Daisy Darker

Daisy Darker

Alice Feeney

my review : ✮✮✮

Y I K E S 😱

This thriller scared the crap out of me! Atmospheric & chilling, this book would be a great Halloween-time read. 

Things I loved: Locked room mystery, family drama, many twists and turns, no clue who the killer was

What kept this from being a 5-star: It felt a bit overwritten and long-winded at times. I felt like many of these sentences were written just to be pulled out of the book as quotes, and I found the writing a bit distracting.  

After years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker’s family gets together for Nana’s 80th birthday party in her gothic home on a tiny island that’s only accessible when the tide is out for a few hours a day. The family arrives, and at the stroke of midnight, as a storm rages, Nana is found dead. And an hour later, the next family member follows… trapped in this house where someone is killing them one by one. The Darker’s must reckon with their family history as they strive to stay alive.

Despite my critiques, I found aspects of this thriller fresh and unique and would recommend it to anyone wanting to get in the mood for spooky season. 

Best paired with the “tequila daisy”: 1/2 ounce lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 2 ounces tequila, 1/2 ounce Grand Marnier, and club soda. In a shaker, stir together lemon juice & sugar. Add tequila and Grand Mariner and fill with ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass and top with club soda to the brim.

you’ll love this book if you love:

• Gothic thrillers

• Locked room murder mysteries

• The Guest List by Lucy Foley 

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