All These Beautiful Strangers

A Novel

De: Elizabeth Klehfoth

Narrado por: Caitlin Kelly, Xe Sands, Greg Tremblay

A young woman haunted by a family tragedy is caught up in a dangerous web of lies and deception involving a secret society in this highly charged, addictive psychological thriller that combines the dishy gamesmanship of Gossip Girl with the murky atmosphere of The Secret History.

One summer day, Grace Fairchild, the beautiful young wife of real estate mogul Alistair Calloway, vanished from the family’s lake house without a trace, leaving behind her seven-year old daughter, Charlie, and a slew of unanswered questions.

Years later, 17-year-old Charlie still struggles with the dark legacy of her family name and the mystery surrounding her mother. Determined to finally let go of the past, she throws herself into life at Knollwood, the prestigious New England school she attends. Charlie quickly becomes friends with Knollwood’s "it" crowd.

Charlie has also been tapped by the A’s - the school’s elite secret society well known for terrorizing the faculty, administration, and their enemies. To become a member of the A’s, Charlie must play The Game, a semester-long, diabolical high-stakes scavenger hunt that will jeopardize her friendships, her reputation, even her place at Knollwood.

As the dark events of past and present converge, Charlie begins to fear that she may not survive the terrible truth about her family, her school, and her own life.

©2018 Elizabeth Klehfoth (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

Reseñas de la Crítica

"This is going to be big." (Entertainment Weekly)

“Juicy, clever, and beguiling." (Cecily von Ziegsar, author of the Gossip Girl novels)

Grabbed me from the beginning

I didn’t want to stop listening to this book. I take a train to and from work, so I listen to a lot of books. This is the first one in a long time I didn’t want to stop listening to when I got into work or home. Great story line and the narration was done nicely. I wish more books would grab my attention and hold on like this one did!

Excellent

I really enjoyed the plot. Very well written and the audio performance is really good!

Great Character Development and Exploration

Overall, this was an enjoyable book to listen to. The pacing was perfect, and Klehforth did a great job interweaving different perspectives and using non-linear storytelling to build suspension and intrigue. Klehforth also does an excellent job presenting the narrators/main characters - Charlie, Grace, and Astaire - as complex character that you care about without excusing their bad behavior or decisions. And the character development, especially with Charlie, was great.

My main critique is the epilogue; it felt a forced, like Klehfoth had to explain everything that happened after the story ended and couldn't leave anything to the reader's imagination. I personally prefer open-ended stories, so this is more personal preference and the epilogue is only five minutes, so it doesn't affect the story too much.

I really liked it!

Took me a bit to get into , but once I did I enjoyed this one a lot ... lots of characters and they all come together to tell a story that has lots of twist , turns and drama. Narrators we’re all excellent as well!

Good book

This was a good book about a junior in high school whose mother disappeared her father was a millionaire president of company and the mother was just an everyday ordinary middle-class woman.

Interesting story

I love redemption stories, and this is a good one—excellent writing, stellar character development, an intriguing story, and a satisfying ending. I enjoyed the different points of view and how the author weaved the story together in different time periods. As other reviewers have pointed out, anyone who reads a lot will figure out pretty early on what happened, but it was still entertaining. I will admit that with all the ugliness going on politically in the US these days, I have little tolerance for stories of entitlement, arrogance, mega-wealth, and how some believe their position puts them above the law, and there’s a lot of that in this story (which got a bit sickening), but main character Charlie redeems herself in the end and for me that redeemed the story. I thought the narrators were exceptional. I would recommend this one with just a few reservations.

Wow this book has layers!

there's so much going on, it always keeps you interested in asking a new question. it's realistic it's enticing I just love this book!

Felt like an Episode story but well written and well acted

This was such a fun ride and kept me on my toes, the back and forth pics between the mom, dad, and Charlie were the perfect balance to keep me invested even with the long chapters. I felt there was a little too much repetitiveness with the "I said, he said, she said" whenever characters had a conversation that normally in a book you glance over, but after a while I tuned it out.

So much fun to piece together!

This one was fun! I loved hearing different sides of the story and connecting the dots. I enjoyed the authors writing style quite a bit.

Well written

I loved this book. The story was so well written and planned out. I enjoyed the entire book and the ending was excellent. Definitely did not disappoint.