๐ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ช ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ช ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ by Helen Phifer โญโญโญโญ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ผ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ Today I'm sharing my thoughts about Lakeview House, as part of the Bookouture book tour. My thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for my choir of the book in exchange for an honest review. ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ As a fairly new fan of the author, I was looking forward to reading this book. I found it to be suspenseful and hard to put down. I always had to read that little bit further. I liked the different plots on the go at the same time. What impressed me was that none threatened to ruin the others until the inevitable clash. There were some good twists throughout that I didnโt see coming, and a couple which almost telegraphed their approach enough for Chris Rock to have had time to grab his crash helmet before Will walked onto that stage. Maddy is escaping her violent ex Connor, so taking on a caretaker role in the Lake District hundreds of miles away made sense. I think she was the only character I liked. I didnโt know what to make of some of the characters though. I didnโt necessarily dislike the them, although Connor was clearly scum so I wonโt spare him another word, and Maddyโs alleged best friend Stella proves to be a bad friend at best, and at worst she withheld information putting Maddyโs life in danger. No character felt superfluous, and they were all three dimensional, although one or two and their actions stretched credibility. My โsuspension of disbeliefโ did take a mild battering. Iโve seem some reviews criticising grammar or spelling. In fact the two examples I read of poor spelling used were actually proper English and quite correctly spelled. What I didnโt do was let anyone influence my personal experience of this book, which was one of enjoyment. Overall, I think this was a gripping read, which Iโm happy to recommend to readers of thrillers and mysteries. I gave Lake View House, by Helen Phifer, four stars. My blog with additional book and author info is live. ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ค๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ. #ad #gifted #lakeviewhouse #helenphifer #bookouture #mystery #thriller #johnsbookshelf (at Southampton, England, U.K.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcJdbILKL5C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
