Published by Avid Readers Press, Simon & Schuster Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, LGBT
Format: ARC, eBook
“A house is a precious thing…”
1961
Two women, one house….
The Safekeep is a book that slowly won me over. It’s a book about a house and two women, Isabel and Eva who find themselves living in the same home in the Dutch countryside. The home belongs to Isabel’s family and when her brother Louis arrives with his girlfriend, Eva. When Louis must leave for work, the two women are left in the home together and things become interesting. Isabel beings to notice that things have started to go missing, and she has her suspicions. As her suspicion grows as does her infatuation….
This book was like a slow-moving meandering stream for me. It felt slow but was not stagnant. As the plot progresses secrets, lies, obsession, suspicion, and desire blooms. The idea of “home” means many things for many people. Isabel clings to her family home and loves what it holds inside.
There is not a lot of action in this book, unless of course you count the sex scenes. This is a character study of the two women, the house, what unfolds, and what is revealed. This book does go in a direction that I did not see coming, and I did appreciate where it went and found it to be thought provoking.
Thank you to Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
