Review - Our House
Our House
by Louise Candlish
release date: 8/7/2018
416 pages
Chapter length: short
4 out of 5 stars
I received a copy of this eBook from Penguin Random House's First to Read program in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
According to the publisher, "On a bright January morning in the London suburbs, a family moves into the house they’ve just bought in Trinity Avenue.
Nothing strange about that. Except it is your house. And you didn’t sell it.
When Fiona Lawson comes home to find strangers moving into her house, she's sure there's been a mistake. She and her estranged husband, Bram, have a modern co-parenting arrangement: bird's nest custody, where each parent spends a few nights a week with their two sons at the prized family home to maintain stability for their children. But the system built to protect their family ends up putting them in terrible jeopardy. In a domino effect of crimes and misdemeanors, the nest comes tumbling down.
Now Bram has disappeared and so have Fiona's children. As events spiral well beyond her control, Fiona will discover just how many lies her husband was weaving and how little they truly knew each other. But Bram's not the only one with things to hide, and some secrets are best kept to oneself, safe as houses. "
by Louise Candlish
release date: 8/7/2018
416 pages
Chapter length: short
4 out of 5 stars
I received a copy of this eBook from Penguin Random House's First to Read program in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
According to the publisher, "On a bright January morning in the London suburbs, a family moves into the house they’ve just bought in Trinity Avenue.
Nothing strange about that. Except it is your house. And you didn’t sell it.
When Fiona Lawson comes home to find strangers moving into her house, she's sure there's been a mistake. She and her estranged husband, Bram, have a modern co-parenting arrangement: bird's nest custody, where each parent spends a few nights a week with their two sons at the prized family home to maintain stability for their children. But the system built to protect their family ends up putting them in terrible jeopardy. In a domino effect of crimes and misdemeanors, the nest comes tumbling down.
Now Bram has disappeared and so have Fiona's children. As events spiral well beyond her control, Fiona will discover just how many lies her husband was weaving and how little they truly knew each other. But Bram's not the only one with things to hide, and some secrets are best kept to oneself, safe as houses. "
As I've mentioned before, I'm pretty particular about my thrillers; if I can guess the ending I'm immediately uninterested. Well, I absolutely did not have that problem with Our House. There were so many unexpected twists and turns that I definitely almost dropped my iPad more than once.
On a personal note, I was reading this book throughout the process of closing on a house, so the notion of coming home to find someone else moving in was particularly of interest to me and made the book even more exciting.
I have absolutely nothing negative to say about this book. The only reason I did not give it 5 stars is because I reserve my highest rating for books I plan to reread multiple times, and the excitement of a thriller type of book wears off after the first read.
If you like thrillers, mysteries, or books in general, I definitely recommend this book for you!
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