A review by reading_under_covers
One Big Happy Family by Jamie Day

2.0

After the passing of their Patriarch, the Bishop sisters, Iris, Vicki, and Faith make their way to their family-owned hotel on the coast of Maine to gather for his will reading. Things quickly take a turn for the worst as the will is read and Hurricane Larry looms overhead.

ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY by Jamie Day has all of the elements I love in a thriller - a unique location that also happens to be isolated, family drama, a locked room mystery, and a massive incoming storm, BUT it just didn’t work for me.

I enjoyed the first ~15% of the story where we’re intro’d to the hotel and Charley (the lead maid and primary observing character), as she prepares for the Bishops’ stay at the hotel and the hurricane that seems to be growing legs.

Beyond that, we’re thrown a random romance, a storm that I honestly wish were bigger, and a few too many shocking twists for my liking.This book also felt like it was 500+ pages long and maybe that’s just because I wanted out of the story so badly.

Unfortunately, I’m taking this as my sign for this to be my last read by Day.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Publication Date: July 16