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The Lake House by Kate Watterson
2.0

 This book was a bit of a letdown. Nothing really happens for the first half of the book. It’s also book 1 in the Detective Chris Bailey series but we aren’t introduced to him until the second half. The writing style is a bit confusing as well. It switches POV which is fine, except it switches mid-chapter with no warning and no introduction as to which character it is. The only clear POV is the killers at the beginning of each chapter which is italicised. I didn’t really connect with the main trio. Drew, Rob, and Lauren are all pretty similar in personality and the love triangle was just a bit weird. We also know who the killer is throughout the book with very few twists so there isn’t much suspense. Then at the end, *slight spoiler* a character is potentially paralysed and it’s mentioned that they will be chained to their wheelchair unable to seduce anyone with a life not worth living. The author obviously doesn’t know any disabled people or doesn’t think very highly of them because a wheelchair isn’t a death sentence and disabled people have relationships and sex all the time. I received a copy of the ebook via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.