Emily Proudman wants nothing more than to be an actress, but with her acting career going nowhere, she is forced to work temp jobs to pay the bills. Unfortunately Emily is about as successful at her temp jobs as she is at acting, and in one unfortunate day Emily loses her job, her agent, and she gets evicted from her apartment. Her luck seems to change, however, when she is offered a dream job, one that almost seems too good to be true, by Scott Denny, a very successful, not to mention very rich, CEO. Soon Emily is flying off to Scott’s estate in France to work for his wife, Nina, as a type of personal assistant, and to help care for his daughter, Aurelia. Soon Emily begins to see past the beauty and serenity she finds in her new job, and discovers that there are secrets hiding within the walls, secrets that, if discovered, could be dangerous and life-altering.
As I have said in many of my reviews, I like novels in which the narrative is told from the perspectives of multiple characters; I like experiencing the action and emotions from a variety of viewpoints, giving me a bigger picture of the events and people’s motivations. The great thing about The Safe Place is that I was able to experience events from Emily and Scott’s viewpoints, but there were also other little random sections within the novel, narrated by third, that added to the mystery of the novel. The characters are quite complex and well developed. There were many times while reading it that I wanted to yell at Emily, to tell her to get her head out of the clouds and open her eyes, but in the end I think she did the right thing. Nina, on the other hand, is quite the tragic character; I almost felt sorry for her at the end, even with her decisions and desires. I do wish that there was more in the novel about her past however. I also wish there was more in the novel, specifically at the end, about Emily and her story; I felt a little jipped and was hoping to get some answers about her past, the same answers that she craves.
The Safe Place was a novel that I could not put down and really enjoyed. It is a page-turner that kept me guessing right until the end. I would highly recommend it to anyone who would enjoy a little mystery with their paradise.
As I have said in many of my reviews, I like novels in which the narrative is told from the perspectives of multiple characters; I like experiencing the action and emotions from a variety of viewpoints, giving me a bigger picture of the events and people’s motivations. The great thing about The Safe Place is that I was able to experience events from Emily and Scott’s viewpoints, but there were also other little random sections within the novel, narrated by third, that added to the mystery of the novel. The characters are quite complex and well developed. There were many times while reading it that I wanted to yell at Emily, to tell her to get her head out of the clouds and open her eyes, but in the end I think she did the right thing. Nina, on the other hand, is quite the tragic character; I almost felt sorry for her at the end, even with her decisions and desires. I do wish that there was more in the novel about her past however. I also wish there was more in the novel, specifically at the end, about Emily and her story; I felt a little jipped and was hoping to get some answers about her past, the same answers that she craves.
The Safe Place was a novel that I could not put down and really enjoyed. It is a page-turner that kept me guessing right until the end. I would highly recommend it to anyone who would enjoy a little mystery with their paradise.