![Glass Town](/uploads/profile_image/8fc/a152aefb-26ca-48c7-8fd2-4337f52f48fc.jpg?m=1522324914)
Glass Town
Book
Steven Savile is an international sensation, selling over half a million copies of his novels...
fantasy mystery
![An Excess Male: A Novel](/uploads/profile_image/a6a/13e700b8-e901-4afa-a928-aa508bd9ea6a.jpg?m=1522322992)
An Excess Male: A Novel
Book
From debut author Maggie Shen King, An Excess Male is the chilling dystopian tale of politics,...
![Behold the Dreamers](/uploads/profile_image/157/952f1f29-4008-4344-a43c-d68aba162157.jpg?m=1522358665)
Behold the Dreamers
Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR A powerful and timely story of...
![Follow Me: The Bestselling Crime Novel Terrifying Everyone This Year](/uploads/profile_image/df4/b72fbd56-06fe-4c74-a60a-25e929d8adf4.jpg?m=1522359946)
Follow Me: The Bestselling Crime Novel Terrifying Everyone This Year
Book
**'We've been waiting for a novel that shows just how creepy and scary social media actually is and...
![You Don't Know Me](/uploads/profile_image/91b/78606074-772d-40fd-8ae1-83103a79691b.jpg?m=1522325646)
You Don't Know Me
Book
'An eye-opening, slick and compulsive thriller with an important message and unique writing' ADAM...
![Billy and Me](/uploads/profile_image/da2/ad5c0af5-8266-4f10-a482-164ab42b0da2.jpg?m=1522360824)
Billy and Me
Book
**ZOELLA BOOK CLUB 2016 TITLE** A gorgeously romantic novel about fame, friendship and falling in...
![40x40](/uploads/profile_image/3a5/f3d23f26-b82d-4f45-93e0-c81326a643a5.jpg?m=1588506710)
Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Chalet in Books
Oct 10, 2020
The plot is set in two time frames - 1998 follows the story of the death of a young man whilst on a skiing holiday with his brother and their girlfriends. Fast forward to 2020 and we find ourselves in the same ski resort, with a group of people who are somehow connected to that death. It's told from multiple points of view so you do have to keep your wits about you but it does work well for the story. In amongst this, we have a mystery narrator - that of a child and her difficult childhood spent in and out of foster care which I found heart breaking - how does she fit into the story?
I am not going to give away any of the plot or provide any spoilers as to do so would ruin it for others but what I will say is that I did see the twist coming from a mile away which took a bit of the suspense and head-scratching away somewhat. Having said that, it is a very clever plot which did make me second-guess myself a couple of times but in the end, I was right.
The characters are thoroughly awful; I think if I was stuck with them, I'd do away with the lot of them! I'm not sure whether it was the author's intention to make them so unlikeable but I felt it actually worked really well in the context of the story and I admit to secretly hoping something bad would befall them all!
Overall, this is a creditable debut and I will be looking out for more from this author in the future and I should thank HarperCollins UK / HarperFiction via NetGalley who invited me to read The Chalet in return for an unbiased review.
![New York Dolls by New York Dolls](/uploads/profile_image/892/416b6e3c-5fef-4d0f-b157-13469c3e2892.jpg?m=1591349665)
New York Dolls by New York Dolls
Album
New York Dolls is the debut album by the American hard rock band New York Dolls. It was released on...
![Razzmatazz by I Don't Know How But They Found Me](/uploads/profile_image/edd/c278b8ae-9201-4a12-bef2-c60ee57a4edd.jpg?m=1604481204)
Razzmatazz by I Don't Know How But They Found Me
Album
I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, or iDKHOW is the new project led by frontman,...
![The Blue Pool](/uploads/profile_image/82b/cd9635e0-c560-4651-8734-7aeaf994e82b.jpg?m=1544864596)
The Blue Pool
Book
What really happened that weekend? Four friends go to a remote cabin one summer. Only three return....