Here for the long haul with Grant's characters!

I have no idea how Cathryn Grant does it, but somehow, she makes the lives of vacuous, materialistic, over-moneyed, self-absorbed, people not only interesting but so horrifyingly complex that I am pulled in right away and just waiting for the next disastrous twist and turn of their lives.
I’ve read many of her books and while the characters are plainly ‘of a type’ (and a type I’ve never met as they’re a particular sort of American), and she describes almost every detail of domestic life – albeit moderately glamorous – from squeezing lemons to how the glasses are arranged on the table, every bit of it builds a picture that leads to an ending I have almost (never?) seen coming.
I’m reading The Guest at the moment, and I can imagine saying the exact same thing about that; twists and turns the depend on our understanding of the values and concerns of people you might never want to spend time with but that are nevertheless fascinating.
I hope Grant keeps on writing these characters because I’m here for the long haul.

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