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The Lakehouse by Joe Clifford

3.0

This is a hard one to review for me. Did I love the book, no. Did I enjoy it, yes. There was just so much lacking from this story. The storyline itself wasn't bad, I mean, I finished it and didn't hate it. But it felt very surface level, especially when it came to the characters.

You get most of the story through the eyes of Tracy who is a divorced mom who meets Tod Norman who everyone thinks killed his wife, but was never found guilty. The rest of the story we get through other characters. While I enjoy stories from an outside point of view, I honestly just didn't see the point of Tracy. For me, she didn't add a lot to the story besides providing an alibi and showing the side of Tod everyone refused to see. I would have liked to see more from Tod's perspective.

This was a 2.5 Stars for me. I may check out other books from this author to see if I get more from another story of theirs.

Thank you the Netgalley and Polis Books for a copy of this title in exchange for an honest review