Name: Amanda 's review of Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
Item: Home Is Where the Bodies Are
Rating: 4.5
Author: Amanda

Jeneva Rose

From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet. After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn’t been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before. While going through their parent’s belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends. Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Amanda 

I was SHOCKED at the end! She tied all the pieces up so nicely but I wasn’t sure who to believe or trust until the very last pages. So so good! I even cried! lol really enjoyed it! 

Lacee Foutch 

For how short the book was it was good and kept me engaged. I knew exactly where everything was going very early on but I still read to see if I was right or not

lily

The twists!!! I had a really hard time putting this down! This was a really captivating novel with all the complexity that comes with relationships, family dynamics & grief. 

Nina Bertrand

Overall, I really got into it toward the middle of the story, and the third act was just me jumping on my seat, wanting to know whether I was right or not on my theories. 

In the beginning, it was a bit slow with the setting up of the story itself, and like why should I care about them because even though this novel is a mystery, it is also some how the dismemberment of various families to trying to build it up a new one through the ashes of mistakes and grief of lost of loved ones and lost time. This is like the best and the worst of this story somehow, like in some ways, at first, I wanted this family to compose each other, but later on I was, well what is the author gonna do.

After a series of not getting a satisfying conclusion from my last couple of readings...I'm still looking for it, this kind of got into cliché mode in the end, which was actually cool because honestly I liked those characters but yeah.

Another author I cannot wait to check into their other works.

4.25 🌟 actually 

Overall, I really got into it toward the middle of the story, and the third act was just me jumping on my seat, wanting to know whether I was right or not on my theories. 

I was 😁.

In the beginning, it was a bit slow with the setting up of the story itself, and like why should I care about them because even though this novel is a mystery, it is also some how the dismemberment of various families to trying to build it up a new one through the ashes of mistakes and grief of lost of loved ones and lost time. This is like the best and the worst of this story somehow, like in some ways, at first, I wanted this family to compose each other, but later on I was, well what is the author gonna do.

After a series of not getting a satisfying conclusion from my last couple of readings...I'm still looking for it, this kind of got into cliché mode in the end, which was actually cool because honestly I liked those characters but yeah.

Another author I cannot wait to check into their other works.



“Sometimes you have to lose parts of yourself just to survive”

Meghan Morris

“Sometimes you have to lose parts of yourself just to survive”

Pissed me off

The writing was good and the story was interesting but I was able to know who was the murderer halfway through.

Taryn Viera

It was giving, wow this was right under our noses the whole time??? Loved the family drama 

Jessica Roberts

Did NAWT expect the twist at the end that kinda crushed me 

Did NAWT expect the twist at the end that kinda crushed me 

3.75

I found the characters all sorta insufferable but the ending was good

Kalista Dickson

Halfway through the book, I suspected one character because of that one small action. It was easy to spot if you're familiar with how things work. But it was still a thrilling story because I wanted to know how and why it happened.

Naomi P

Samantha 

Megan Christensen

Really good! Did not see the twist coming until it happened! 

Rodney Crawford

Have you ever been in the mood to watch a classic murder mystery movie without caring if you were actually shocked in the end? You really just wanted a simple classic murder mystery & you got exactly that? Thats how I felt with this book! I knew who it was 9 pages in but I didn’t care! I ate this book up & still got the twists & turns in the end I needed ♥️ This book gave me exactly what I needed. 

Mariah crawford

It was a good read. It kept me interested and wanting to know where it was going to go. Some of it was predictable towards the middle but still a good book!

Jazz

Brittany Fix

It’s a good book but it was a bit predictable towards the end. Also, EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE is annoying. 

🥔

First, I love Jeneva. She is someone I admire and I will always read everything she writes. I actually think this is her most well-written book. It's twisty but brings in-depth emotion that hasn't always been found in past books. There's a feel-good aspect of it despite being a murder book! Overall, I'll recommend it!

Hannah Colbert

This was such a great redemption for me after my last Jeneva Rose book. I did end up guessing what happened early on in the book, but it was still a lot of fun to read. I really enjoyed the narration as well. 

as a middle child, can i just say that i love you, nicole. 

saint 

I haaaaaate a predictable plot twist BUT I’m a sucker for a good thriller and ESPECIALLY a sucker for an estranged sibling story (idk why, I love my all siblings with my entire heart).

also loved how this book addressed grief and addiction and relationships. Fun time. 

Jillian Roberts

I haaaaaate a predictable plot twist BUT I’m a sucker for a good thriller and ESPECIALLY a sucker for an estranged sibling story (idk why, I love my all siblings with my entire heart).

also loved how this book addressed grief and addiction and relationships. Fun time. 

3.75/5

Beth, Nicole, and Michael gather to bury their mother. Their father disappeared seven years ago, and they have never had closure. And now, they find a VHS tape that makes it clear their parents covered up a crime.

This novel was an interesting thriller, but more than that, it was a story of families, addiction, grief, and the depths to which we will go for those we love. 

Cheri McElroy

Beth, Nicole, and Michael gather to bury their mother. Their father disappeared seven years ago, and they have never had closure. And now, they find a VHS tape that makes it clear their parents covered up a crime.

This novel was an interesting thriller, but more than that, it was a story of families, addiction, grief, and the depths to which we will go for those we love. 

Didn’t feel quite like the Jeneva Rose I know and love.

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Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

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