Look in the Mirror by Catherine Steadman
Nina, still grieving from the loss of her father, discovers that she has inherited property in the British Virgin Islands—a vacation home she had no idea existed, until now. The house is extraordinary: state-of-the-art, all glass and marble. How did her sensible father come into enough money for this? Why did he keep it from her? And what else was he hiding?
Krysten’s Review
I really enjoyed Steadman’s Something in the Water and was excited to get approved for this ARC. This story felt much different, and I have mixed feelings about it. It is well written, intriguing, and certainly twisty, and fast paced (though it somehow also took forever to get to the big reveal). In the beginning, I had lots of theories for what was going on and how it was going to come together, but they were all ultimately wrong. The fact that the two main POVs were not happening concurrently threw me off for quite a while.
However, the basic premise is pretty out there, and the explanation behind it felt a bit flimsy—both of which made it hard for me to suspend my disbelief. I also thought the big finale felt a bit rushed and maybe even forced, especially the heroes who come to Nina’s rescue. Worse yet, the excitement just stops suddenly with the sound of breaking glass and then jumps ahead two years… what?! Finally, about 2/3 of the way through the book, the chapters in Nina’s point of view randomly switched from first person to third person….Hopefully this is caught in the final round of editing, because that felt pretty sloppy. I did enjoy the reunion in the end, even though there was a lot of info dumping. The final twist in the epilogue felt like a last-minute attempt at shocking readers than something that was well thought out.
All in all, an enjoyable read that kept me guessing. I give it 3.5 stars.
Thanks to NetGalley for approving my ARC request. This is my honest opinion.
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3.7Overall Score
Look in the Mirror by Catherine Steadman
From the New York Times bestselling author of Something in the Water comes“an utter white-knuckle ride that took me into a heart of darkness” (Lucy Foley, author of The Paris Apartment).