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The Christmas Guest

Peter Swanson

3.56 AVERAGE

dark mysterious fast-paced
challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I am pleasantly surprised by this one. 
It seemed a bit dry and meh at first, being written as all diary entries. Chapter 2 of 2 though twisted that all up.
with Adam and Emma's murder plan and how Emma has always known her brother was capable, but covers for him anyway.
Even the twist had a surprise, that completely goes with classic Christmas stories.
Ghost stories used to be told Christmas season cause of the early dark and dreay weather.</spoiler >
A good, little read.
dark mysterious medium-paced
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
dark mysterious fast-paced
mysterious
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Christmas Guest by PeterSwanson (audio book) 
This was a likable Christmas read. I thought the plot was well paced for the length of the book. The identity twist was unpredictable and made the second half very entertaining. I will say, the sound of pages turning drove me crazy in the first part of the audio book.