The Perfect Guests
By Emma Rous
Bought this book on a whim when researching books that were going to be new releases last year. It just sat in my TBR pile on my nook, when at the last minute I needed a new book for vacation, this is the one that just happened to be there. And let me tell you, this is one hell of a book. Couldn’t get enough of it and just had to finish it in two days. Only reason it wasn’t one was because of the drive back to Tennessee from Florida. It was phenomenal. I haven’t read anything else by Rous but I am very excited to see what else they have written. What first intrigued me was that it goes between the late 1980’s and 2019. Following the same place and the information given in the 1980’s leads to further understanding of what's happening in 2019.
The story is told following two women, Beth in the late 1980’s and Sadie in 2019. Beth, an orphan and not wanted by her Aunt Caroline, is asked to be a companion for another girl Nina. The only thing is that Nina and her family live in Raven Hall, a giant estate out in the East Anglian ferns. At times Beth feels like a part of the family, occasionally having to watch her step with Nina, but mainly that she is another daughter to the Averells. That is until Mr. and Mrs. Averell asks Beth a favor, not just once…but three times. The favor is a game of sorts, one that changes absolutely everything. The 2019 parts of the story follows Sadie, a down on her luck actress who is desperate for work and taking care of her mother's affairs. A mother who is not dead but that just left her in the lurch. A turn of luck occurs when Sadie gets an invite to play a part in a murder mystery dinner, one that pays well, all that she has to do is spend a weekend as Mrs. Lamb at Raven Hall. When Sadie accepts and attends the dinner, it turns out things aren’t exactly what they seem. While playing the part, she discovers quite a lot about herself, her mother's past, and what exactly happened at Raven Hall.
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