One Big Happy Family: A Novel

🌬🌊Wow! What a family!😟 One Big Happy Family, not to be confused by the title, is a cauldron of secrets, deceit, back-biting, jealousy, greed: you name it, this family has all the negatives and they all spill when three sisters and their families gather for the reading of their father's will. The atmosphere in the rooms of the hotel their dad owned is as stormy as the hurricane outside, all told by a young hotel maid who gets stuck in the middle of the drama as they are trapped by the storm

Let’s start by saying, there is no truly good person in this story. A couple are on the line, but they are questionable. The “family” here is a quagmire of deception and conspiracy all rolled up in a blanket of false hoods. I enjoyed reading this book, it kept me motivated to find the answers almost throughout and the timeline shifted back and forth, but kept me involved and interested. A good, interesting read, although dark almost throughout.

Set on a cliff’s edge during a severe storm, with a cast of characters with questionable motivations, sets this story up. I thought I knew what was more than likely going to happen. Other than one small guess, I was wrong with everything else. From the beginning there was nothing but one unexpected twist after another. The characters took me by surprise just as much as the storyline. When I wasn’t reading this, I was thinking about it and angsty to get back into it.