The Guest by Emma Cline

Long Island summer where the rich go to escape the city and Alex has fled to escape period. Alex is a twenty something who is coasting through life on the grace and credit card of her older boyfriend for the summer cannot return to the city now that her roommates want nothing to do with her, her friends have all disappeared and her old boyfriend demands that she return his calls. Convinced that her current boyfriend will come around and he didn't mean to kick her out forever, she just has to hang out for a little bit longer. There is nothing she won't do, no one she won't lie to and manipulate to get what she needs - a bit more time. Alex is a train wreck and you are hopelessly pulled into her path of destruction and desperation. After so many near misses her past mistakes are going to catch up with her right? Perfect for followers of Anna Delvey or THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. ​  4 stars