The Family Game
I’m keeping this review short since everyone has picked up this book and it was a BOTM selection.
Brace yourselves, because here comes yet again another unpopular opinion.
Well… nothing happens in this cat-n-mouse thriller until about the last 40 pages, and you’re also going to have to suspend belief as you read the majority of the story. Honestly, I was left kinda wondering what the mystery even was as I finished the book.
On the plus side this story has short chapters, so it reads fast even though it’s a slow burn.
Overall, this is an interesting and cinematic story. I wanted to know how it ended (which I guessed at about halfway) and that’s what kept me reading. I think this is one of those books you would want to read on an airplane or while traveling, because you don’t really have to invest yourself in it and it goes by quickly.
Thank you, Random House, for this gift a copy and exchange for my honest review
Synopsis: Harry is a novelist on the brink of stardom; Edward, her husband-to-be, is seemingly perfect. In love and freshly engaged, their bliss is interrupted by the reemergence of the Holbecks, Edward's eminent family and the embodiment of American old money. For years, they've dominated headlines and pulled society's strings, and Edward left them all behind to forge his own path. But there are eyes and ears everywhere. It was only a matter of time before they were pulled back in . . .
After all, even though he's long severed ties with his family, Edward is set to inherit it all. Harriet is drawn to the glamour and sophistication of the Holbecks, who seem to welcome her with open arms, but everything changes when she meets Robert, the inescapably magnetic head of the family. At their first meeting, Robert slips Harry a cassette tape, revealing a shocking confession which sets the inevitable game in motion.
What is it about Harry that made him give her that tape? A thing that has the power to destroy everything? As she ramps up her quest for the truth, she must endure the Holbecks' savage Christmas traditions all the while knowing that losing this game could be deadly.
