New Release: The Sun Down Motel

The Sun Down Motel

by Simone St. James

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

***I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James is like stepping into the Twilight Zone.  A motel and town that looks the same in 2017 as it did in 1982. A motel where electronics refuse to function correctly. An aunt and a niece who seem to have parallel stories.  This definitely sounds like the Twilight Zone and I loved it.  I do not do ghosts in books or movies but the author did an amazing job with the paranormal part of the story.  This was my first book Simone St. James but it will not be my last.

Netgalley Review....
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James is an intriguing mystery/thriller.  Viv Delaney disappears without a trace while working nights at the Sun Down Motel in 1982. In 2017, Carly, her niece, comes to the Sun Down looking for answers about her missing aunt.

The story is told in a dual timeline. It alternates between Viv in 1982 and Carly in 2017. The town is mysterious and very much in the past. The motel is spooky. There are so many secrets in such a small that the author keeps the reader guessing for the entire book. Where is Viv? What is happening at the Sun Down Motel?

I do not like ghosts in books but I loved this book. The author keeps you on the edge and doesn't give the reader too much information but just enough to keep guessing. Each chapter made me want to read one more chapter.

This was a 5⭐ read for me even though I was disappointed in part of the ending. I understand it but I didn't like it.

Thank you to Netgalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the opportunity to read and review this book. 

***I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Mystery & Thriller
Release Date: February 18, 2020


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