I received a free copy from Netgalley, here is the blurb

"Four of them went to the hotel
Four students travel to Ravencliffe, an eerie abandoned hotel perched on steep cliffs on the Welsh coast. After a series of unexplained accidents, only three of them leave. The fourth, Leo, disappears, and is never seen again.
Only three of them came back
A decade on, the friends have lost contact. Oscar is fame-hungry, making public appearances and selling his story. Richard sank into alcoholism and is only just recovering. Bex just wants to forget – until one last opportunity to go back offers the chance to find out what really happened to Leo.
Ten years later, they return one last time
But as soon as they get to the hotel things start going wrong again. Objects mysteriously disappear and reappear. Accidents happen. And Bex realises that her former friends know far more than they are letting on about the true events at Ravencliffe that night…"

I found this book to be about 3.5 stars out of 5. It was reasonably ok but I can't say I really liked any of the characters. The setting is definitely a good horror setting with a gothic horror story feel to it and had potential but I felt left down a little by the ending. I didn't not enjoy reading it but just felt that it could have been even better especially if he perhaps had a duel element of the story running through it set in the past.

Thank you to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I found this book a little slow and hard to get into. It felt bogged down with too much detail. However, I persevered and found the overall book an enjoyable read.

This was the first book I have read by this author and I found the story to be a little creepy.I did, however, find it a bit predictable in parts, guessing one of the final story lines quite mid-way through the book but that didn’t stop me enjoying it.

Four teenagers (Bex, Leo, Oscar and Richie)plan a night time summer trip to the abandoned and allegedly cursed Ravencliffe Hotel which sits high on the steep cliffs on the Welsh coast. The Hotel was built in the late 19th century as a luxury spa resort but disaster struck, the hotel was never completely finished and in despair the owner killed himself.

The group filmed their escapade little knowing that it would become a worldwide sensation. Four ventured out to the hotel but only three returned. For the last ten years there have been many theories about what happened to Leo.

Approaching the tenth anniversary, the film company are planning a reunion. Bex, now almost a recluse wants no part of it, until she receives a sign that means she can’t turn her back on this - she must find out what happened to Leo.

Almost as soon as the three get to the hotel and filming starts, things start to go wrong and Bex gets the feeling her two former friends might know more about what happened to Leo than they are admitting to.

The book itself is told in two timelines - the present day and then that night ten years ago.

I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who likes a good thriller. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced read copy of this book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

This has been one of my top reads this year! This book had me hooked from page one and the plot is incredible. Bex is an amazing character and I loved every single page.

Set over two time periods, present day and 10 years earlier this book tells the story of what happens when 4 teenagers explore an empty, allegedly haunted hotel. They initially film events which reminded me of The Blair Witch movie. The book is very slow to get going but then the plot gathers pace.

An entertaining and atmospheric thriller, The Hotel is an enjoyable quick read with a creepy tone and a lot to uncover.

Told over two timelines - one during the group's first visit and the second during their present trip - I liked how the stories worked alongside each other to slowly reveal what happened in the past and what was really behind Leo's disappearance.

For me, everything needed to be heightened a touch more to have a bigger impact - there needed to be more mysterious things going on, the tension needed to be spookier, and the history of the hotel needed to be weaved in more often.

But everything was there, and there was definitely more atmosphere than I was expecting. The ending certainly came as a surprise, too, so it was definitely still an enjoyable thriller overall.

Bex, Oscar and Richard have born the weight of that night-the night that Leo disappeared from Ravencliffe-for 10 years, This moves back and forth in time to tell their story now that the three of them are back at the hotel. To be honest, the plot itself is a trope but Mumford has done a very good job with the characters and atmospherics. And the twist! Thanks to netgalley for the arc. A good read.

An OK read, but didn't live up to expectations. I didn't particularly like the main character, Bex. The two time lines were handled well but there seemed to be a lot of repetition and the thin plot drawn out unnecessarily. Unfortunately this book wasn't for me but I did stick with it to the unbelievable end.

I enjoyed this quite a bit. It was a great blend of creep, mystery, and a few twists. I love a good dual timeline story, and I thought it did really well to juxtapose the emotional, tense present day with the pending doom in the past.
I did not figure out the reveal towards the end, which is always a big bonus for me,
This isn't the type of thriller that I find myself wanting to talk about after, and its nothing that kept me up all night, but it was a good and quick read.

For those of us who consider ourselves a thrill seeker, this one had great promise!

