![]() ![]() When a male writer creates a female character who's beautiful, sexy and often not wearing many clothes, I'm a little leery. Not a sports bra, but a bra and not for any real reason. I was iffy about this book when they introduced the main character driving down the road just wearing a bra. However I found The Univited so frustrating and borderline offense that I feel the need to explain my feelings. ![]() Rarely do I actually write a review for a 1 star book. But Mimi has just arrived, so who is responsible? And more alarmingly, what does the intruder want? Part gripping thriller, part family drama, this fast-paced novel plays out in alternating viewpoints, in a pastoral setting that is evocative and eerie - a mysterious character in its own right. The house is fairy-tale quaint, and the key is hidden right where her dad said it would be, so she’s shocked to find someone already living there - Jay, a young musician, who is equally startled to meet Mimi and immediately accuses her of leaving strange and threatening tokens a dead bird, a snakeskin, a cricket sound track embedded in his latest composition. ![]() So when her artist father, Marc, offers the use of his remote Canadian cottage, she’s glad to hop in her Mini Cooper and drive up north. Mimi Shapiro had a disturbing freshman year at NYU, thanks to a foolish affair with a professor who still haunts her caller ID. Who is the uninvited? This twisty page-turner from a master of suspense plumbs the unsettling goings-on at a picture-perfect woodland cottage. ![]()
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