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A review by noellesmagicallibrary
Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
This is my second time reading a Jeneva Rose book and once again it was not good. At least I liked it marginally more than You Shouldn’t Have Come Here, and the fact that I was able to comfortably listen to it at 2.15 speed meant it was over quickly.
The characters were unlikeable and the plot was obvious— honestly wasn’t shocked by “the twist”. But I only have myself to blame because my expectations were low to start. A+ on the cover though, that’s really why I decided to give her another shot.
My summary is below, there are spoilers.
Beth is taking care of her dying mom and she’s mad at her siblings for not being around to help. With her dying breath she tries to tell Beth that her dad didn’t run away or something and not to trust (here she dies and doesn’t complete the thought). Now the other two kids (Nicole and Michael) finally come back home.
The mom leaves envelopes for each of them and a lock box specifically for Beth, all to be opened after her funeral. When cleaning out the house they find old family videos and decide to watch some. One of them shows their dad bringing the mom to the body of a mission girl. Long story short, the whole time we’re meant to believe the dad killed the girl and ran off a few years later. But it was the brother who pushed the girl off a cliff, the parents were covering up for him.
And there was also the disappearance of another adult who was (wrongly) accused of murdering that girl, AND another young girl who was thought to have run away (but actually she magically captured the murder on film and blackmailed the dad so she got $5000 and a chance to leave that small town).
The characters were unlikeable and the plot was obvious— honestly wasn’t shocked by “the twist”. But I only have myself to blame because my expectations were low to start. A+ on the cover though, that’s really why I decided to give her another shot.
My summary is below, there are spoilers.
The mom leaves envelopes for each of them and a lock box specifically for Beth, all to be opened after her funeral. When cleaning out the house they find old family videos and decide to watch some. One of them shows their dad bringing the mom to the body of a mission girl. Long story short, the whole time we’re meant to believe the dad killed the girl and ran off a few years later. But it was the brother who pushed the girl off a cliff, the parents were covering up for him.
And there was also the disappearance of another adult who was (wrongly) accused of murdering that girl, AND another young girl who was thought to have run away (but actually she magically captured the murder on film and blackmailed the dad so she got $5000 and a chance to leave that small town).