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THE FOREVER HOME
Sally Royer-Derm
Storm Publishing
July 16, 2024
288 pages
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I honestly don’t know how to rate or review this book. It’s hard to say anything without spoilers. But, here goes:
Brief synopsis: 2 timelines.
The first is in the present where a young couple buy a country home because she loves nature and wants to open a store with fresh products.
The second timeline is about 8 years earlier where the same woman lives in a commune. It was very hard to figure out how the second would become relevant to the first. But, of course, it does.
The first 75% of the story was just ok. The reader gets insight into both lifestyles of the female character. She wasn’t particularly likeable in either timeline. Nor, were the men she was involved with. The storylines just sort of meandered along. So far we have a mediocre, aimless story with boring characters. There are a few hints that the past would come back to haunt the present.
Then, the twists started!!! Often the reader has an idea where things are headed. Not this time, not this reader. Huge twists, that just didn’t stop. Shocking! I truly had no idea what the reality would turn out to be. One twist after another. And a lot of casualties along the way.
So, I have to give 2 ratings. One for the first 75%, one for the last 25%. 3 stars for the first (it wasn’t terrible, just not great) but definitely 5 stars for the last. Any storyline that can shock and surprise me this much deserves that. The final rating is 4 stars.
And, I love the cover!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advance Readers Copy.
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