**** stars
Dangerous liaisons, blackmail and murder.....
This coming-of-age story is set in the time period post WWII. With her stepfather Joe Spooner recently returned from the war, Evie and her beautiful mother, Beverly, set off with him on a grand vacation trip to a nearly deserted Palm Beach, Florida. The hotel is sparsely occupied and the family meets others who are staying there during this time. One of the other guests is a man named Peter; an old military buddy of Joe's who seems to have followed the family to this beach town. There seems to be some issue between the two of them, setting up the tension and conflict.
Peter is handsome, young and charming -- and both of the Spooner women are apparently entranced by him. Evie, age 15, has a huge crush on him and is eager to grow up and experience true love. Peter takes the two on drives and to the movies, spending time with them while Joe is working on putting together a business deal with another hotel occupant he met. Relationships between the hotel guests develop, but there are secrets and hidden agendas among them.
One day, Beverly, Joe and Peter set off on a fishing trip that turns deadly - only two of them return in the aftermath of a hurricane. Soon it becomes obvious to Evie that she has been lied to, repeatedly and completely by those she has loved.
Who is telling the lies and why? Who can she trust? I liked this book although I have reservations because of the way it ended.
Dangerous liaisons, blackmail and murder.....
This coming-of-age story is set in the time period post WWII. With her stepfather Joe Spooner recently returned from the war, Evie and her beautiful mother, Beverly, set off with him on a grand vacation trip to a nearly deserted Palm Beach, Florida. The hotel is sparsely occupied and the family meets others who are staying there during this time. One of the other guests is a man named Peter; an old military buddy of Joe's who seems to have followed the family to this beach town. There seems to be some issue between the two of them, setting up the tension and conflict.
Peter is handsome, young and charming -- and both of the Spooner women are apparently entranced by him. Evie, age 15, has a huge crush on him and is eager to grow up and experience true love. Peter takes the two on drives and to the movies, spending time with them while Joe is working on putting together a business deal with another hotel occupant he met. Relationships between the hotel guests develop, but there are secrets and hidden agendas among them.
One day, Beverly, Joe and Peter set off on a fishing trip that turns deadly - only two of them return in the aftermath of a hurricane. Soon it becomes obvious to Evie that she has been lied to, repeatedly and completely by those she has loved.
Who is telling the lies and why? Who can she trust? I liked this book although I have reservations because of the way it ended.
Denise Crawford
4 comments:
This was an okay book. I found it to be very slow paced, and a bit boring. However, I have never read something that made me think so deeply. This book really made me wonder how far lies can go...
Evie was far too unlikeable for me to garner an interest her life. The idea is interesting, but it makes me wonder what could have been if it was told from the point of view of anybody that wasn't
Evie.
I was hoping to read this book and review it but I still might read it.
You should read it, Stephanie!
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