I was immediately drawn to the fantastic cover and my eyes couldn’t stop roaming over the small details. Ravencliffe definitely gives creepy hotel vibes. I loved it!

Mumford also nailed the unsettling setting, set the tone for the story, established the mood and made me feel like I was part of the experience. Her setting was so well done that I felt part of the story and this added to the tension. Mumford also perfectly presented the reality of stardom. The mele surrounding the RavenCon10 and the stalking was expertly conveyed.

However, despite the great atmosphere and setting and a great plot, the pacing, for me, was the downfall of this book.

Mumord’s previous book, The Safe House, was a five-star read for me because of her writing style and her choice to make the home a character. I’ll continue to search out her writing, despite not enjoying this one as much as I’d hoped.

I was gifted this copy by HQ and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.

This book was something of a slow burner with too much detail at the beginning. It was worth persevering though because the action really ramped up about half way, once the group and film crew had returned to the hotel.

The plot was based around a central mystery over a teenager's disappearance 10 years ago but clearly there was someone manipulating events at the reunion - but who and why? I'm glad that all was explained by the end and there were no loose ends. My expectations about what had happened to the missing character (Leo) were completely wrong.

There were a few minor irritations for me - it was explained that the film was an internet sensation but I had no concept of how long the film was, or exactly what was in it (just snippets). Secondly, the hotel was remote but accessible (i.e. not on an island) so since there was such a big hoo-haa about the film, why were there no crowds of lookers and explorers visiting and disturbing the site during the intervening ten years? That just seemed a bit unlikely. Despite those points, a good read with some unexpected twists, and I'm glad I read it.

Was an okay read. Similar to the Blair Witch but I felt it was more of a read for tweens than adults.

This wasn’t the best book Ive ever read and was a bit boring in places . There wasn’t a lot of tension but enough of a story to keep you reading to the end . I wouldn’t really recommend this book and struggled to give it 3 stars . It was quite well written but unfortunately didn’t grab me enough . Thanks for the opportunity to read this book In return for my review.

Four friends become three when one disappears in mysterious circumstances a decade ago. Now older and with differing ideas about retelling their story – one is fame hungry and hasn’t an issue with being paid to recount what happened, other wants to stay in her house and make as little contact with the outside world as possible – they agree to return tot the Welsh hotel, in the hope of finding out what happened to their friend. Perhaps the question is: who happened to their friend?

There was just something about the blurb of The Hotel that caught my attention immediately. I love a good remote and creepy setting, and the abandoned hotel on top of the steep Welsh cliffs sounded like a perfect backdrop for an atmospheric story. Add a missing person and strange things happening before the disappearance, and I was very excited indeed to be picking up The Hotel. I fully expected to have a great time with this story, but unfortunately I ended up feeling mostly underwhelmed instead.

First of all, I have to say that I still love the setting. The descriptions of the abandoned hotel and its surroundings near the Welsh coast are both vivid and thorough, and it gave the story that gothic, creepy and atmospheric vibe. It was the perfect backdrop for this story, and the plot itself had so much potential. I think it was the hotel, its descriptions and the strange (possibly paranormal) things happening that kept me reading... Because I don't think the actual execution of the plot was what I thought it would be.

What do I mean with this? Well, I have to say that I can't ignore just how incredibly slow the pace is. The Hotel is the slowest of slow burns, and it took SO long for things to finally pick up... I found myself putting down my kindle to do other things multiple times, and that is never a good sign. The story somehow wasn't able to keep my attention, and I caught myself skimreading more than once just to make it to the final page. It's such a shame about the pace, because the premise itself has a lot of potential, and the setting should have been a goldmine.

I wasn't a fan of the characters either. There was just something about them that felt a bit flat, and I wasn't able to relate or warm up to any of them. As a result, I wasn't as invested in the things that happened to them, and I mostly kept reading just to know the ending so that I could move on to the next book. Sadly, the ending wasn't really satisfying either; after such a build up the final reveals were quite underwhelming to be honest (and I guessed most of it early on).

All in all The Hotel has a lot of potential and the setting itself is both vivid and atmospheric, but between the slow pace, lack of connection to the characters and lackluster ending I ended up having mostly mixed thoughts instead.

This book was wonderfully constructed, its definitely one of the best Thrillers I've read in a while. It had it all - mystery, suspense, a superb atmospheric setting, unpredictability and so much more.

The Hotel switches between the past and present tense which really added depth to the book and captivated my attention. With the alternating timelines we got to see the characters when they were young and naive but also we saw them older and perhaps wiser but also gripped in the throes of a tragedy that happened so long ago.

