I’ve been a huge Kate
Morton fan for a long time and have introduced quite a lot of people to her
books. I always look forward to her
novels, as they’re perfect for cozying up to a fire with a cup of tea and just
getting lost in the stories. While her
latest book, The Lake House, wasn’t
my favorite and had quite the unrealistic ending, it definitely had a lot of steam
getting to that point.
Due to overstepping her
bounds, Sadie Sparrow, a detective in the police force, has been forced into
taking a little “vacation” in Cornwall, England. It is here during a run that she comes across
an old estate. The reader learns that
during World War I, this house was the home of the Edavanes; Alice Edavane is a
well-known author now in her eighties who is looking for answers into the
long-ago disappearance of her little brother, Theo. During a midsummer party, Theo vanished,
never to be seen or heard from again.
What happened to him? Were their parents, Eleanor and Anthony Edavane, somehow involved in his disappearance?
One of the things that
make Kate Morton’s books so interesting is that their large houses can almost be
seen as major characters. Little Theo
seemingly vanished in one of these houses, and Morton goes back and forth in
time to tell his story. Unfortunately,
this doesn’t always work as well in The
Lake House as it did in her other novels; some parts seem slow, and I kept
hoping for Morton to pick up the pace a bit.
When she does, the plot races to the end quickly, and all the puzzle
pieces fit together nicely. However, the
ending is a bit implausible and a little disappointing after all that work
reading the book. Don’t let that deter you
from reading The Lake House – but if
you’ve never read Kate Morton, you might want to start with one of her earlier,
and in my opinion, better books.
MY RATING - 3
