Thank you to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Somebody's Home by Kaira Rouda is a suspenseful domestic thriller that will keep you turning pages until late at night. The story revolves around a new home. Julie and her rebellious daughter Jess are moving away from Julie's controlling husband Roger and into a new house on the other side of town. Unfortunately, somebody already lives there. Tom, a self-proclaimed incel, has been left behind by his parents, who moved away to a new place and told him to get a job to pay for his own place to live. When the trio meet for the first time, you can be sure that something's going to happen. The story is told from many alternating first-person points of view. Will Julie and Jess be able to settle into their new home and get rid of unwanted intrusions? Or is something more sinister going to happen?

Here is a chilling excerpt from Chapter 1:

"Somebody is in my house.
I don't know what to do.
As I watch from the street, I see activity, movement in the kitchen - only for an instant, and the next second the house is as still as before.
I pull out my phone. Do I call her, or the police?
The car parked out front is familiar, but nothing else makes sense. Something is wrong. I know it."

Overall, Somebody's Home is a well-written, gripping domestic thriller that will appeal to fans of Ruth Ware and B.A. Paris. This book was unputdownable. I had to keep reading to find out what happened next, and I ended up finishing this book in a day. One highlight is the feeling of suspense that permeates throughout the plot. The story is told from multiple first-person points-of-view, but I felt a sense of tension and that everything was heading toward an inevitable explosion. I am so happy to say that I was right. The climax and ending were everything that I was hoping for. If you're intrigued by the excerpt above, or if you're a fan of domestic thillers, I highly recommend that you check out this book when it comes out in January!

The beggining of the book, although it doesn't capture you immediately, is promising. However, nothing eventful happens for so many chapters. I was confused to what genre this was as I didn't I was reading a thriller. Just a story of family dynamics. Hopefully other readers will enjoy this one more than I did.

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Wow. Rouda's writing is awesome.
Julie Jones has left her suffocating marriage. With her teenage daughter, Jess, she’s starting over. Their new house in Oceanside is the first step toward a new life. Even if it does come with the unexpected. The previous owners, a pastor and his wife, have left something—or rather someone—behind…
Tom Dean has a bitter hatred for the father who considers him a lost cause, and for the woman who’s moved into their family’s house. The only home he’s ever known. He’s never going to leave. She thinks he’ll be gone in three days, but Tom has the perfect plan..
I was drowned into this book. Really it was so very readable. I loved that midpoint climax.
Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas Mercer for giving me an advanced copy.

After her divorce, Julia is starting over in Oceanside with her teen daughter Jess. But that new house comes at a price. The son of the previous owners is very angry at both his parents and the new owner of what he considers his home. So while Julia believes she is the proud owner of a new home, she is, in actuality, sharing it with Tom. And Tom is a man who intends to take back what he believes is his.. at any price