The Boy at the Door
I just finished reading The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl. This book was provided to me for review by Penguin Random House but the fact that I received this book for free has not influenced my review in any way. The Boy at the Door is Alex Dahl's first novel, and for a first novel I think it is very good. I was drawn in from the beginning by the mysterious little boy and wanted to keep reading so I could find out where he came from and how he was related to Cecilia. I do think that their connection is fairly easy to guess but the way the author gets us there is suspenseful and full of twists and turns. Some of the things that happen in the book seem far fetched at first but the author connects all the dots by the end. I liked how the characters in the novel are not always what they seem at the onset. Anni is not just a scruffy heroin addict, Cecilia isn't entirely (...