The Guest House

Silicon Valley Series, Book 2

De: Bonnie Traymore

Narrado por: Meghan Kelly

He holds out his business card, and she plucks it from his fingers without touching them. “Hope to see you around, Allie Dawson,” he says. That was over a month ago. It seemed too good to be true, but Allie told herself to ignore the nagging feeling in her gut. That was her first mistake. She saw Laura Foster’s email welcoming her into a cohort of grant recipients, Allie literally jumped for joy. She was headed to Silicon Valley with a chance to bring her innovative product to market. She’s deaf with a cochlear implant, and she’s developed a screen that can clip onto eyeglasses and caption speech in real time.

But she had no idea how tight the rental market would be, or how cutthroat the competition is for everything from housing to venture capital. So, after a futile search to find a short-term apartment she could afford, she rented a guest house from a chummy real estate agent who approached her at a coffee shop.But it’s clear now that she should have trusted her instincts. Because there’s something off about her landlord. And his moody wife. And the cryptic Hungarian guy renting his master suite. Are they after her technology?

She knows what it feels like to see her life flash before her eyes, and she doesn't need that kind of stress right now.

So why is she still living there? And has she already seen too much?

©2024 Bonnie Traymore (P)2024 Bonnie Traymore

Better than book 1

This is the 3rd book I've listened to 20th this author/ narrator combination. The writing seems to be getting better, but I'm still not a fan of the narrator. The lead characters would be more appealing with a stronger, more confident voice.

Awesome Book!

This 2nd book in the series captured my attention right from the start.  I listened to this first book when it came out so I knew the background of what happened to Laura and her family, which I found helpful.  This book catches you up on that along the way, so you are fine if you didn’t listen to The “Stepfamily” first.  There was a lot of suspense and twists and turns in this book as you had to figure out who were the people to watch out for. It was nice to have the characters from the last book in this book and continue that story, as well as meet Allie and the new characters.  Allie was new in Silicon Valley and looking for a place to stay to work with Laura’s new company with her grant money.  After a short stay at the Guest House, was it really the place for her to live?  What was going on there? I really loved this book and enjoyed keeping up with the characters and am hoping there will be a next one in the series.  I started listening to this series because of Meghan Kelly performing the narration.  She is such a talented narrator and is great with all the different voices and bringing them to life.  She makes the story so great to listen to.

Narrator..

Narrator was not good for this story. Her characterization of the women made them sound weak and whiny. Even adjusting the speed didn’t help 😞

The narrator needs work

I’ve listened to so many books narrated by her lately and I have such a hard time following bc her voice and acting skills are so fake sounding.

Intriguing

The first book was more intense (imo) than this second book. I began to dislike Laura in book 1, but found her more self centered , superior, and condescending. She was unable to forgive a man she loved and then treated him like a cast off shoe. He may have been wrong, but he did nothing but love her and the children. She acts like she's too good for a normal relationship . This was suspenseful and I believe B will pop up again if there are more books. Lydia is a wild card. Allie has her little secrets too. It all seems far from over, but I enjoyed the adventure. I voluntarily listened to a free copy of this and am giving an honest opinion. The narrator did a great job bringing the characters and story to life. I recommend this book.