Book 2: The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke

Welcome readers! I'm back at it again with my shenanigans. Please bear with me as I've been having a very busy last few weeks with lot of change that has been happening personally. However, this is no excuse and I am striving to be better, and I apologize.

          Now, let's get into the book for the month of September. From the friendship duo under the name of Evelyn Clarke comes the locked-room mystery, The Ending Writes Itself. I came about it from a book club that I attended some months back. It sounded interesting and I wanted to participate in the discussion, so I started reading.

          The locked-room subgenre is quite fascinating to me, first of all, because the whole idea of a setting being next to impossible for a culprit to commit a crime cleanly sets my gears turning. I want to find out how an intruder seems to get in and out with ease as I learn how to orchestrate my own plots.

         This novel sees six struggling writers trying to make it big being presented with an opportunity to complete a world-renown author's last piece, due to his unfortunate and untimely demise. The setting is the author's private Scottish island where he's also deemed to have passed. The writers have to come up with a magnificent ending, all the while living with each other in the middle of a competition for author recognition.

         I liked the idea for this novel. Having authors pushed outside their respective genres encourages me in that I don't have to limit myself. However, we really spend most of the novel learning about the character's personalities, what brought them to the island in the first place, and the happenings over their trip's duration. Then, the book culminates in discovering what became of the famous author and what becomes of the main characters themselves. Part two, making up the majority of the book, is where we see these issues unfolding.

          I think Evelyn Clarke does a good job of setting the scene and outlining their story. The ending was a nice twist and I find I can take note on how I might be able to set up my own stories. Hope you readers enjoy this story should you wish to partake.