The Open House by Sam Carrington

'The Open House' is a pretty good thriller. There are some characters who are realistic, and you can't help liking them - even (most of) the worst things coming out cannot stop that. Others are clearly karikatures to keep the plot rolling. Barb feels that way a lot, but does not go all the way - and I think that is quite a feat, because the Big Bad Mother in Law happens quite a lot in this type of book.

I do think there was slightly too much happening at once at one point, and the plot twists made the truely scary stuff - someone seems to be remaining in your house after an open house - fade to the background too much to my liking. I also think some of those plot twists were pretty obvious for a long time, I was not as surprised as others seem to be.

All in all 'The Open House' is very much worth reading if you like thrillers. It definitely had me on the edge of my seat, and did a great job delivering that scary feeling of 'anyone could be there and do anything'.

I received a free copy through Netgally. My opinions are my own.