I imagined Ravencliffe hotel so vividly in my mind thanks to the many fantastic descriptions, it literally gave me the chills so many times throughout. It was eerie and spooky.

I really enjoyed the book and recommend it to anyone who enjoys a thriller. This book would be a great halloween read!! Just don't read it in a hotel.

When I read the synopsis of The Hotel, I felt this was the type of thriller I would enjoy. The plot was well-developed, with twists and unexpected reveals. The location was Ravencliff, an old abandoned hotel on steep cliffs overlooking the Welsh coast. The hotel was never opened as money ran out, and a rail line that would carry prospective tourists to this desolate part of the country was never built. There were several deaths, and ghosts were said to haunt the dark halls of the deserted building.
Ravencliff was described as creepy and eerie, but I wasn't feeling the tension.

Ten years ago, four 18-year-old friends, Bex, Richard, Oscar, and Leo, visited the abandoned property to make an amateur film. There was a lot of tension in the group, caused mainly by Bex. Frightening events occurred while in Ravencliff. A candle was burning in a deserted room, objects disappeared and appeared again, a door was mysteriously locked from the outside, and an apparition appeared lurking in the shadows outside. Oscar was afraid of heights and remained in the boat. The situation worsened. There was a terrible accident, and then Leo vanished, never to be seen again.

The film created a cult sensation, and a devoted fan base developed. These fans met each year to discuss the mystery of Leo vanishing and the haunted hotel. Their attention was focused on the three remaining young people, and they were curious about their fears and emotions after the loss of Leo.

Bex spent the next ten years as a recluse trying to forget what might have happened to her friend Leo. Richard married and had a child but became a heavy drinker and accumulated a large debt. Oscar enjoyed the new attention and fame and became publicity hungry.

The story was very slow and tedious until a frantic conclusion and solution. I didn't care for the writing style. I felt the story was overwritten and melodramatic. Some too many odd comparisons and analogies detracted from the story's flow and suspense. I tried to engage with the characters but ultimately failed to care for them or what happened to them. The narration abruptly goes back and forth between two time periods but leaves a lot of questions about what happened earlier until its conclusion.

There is to be a 10th anniversary for Ravencliff fans held at the old crumbling hotel, and a professional film will be shot. The producers are anxious to have the three survivors involved in their movie. Oscar and Richard have been informed that Bex will not return. She changes her mind after receiving a mysterious package indicating that some unknown person knows Leo's fate. She knows she must attend the reunion to search for answers. Once there, she changes from introverted with nervous mannerisms to bold and reckless. Bex has never made friends easily, rudely confronting people and living solitary for years. She is now becoming friends with an excitable, young, adoring Goth fan who is thrilled to help her discover what happened to Leo.

Bex now shows she can be very brave in a death-defying situation. Unfortunately, the reunion and photo shoot ends in disaster with another death and destruction. In the aftermath, Bex appears more stable on her return home, and the mystery of Leo's disappearance has been solved.

I wish to thank NetGalley and the publisher for the early digital copy in return for an honest review. I feel this is a book that many admire and are enjoying, so prospective readers should not be deterred by my personal misgivings. The publication date is set for June 22.

Sorry I really tried to finish this book but it was so dragged out and boring I couldn’t finish it. Unlikeable characters and to much filling with unnecessary content. #TheHotel #NetGalley.

Bit of a slow start and too many unnecessary or irrelevant details. A book I felt I should have enjoyed but wasn't enough to hold my interest.

The idea seemed good, but wasn't enough to really keep me interested as the plot took ages to really move on. Ten years ago Bex and her 3 friends went to the derelict Ravencliffe Hotel to shoot a horror film, but one disappears, Now they go back and try to seek some answers.

A big thanks to HQ, HQ Digital and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book for an honest review. Might be better as a movie though if the pace is upped somewhat.

At the age of 18, Bex, Richard, Oscar and Leo decide to film the local abandoned hotel called Ravencliffe, to see if there are ghosts and strange goings on. Leo doesn’t return with the other three, he disappears.

Ten years on and Bex has lived a life of isolation ever since that fateful night. Richard is an alcoholic and Oscar is all about the fame.

When Bex realises that someone knows more about Leo’s disappearance, she decides to join the other two and a film crew to recreate that awful night.

This is an intriguing tale, which at times, I found to be creepy and dark.

Interesting characters, some more annoying than others! Just how haunted is Ravencliffe?

My thanks to NetGalley and HQ Digital for a copy in exchange for my honest review.