Author: Jeneva Rose

Genre: Thriller/Suspense

Publication Date: April 30, 2024

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 (4.5/5)

Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose asks readers to consider an important question. Is love really unconditional, or does it have its limits? Beth, Michael, and Nicole, three adult siblings, come together for the first time in a long time in their childhood home after the death of their mother, Laura. 

With her final words, Laura tells her daughter Beth that her husband, the kids father, didn’t really disappear. She says a few more words, but does not get to finish her sentence before she draws her last breath. While Beth is deciding whether or not to tell her brother and sister what their mom had shared, they come across an old VHS tape from the summer of 1999. It holds memories from one of their teenage summers, but at the end, Laura is recording alone at night and accidentally captures video of her husband covered in blood, before he takes her across their property and shows her a dead body. The tape ends with no resolution, and the rest of the book is spent figuring out what happened before the recording began and after it ended. 

I enjoyed the multiple points of view in the story, and the ways in which many things in the past impacted each of the main characters in different ways. I found all four main characters believable. Some were easier to relate to than others, but all were incredibly interesting, and I couldn’t wait to find out what exactly had happened on the night in question. This is a great, quick read for Jeneva Rose fans, and thriller fans in general.

Thank you to NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.