Book Review: The House Guest by Mark Edwards

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from Amazon Publishing (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.

Edition: ARC on Kindle

Genre: Suspense/Thriller

Synopsis:

When British twenty-somethings Ruth and Adam are offered the chance to spend the summer housesitting in New York, they can’t say no. Young, in love and on the cusp of professional success, they feel as if luck is finally on their side.

So the moment that Eden turns up on the doorstep, drenched from a summer storm, it seems only right to share a bit of that good fortune. Beautiful and charismatic, Eden claims to be a friend of the homeowners, who told her she could stay whenever she was in New York.

They know you’re not supposed to talk to strangers—let alone invite them into your home—but after all, Eden’s only a stranger until they get to know her.

As suspicions creep in that Eden may not be who she claims to be, they begin to wonder if they’ve made a terrible mistake…

Sarah's Review:

This book is kind of hard to review because talking about the plot at all would bring spoilers. Character wise, I really liked Adam. Most of the thrillers I have read are from a female perspective, so it was refreshing to read from Adam's perspective. He had a lot of good qualities such as determination, caring, and unconditional love. I really sympathized with him throughout the entire book, and I think it was because he was so reliable. In a lot of the thrillers I have read the main characters are chronic alcoholics, drug users, or have mental illnesses that make the reader form doubt. That was not the case in this book, and even though I love an unreliable narrator it was really nice to have that change of pace. This book was outrageous in terms of all of the plot twists and things that happened, but somehow it worked so well. I have never read a thriller as fast as I read this one. Mark Edwards constructed pages that turned themselves. Overall, I would recommend this book to any thriller lover. I can't wait to get my hands on more of Edwards's books.