The Secret of Poppyridge Cove by Rimmy London
🏚️ The Secret of Poppyridge Cove by Rimmy London – Book Review (1/5 Stars)
⚠️ SPOILER WARNING: Not that it matters much — the real secret of Poppyridge Cove is why I didn’t DNF this book. But hey, I made it through, so let’s break it down.
🎯 Quick Take: Slow, Boring, and Full of WTF Moments
⭐ I gave this a 1 out of 5 stars and honestly, that’s me being generous.
⭐ The pacing? Like watching paint dry in slow motion.
⭐ The “mystery”? Nonexistent.
⭐ The writing? All over the place, riddled with mistakes.
I have no idea who’s giving this 5 stars on Goodreads (it’s sitting at 3.73 when I checked), but I suspect it’s people who didn’t finish it and just liked the idea of a spooky mansion.
🏠 The Setup: A Mansion, A (Fake) Fortune, and Dead Animals
👉 Meet Abby, our main character who falls head over heels for a crumbling $2 million mansion on the California coast.
👉 Good news: she’s apparently inheriting $20 million from some random long-lost aunt via a law firm in London.
👉 Bad news: she only gets $1 million now — the rest comes after she completes 8 ridiculous tasks (because… reasons).
🕵️♀️ The "Mystery" (if you can call it that)
Every time Abby visits the mansion, she finds decapitated animals on the porch.
👉 She calls the police — they’re like, “meh.”
👉 Her boyfriend tries to talk sense into her — they fight, because of course.
💊 The Culprit (Insert Eye Roll Here)
So who’s behind the animal carnage?
👉 Turns out it’s the neighbor (I think — honestly, I’d checked out by this point).
👉 He’s off his meds and leaving dead animals around. That’s it. That’s the big reveal.
📝 The 8 Stupid Tasks
Let me give you a flavor of these “tasks” that are supposedly the key to unlocking the fortune:
🐶 Do something impulsive: Abby buys a puppy. Great idea — except she’s in an apartment way too small for a dog.
💔 Reevaluate your relationships: Fights with boyfriend. Breaks up. Takes him back because one of the tasks tells her to.
👉 All 8 tasks are variations on “do something that makes no sense or causes unnecessary drama.”
💸 The Big, Infuriating Twist
After all that:
❗ There’s no more inheritance.
❗ All the effort? For nothing.
❗ I wanted to throw my Kindle across the room.
📝 Final Verdict: 1/5 Stars – Save Yourself the Time
This book was:
🚫 Not a mystery
🚫 Not suspenseful
🚫 Not even fun-bad — just bad-bad
If you want a haunted mansion, inheritance-gone-wrong, or creepy neighbor story, there are so many better books out there. This isn’t one of them.
📚 Other Books to Read Instead:
📌 Lock Every Door by Riley Sager – Buy it here
📌 The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell – Buy it here
📌 The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware – Buy it here
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