The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James Book Review

Book Synopsis: “The secrets lurking in a rundown roadside motel ensnare a young woman, just as they did her aunt thirty-five years before, in this new atmospheric suspense novel from the national bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls.
Upstate NY, 1982. Every small town like Fell, New York, has a place like the Sun Down Motel. Some customers are from out of town, passing through on their way to someplace better. Some are locals, trying to hide their secrets. Viv Delaney works as the night clerk to pay for her move to New York City. But something isn’t right at the Sun Down, and before long she’s determined to uncover all of the secrets hidden…”

Genre: Thriller 😈

Pace: Slow 🐌

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Length: 327 pages, 11 hours

Goodreads Average Rating: 4.02

Format: Audiobook

What to Expect👇🏼

🗣️ Dual POV
📖 Past and present timelines
👻 Paranormal activity
🔪 Whodunit

💭 Review: “*audiobook* I was so into this book and then at about 50% I got a little confused. I think I should have restarted it so I could have enjoyed it more fully! This has nothing to do with the author’s writing, it was me! I also think this would have been better for me to read as a physcial book!

I enjoyed the past, present, and multiple POVs on this one. They really helped keep it interesting! This would also be a great book to read during spooky season—the paranormal activity would have been perfect for that.

I also didn’t really expect the ending which is always great for a thriller reader! So, overall, I liked this book but my inability to keep up during the audiobook may have impacted my enjoyment of it. I also think it could have been a little shorter. The audiobook was 11 hours and I think 9 hours would have been better! There were definitely some chapters that didn’t need to be included/drug the story on.

I’ll be reading more from this author, though! I think they’ll become one of those auto-buy authors for me, especially the physical copies.”

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