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A review by theliterateleprechaun
The Last Guests by J.P. Pomare
5.0
THIS. WAS. ONE. FREAKY. BOOK.
Warning: do not read if you are alone in a house at night!
Cain, an army vet, is able to convince his wife, Lina, a paramedic, to put the house on Lake Tarawera she inherited from her grandparents on an Airbnb side called WeStay. In their 20s, Cain and Lina are having difficulty balancing careers, finances, trauma, a social life and future dreams. On top of these stresses, the newlyweds are keeping secrets from each other. Renting out the lakehouse on the weekends seems like a great way to solve cashflow problems. Unfortunately, what seems like a great idea becomes a nightmare.
Right from the first page I was pulled onto a rollercoaster ride I didn’t think I wanted to go on! It was disturbing, yet compelling. I couldn’t stop reading. Who was installing miniature cameras? What’s going on here? It definitely incited chills and left me wondering about every single hotel room I’ve ever stayed in!!! The voyeuristic overtones were creepy, but the peephole chapters were downright freaky! J.P. Pomare has played into our fear of someone watching us and created an edgy thriller that readers just can’t tear themselves away from reading. The shady, untrustworthy, and aloof characters added to the uneasy feeling. It’s sharp, fast paced storytelling that will tie a cold knot in the pit of your stomach and give you that claustrophobic sense that some thing is going to happen … and it will probably freak you out.
Pomare highlights privacy issues, the effects of poor choices, the treatment of war vets and our obsession with technology. He crafts an edgy thriller that leaves readers with an uneasy feeling.
If you like a voyeuristic thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat, this one’s for you!
Publishes August 31, 2021.
I was gifted this advance copy by JP Pomare, Mulholland Books and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.
Warning: do not read if you are alone in a house at night!
Cain, an army vet, is able to convince his wife, Lina, a paramedic, to put the house on Lake Tarawera she inherited from her grandparents on an Airbnb side called WeStay. In their 20s, Cain and Lina are having difficulty balancing careers, finances, trauma, a social life and future dreams. On top of these stresses, the newlyweds are keeping secrets from each other. Renting out the lakehouse on the weekends seems like a great way to solve cashflow problems. Unfortunately, what seems like a great idea becomes a nightmare.
Right from the first page I was pulled onto a rollercoaster ride I didn’t think I wanted to go on! It was disturbing, yet compelling. I couldn’t stop reading. Who was installing miniature cameras? What’s going on here? It definitely incited chills and left me wondering about every single hotel room I’ve ever stayed in!!! The voyeuristic overtones were creepy, but the peephole chapters were downright freaky! J.P. Pomare has played into our fear of someone watching us and created an edgy thriller that readers just can’t tear themselves away from reading. The shady, untrustworthy, and aloof characters added to the uneasy feeling. It’s sharp, fast paced storytelling that will tie a cold knot in the pit of your stomach and give you that claustrophobic sense that some thing is going to happen … and it will probably freak you out.
Pomare highlights privacy issues, the effects of poor choices, the treatment of war vets and our obsession with technology. He crafts an edgy thriller that leaves readers with an uneasy feeling.
If you like a voyeuristic thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat, this one’s for you!
Publishes August 31, 2021.
I was gifted this advance copy by JP Pomare, Mulholland Books and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.