When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole - 3 stars

[Ellen]

Sydney Green has returned to her childhood home, a brownstone in Brooklyn, NY. Her mother still owns the property but she, herself, has been admitted to an assisted living facility. Sydney's street is in the midst of regentrification and she is heartbroken when she realizes how many of the neighbors she has known all her life are disappearing; literally. The once thriving black neighborhood has become the mecca of well-to-do white people who look with disdain on any black homeowners still in the area. In the house across the street from Sydney live Kim, an ultra rich heiress, and her live-in boyfriend Theo. The two come to a not so sweet parting of the ways and Theo is summarily evicted from his home and Kim's life. Sydney and Theo team up to investigate the strange occurrences on the street which seems to center on an abandoned hospital that is being renovated by a huge pharma corporation. Sydney and Theo have no idea the horror they are about to encounter.

This was an interesting read about a well-established neighborhood being usurped by those who can afford to buy anything they want and push out those who cannot. The tension builds quite a bit towards the end of the book to a shocking revelation.

[Theresa]

I too gave this 3 stars - thought overall it was quite good but turned into a really odd thriller/sci fi type of book that I thought odd.

[Ellen]

Me too, Theresa. I was really surprised by the 'horror' aspect of it all.