Yes, I gave this book 2.5 stars. But, I think it's more of a 'me' problem and not a 'book' problem. 

Let me start by saying that I don't think it was necessarily a bad book - I read it one sitting while Sam was getting a tattoo. It was an easy read and I didn't think it was boring..but I didn't find it super interesting, either. 

After reading the acknowledgements in the back, where Peter Swanson suggests reading this Christmas Eve with a beverage by the fire after everything has calmed down..I think that would have been the better route to take and I would have likely enjoyed the book more had I read it that way. 

In this story you're following Ashley, an American who is attending college in a new country. She heads to a friend's family home for the holidays and finds herself living in her own Thriller/Mystery. 

One thing I do like about this novella is that it's told from diary entries which is a unique way to read. I love things that are mixed media and I loved an unreliable narrator.