5 Stars from me
Intriguing, clever, exciting and oh so hard to put down! The Hotel is a fabulous and fast read that I can see would convert really well to a short TV series.
I loved the aspect of the conventions and the fanbase, and how the different students each dealt with the aftermath of the original incident in different ways.
Louise Mumford cleverly reveals the story layer by layer and I was utterly hooked – this was one I finished off in the wee small hours as I got to a point where I just couldn’t put it down.
A great read, thoroughly enjoyable and I am sure it will be much loved. Could work well for a Young Adult audience too I would have thought.
Blurb: Four students travel to Ravencliffe, an eerie abandoned hotel perched on steep cliffs on the Welsh coast. After a series of unexplained accidents, only three of them leave. The fourth, Leo, disappears, and is never seen again.
Only three of them came back
A decade on, the friends have lost contact. Oscar is fame-hungry, making public appearances and selling his story. Richard sank into alcoholism and is only just recovering. Bex just wants to forget – until one last opportunity to go back offers the chance to find out what really happened to Leo.
Ten years later, they return one last time
But as soon as they get to the hotel things start going wrong again. Objects mysteriously disappear and reappear. Accidents happen. And Bex realises that her former friends know far more than they are letting on about the true events at Ravencliffe that night…
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