The Safe Place
by Anna Downes
The story is being told from three different perspective, Emily’s, Scott’s (Emily’s Boss) and Nina’s (Scott’s wife).
Emily who is in her twenties and has a challenging relationship with her parents. She is chatty, immature and like others in her age she is making wrong decisions in her life that makes her suffer.
It is difficult a time of Emily’s life right now, she was let go of her job as a receptionist, has no income, her rent is behind, and the landlord is going to evict her very soon. This is when Scott offers her a job as a housekeeper of his huge home in France. She meets Nina at the mansion and befriends her, while she is also jealous of Nina because of her own crush on Scott.
The Safe Place was an entertaining fast read. I like books with alternating points of view. The plot was mostly predictable. The characters had room to be more developed. I really like the details about the beautiful mansion, the mysterious caretaker Nina and Scott with their own extraordinary characteristics.
The ending was very predictable, and I felt the story was unfinished. And left the reader with so many unanswered questions. At the same time, it is well worth reading. I give this book 3.5 star and round it up to 4.0. can’t wait to read more books from this author.
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