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A review by meghan111
Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
4.0
Disclaimer: The author is a friend-of-a-friend. I've never met her, but she is friends with my good friends, so that might have influenced my experience reading this book.
It was so much fun to read this Gothic summer novel about a young woman exposed to a life of privilege in Vermont. Like the protagonist of [b:Rebecca|17899948|Rebecca|Daphne du Maurier|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386605169s/17899948.jpg|46663], Mabel gradually has to uncover the deep, possible murderous secrets of those around her.
Mabel's college roommate Genevra Winslow (Ev) has ignored her all year. But after Ev invites her to a fancy gala held to celebrate the Winslow family's recent donation to the college, Mabel and Ev become friends. Mabel is invited to spend her summer break at the cabins owned by Ev's family, where, it turns out, all the descendants of this blue blood Winslow family gather to spend summers boating, swimming, and...
There were parts in this book where I grew a little bored because I couldn't figure out where the story was going, and I felt too much of Mabel's own feelings of being out of place and a little unsure. But by the end, it became hard to put the book down, and the ending was one of the most satisfying I've read in a long time.
It was so much fun to read this Gothic summer novel about a young woman exposed to a life of privilege in Vermont. Like the protagonist of [b:Rebecca|17899948|Rebecca|Daphne du Maurier|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386605169s/17899948.jpg|46663], Mabel gradually has to uncover the deep, possible murderous secrets of those around her.
Mabel's college roommate Genevra Winslow (Ev) has ignored her all year. But after Ev invites her to a fancy gala held to celebrate the Winslow family's recent donation to the college, Mabel and Ev become friends. Mabel is invited to spend her summer break at the cabins owned by Ev's family, where, it turns out, all the descendants of this blue blood Winslow family gather to spend summers boating, swimming, and...
There were parts in this book where I grew a little bored because I couldn't figure out where the story was going, and I felt too much of Mabel's own feelings of being out of place and a little unsure. But by the end, it became hard to put the book down, and the ending was one of the most satisfying I've read in a long time.