The House by the Sea

When the charming Italian villa is the best thing about the book, you know you're in trouble.

I think another old house reeled me in ~ they get me every time!
So basically I loved reading about the house and the gardens but could NOT get excited about the main characters at all. They had a sad history which the protagonist brought up ad nauseam. Talk about holding onto anger! Her ex husband seemed a tad bit more likeable but he never got fleshed out fully.

So many predictable elements to the story. I'm a terrible guesser at "who dunnit's" but even I knew a third of the way in who the sinister culprit was.

Wish I could have liked it better. I'm going to be generous here and round up to 3 stars but really wavering over clicking two. Maybe it would be better on the beach??