, Avery can’t help but feel there are those in the community, including a local detective and Sadie’s brother, Parker, who blame her. Someone knows more than they’re saying, and Avery is intent on clearing her name, before the facts get twisted against her.
The Last House Guest is a smart, twisty read that brilliantly explores the elusive nature of memory and the complexities of female friendships.