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The Spare Room
by Andrea Bartz
"The Spare Room" by Andrea Bartz is my second book by her and I enjoyed "We were never here" so I was pretty excited to receive this advance copy to review.
The synopsis definitely raises the intrigue level..... We have Kelly who has just been been dropped by her fiancé during covid. Distraught she ends up being roommates with her roommate Sabrina and her husband in their mansion and soon those three start engaging in some "not so safe for work" escapades. But it soon takes a dangerous turn when something sinister may hay have happened to Sabrina and her husband's last roommate. Just how safe is Kelly living there??
Nope, this book doesn't really do it for me. For one, it's suppose to be a thriller and it's absolutely not. I would go so far as to call it pretty boring actually. The "thriller" part doesn't even happen until late and I was fairly checked out by then. And even if wasn't I can't get past the prose. Especially the dialogue! Every other sentence ends in a exclamation mark! Why are they yelling all the time?!?. lol. And the dialogue itself is really dumb. Like these characters aren't making any sense or making rational decisions. I love my new roommates! But I miss my finance... Oh, you want a three way, let's do it! But I miss my fiancé.
So not sure what this book is but if you like corny dialogue and badly written sex scenes then go for it. This book actually would make a decent beach read if you want to turn off your brain.
I really appreciate Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Ballantine Books for giving me advance review copy for my honest review and this one has a publication date of June 20, 2023
The synopsis definitely raises the intrigue level..... We have Kelly who has just been been dropped by her fiancé during covid. Distraught she ends up being roommates with her roommate Sabrina and her husband in their mansion and soon those three start engaging in some "not so safe for work" escapades. But it soon takes a dangerous turn when something sinister may hay have happened to Sabrina and her husband's last roommate. Just how safe is Kelly living there??
Nope, this book doesn't really do it for me. For one, it's suppose to be a thriller and it's absolutely not. I would go so far as to call it pretty boring actually. The "thriller" part doesn't even happen until late and I was fairly checked out by then. And even if wasn't I can't get past the prose. Especially the dialogue! Every other sentence ends in a exclamation mark! Why are they yelling all the time?!?. lol. And the dialogue itself is really dumb. Like these characters aren't making any sense or making rational decisions. I love my new roommates! But I miss my finance... Oh, you want a three way, let's do it! But I miss my fiancé.
So not sure what this book is but if you like corny dialogue and badly written sex scenes then go for it. This book actually would make a decent beach read if you want to turn off your brain.
I really appreciate Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Ballantine Books for giving me advance review copy for my honest review and this one has a publication date of June 20, 2023