THE NEW COUPLE IN 5B
Lisa Unger
A new couple has just moved into the building. It’s impossible to tell who holds more secrets, the building or its new tenants.
In THE NEW COUPLE IN 5B, we are following the new couple, Rosie and Chad. Rosie is a writer and spends her time coming up with fictional stories with her editor, Max. Chad is an actor who spends his time practicing lines and acting in plays, looking for his next big break.
They have just inherited a beautiful apartment in Windermere. Windermere has a long history and has lived many lives. At first, everything is great, and the couple is overwhelmed by the beautiful apartment. But then over time, things start happening at the Windermere that has Rosie asking a lot of questions.
Will she get the answers she is looking for before it’s too late?
This is not my first Unger and won’t be my last. Although I didn’t enjoy the book as much as I wanted to, I still consider it a success.
A few pages in and I had already named the culprit. The aha was too basic and much too soon in the book. Much of the time spent reading was in anticipation of finding out why, not who. The why was unfortunately a paragraph long and extremely anticlimactic.
At some point I got frustrated and then it got ridiculous. There were a lot of tangents and Unger had a lot to tie together and make sense of by the end. It all wrapped up, but I was left with an empty feeling. There isn’t much to the story and it felt that way.
Because of that, I gave THE NEW COUPLE IN 5B three stars and although it wasn’t my favorite of hers I still think it was a success.
Thanks to Libro.fm, Netgalley, and Harlequin Trade Publishing, and Park Row for the advanced copies and the opportunity to provide feedback!
THE NEW COUPLE IN 5B…⭐⭐⭐
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