The House sitter – ARC Book Review

THE PERFECT ESCAPE . . . OR THE PERFECT TRAP?

TWO WEEKS AGO
I woke up in a hotel room next to a dead man, with no memory of the night before.
Panicked, I cleared up any trace that I was there and fled.

ONE WEEK AGO
I was offered the perfect the chance to housesit a gorgeous villa in a remote corner of Italy.
Desperate to get away, I jumped at the chance.

NOW
The owners have unexpectedly shown up at the house. The only problem?
They’re the family of the man I woke up next to, two weeks ago.

ONE OF THEM KNOWS MY SECRET.
AND THEY’VE COME TO FIND ME.

I got an invitation from Hodder and Stoughton to do a review on Mira Shah’s latest novel The House Sitter. I read her previous novel Her which I enjoyed so much and was actually waiting to read more of her books.

Aahnaya finds herself waking up next to a dead man with no memories of what happened the previous night. In a state of panic, she flees the scene and returns back to the apartment. Through the news, she finds that the dead man’s name is Sebastian Lowden and is the CEO of the Lowden company. A woman was apparently found fleeing the scene and although Aahnaya knew that it was her, the police believed that the woman was none other than a woman named Marina who bore a resemblance to Aahnaya. Then Aahnaya gets an invitation to house sit a villa in Italy and she goes there, only to find that the Lowdens own the villa. The Lowdens didn’t hire the housesitter–who sent Aahnaya the invitation? Is it Marina?

I actually liked the first few chapters of the book–it was intense, the family dynamics was also intense and the suspect behind Sebastian’s murder is unknown. However, after 50% of the book, the book kind of got a bit unrealistic with too much of family drama that you feel like you are watching a soap opera. The ending could have been a little better. Even though this wasn’t as great as Her book, this book wasn’t really bad and for once who like family drama, then this would be a good thriller for you–worth four stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Hodder for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.