The Guest: A Novel

What a hoot! Alex is an awful person, yet a sympathetic character. She manipulates men for a living and often steals from them. She has burned all her bridges in New York city and is basically on the run. She owes back rent to her roommates and a huge amount to Dom, who seems hell bent on revenge. Her latest target is Simon who has a summer house on Long Island. When he kicks her to the curb, she is basically homeless, but summer is drawing to a close and there are possibilities - parties to crash, private clubs to sneak into, and teenage boys to befriend. The relationships she develops with Calvin, Margaret, Jack, the lost dog, and others will keep you smiling. There seems to be no end to her cleverness and ability to land on her feet.

This girl made me so mad but was the book that sparked up my interest in reading again.

The novel follows 1 week in the life of Alexandra female con artist who uses her body to get her weight with men. Taking a trip to the city she meets the rich Simon who takes her in out of pity and intrigue. Lexus very good at reading people and uses this to her advantage being the a baby Simon expects her to be. The love affair is short-lived after Alex embarrasses her rich boyfriend at a high class party with his friends. Kicked out of his house onto the street Alex plans to make a surprise return at Simon's Labor Day party and re-ignight the love affair. The novel ends as a cliff hanger forcing the readers to decide whether the 2 get back together or not. The cliff hanger helps one to think about many things which include: The cliffhanger helps one wonder if it is feasible for somebody to try to be something or someone that they are not only to please somebody else. Does this create happiness in a relationship? Is this sustainable? Is this worth it in the long run?

Kept my attention but didn’t love the ending. I think I was into it because of where it took place in the Hamptons.