Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

This post contains spoilers.

This book was given to me by Celadon Books, as Celadon Reads, in exchange for my review. 

I was given this book to read and review by Celadon Books.
Let me just start off by saying this, the cover drew me in. By the look of it, I wanted to read it immediately. The books started out strong and the author knows how to paint a picture. It follows a family on vacation at some luxurious island. Everyone seems enamoured by the beautiful Alison, and she soon turns up missing and then dead. The resort workers get blames, but nothing comes of that. 

The younger sister of Alison grows up and I'd living in the city. She finds one of the accused resort workers and then proceeds to stalk and befriend the guy so she can find out what happened to her sister, and who her sister really was. If it followed just these two, it would have been great. Instead the author has several chapters from different people, which adds nothing to the story. They could have been mentioned in other ways, as opposed to having short chapters dedicated to them. It switches from first person to third person, which throws you off a bit, and ruins the immersion.


The ending was lackluster. I wanted more. You find out about Alison moments before her death, but nothing about the actual death or how it happened. I was left unsatisfied with the entire book when I finished it. It has promise, but not something I thoroughly enjoyed.

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Welcome to my first blog of what I hope will be many. In this blog, I will post my reviews in many different books. I read different formats of books. Physical and ebooks, as well as different genres. All reviews will be completely unbiased and honest, no matter if a book is sent to me or if I bought it. Be aware that reviews will contain spoilers and I will do my best to advise you of that at the beginning of every post. 

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