This book has promise. With a little more depth and action, this could’ve been more exciting. The end had nice little moments that helped, but overall just little too slow moving and paced. Felt rather predictable but I did enjoy the direction and the end. Was an easy and quick read over all.

Thank you to Blackstone Publishing for my copy! I finished this one in a day! I love Jeneva Rose’s books so she’s an author I will drop everything for to read ASAP. This was mostly a slow burn until the end. Im a fan of slow burns and I found it entertaining enough to speed through it. I was able to figure out the big twist, as there were some bread crumbs along the way. Some parts were a little eye role inducing, some were a little horrific, but overall I stayed entertained throughout. Recommended if you are a fan of this author! Def pick this one up when it releases in April!

I have loved Jeneva's books in the past, but this one had a lot of issues for me. It felt more like a romance at times than a thriller. This one felt like she threw a lot of different ideas that weren't related onto sticky notes that came into her head and then forced them all into one novel.

Here's some of the issues I had:
The back and forth between questioning his behaviors and then being all into him. I get going through this process once or twice...but I lost count how many times it happened and it just made Grace seem all over the place. She was obviously lying about who she was and playing mind games with him, but it felt almost like two completely different characters at times. Calvin's obsession and Grace's hot and cold actions could have been built slower throughout the novel and it would have felt more believable.

One line that stuck with me because it sounded utterly ridiculous was, "She was everything and she was nothing, Which made her the perfect amount of something." WHAT? Moving on.

It would have made more sense if in the end Grace was connected to the missing girl somehow and had hunted him down in order to either avenge her death or save her from this psychopath Calvin...but the ending was just dumb. So is she now going to raise her daughter to be an Airbnb host murderer?

I'm supposed to believe that literally an entire town of people are bat shit crazy? Or helping hide the fact that Calvin is a serial killer? Calvin/Charlotte/Joe/Uncle Albert/Betty...all nuts. It was too much.

The amount of times he talked about her eyes being blue. We get it.

This is one of the best thrillers I have read in a very long time! It kept me guessing and was impossible to put down!

I have read and loved everything that Jeneva Rose has written (and love following her on social!) but this one was a miss for me, which makes me so sad! This book was slooooow and highly unbelievable. I'm all for suspending belief at times, but this felt so far-fetched that it made it hard to read. I don't know a single female who would willingly rent a room in a strangers home in the middle of nowhere for vacation. Not.a.single.one. Beyond that, it was a slow moving book and I kept waiting for something to happen, like with her other books. I guessed the "twist" fairly early on so it made it a big of a slog to get through once I guessed it.

Thank you to NetGalley, Blackstone Publishing, and Jeneva Rose for an advance copy of You Shouldn’t Have Come Here in exchange for an honest review. Jeneva does it again- what a read! I absolutely loved this setting (maybe it’s because I’m Midwestern) and the ending of this one truly shocked me! Grace was a unique, but likeable main character so that definitely added to the story. There were parts of this one that may seem a bit slower than others but the ending definitely ties everything together and makes it all worth it! This one is available now!! 4.5 stars

You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose is a twisty thriller that I couldn't read fast enough. I loved the range of characters and interesting twists and turns throughout the book. I'm definitely interested in reading more by Jeneva!

I loved Jeneva Rose's first book - The Perfect Marriage - but everything since then has been a big miss for me.

This was even better than Jeneva's debut novel and second novel, in my opinion. It hooked me in from the very start and I was instantly invested in both of the main characters, even if I didn't quite trust either one. The narrative switched back and forth between the two main characters, making it hard to tell which one was trustworthy and/or unreliable. Add in the underlying romantic tension and this made for a great romantic suspense. It has a whopper of an ending and I was very pleased with how it turned out. Thank you for the early look at this novel.

This was such a fun, twisty ride! Jeneva Rose managers to keep the reader guessing through each plot twist until the very end and it was such a satisfying ending! Loved it!

I really loved Jeneva’s new book! It had dual POV between Calvin and Grace. It felt like you couldn’t trust either one of them. I’m not a huge fan of slow burns, but I still feel like she did a great job at the end with the plot twists! The book had a very creepy vibe and even though I wasn’t in the middle of nowhere, I got a little scared reading it.

You shouldn't have come here by jeneva rose was soooo good I absolutely love every minute of it this started off as a creepy getaway to surprising romance to oh shit what's happening that ending wow my jaw was on the floor I'm going to go have to buy all of jeneva rose books because I'm obsessed

This book had such an amazing premise, but its cloudiness and fluff kept me from staying engaged. I feel i more anger read through this book than excitedly wanted to read. I felt the ending with our main female was unnecessary and added nothing to her personality, and while I didn’t see the twist coming it was also entirely unbelievable. This book had such promise, but it just fell flat with unlikeable constantly changing characters who couldn’t keep anything straight. RIP Uncle Albert.

BOOK REVIEW

BOOK: You Shouldn’t Have Come Here
AUTHOR: Jeneva Rose
FORMAT: Audiobook
GENRE: Thriller
DID I CRY: No
PUB DATE: 4/25
RATING: 6/10
3 stars

Thank you blackstone publishing & @librofm for my #gifted advanced copied of #YouShouldntHaveComeHere out now!

MY THOUGHTS

Jeneva Rose’s debut THE PERFECT MARRIAGE was a phenomenal thriller & 4.5 stars from me, but her latest fell a little bit flat for me.

I think her writing is fantastic. It’s quick and to the point. Her books are on the shorter side but she doesn’t pack a lot of fluff in there, which is really refreshing for a thriller. I liked the modern spin using a secluded Airbnb property as the setting for the story. The use of airbnb added a more realistic air to the plot as well which IMO is an important aspect to a thriller. I also loved the dual POV. By the end I really appreciated having the different perspectives throughout the book.

I think where this one went wrong for me was the instalove trope being mixed into the suspense. It felt a little out of place and disjointed and took away from the story for me rather than add to it. I also wasn’t blown away by the premise of the plot in general, it felt a little too simple and there wasn’t a whole lot of layers or complexity to it. And for this reason the plot twist & ending in general were rather predictable & anticlimactic for me.

BOOK REVIEW: You Shouldn’t Have Come Here x Jeneva Rose
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Goodreads Rating: 3.49/5
My rating: 1/5
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Okay, so about 1/3 of the way through this book, I had to stop and double check the summary and genre…. Why am I reading a romance novel? When does this become a thriller….? The shift in this book from romance to “thriller” was not subtle and occurred so quickly that it didn’t feel believable. I rolled my eyes way too many times (because it’s a secret romance novel!) and the “twists” all felt predictable. What the hell was that?? Would not recommend.

Thank you NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I loved the pacing of her books - it is always spot on!

This started as a romantic suspense and then got crazy by the end! Definitely was NOT what i was expecting which is always very fun in a thriller 🔪

I think what kept me from loving this one was the characters—I found it odd that someone (especially a woman) would go to a remote cabin in Wyoming and rent an Airbnb where she didn’t have the entire house to herself and stayed with the man who owned it🤯🤔. I also found it unbelievable that these characters could have these feelings in 5-6 days.

This almost matched my favorite book by Jeneva Rose Perfect Marriage. This is a thriller with a spicy romance. Book is told from his and her point of view. Setting is a ranch where everyone dies the question is: Is it just cursed or is there a murderer in the sight? Author once again gives couple of unexpected twists. – "Some People kill because they enjoy it and that is just it".

This book is creepy as hell!!! You got one POV if a creepy, charming Airbnb guy named Calvin who does this on the side because he says money is tight from the farm. Another POV is a girl named Grace who picks vacation spots by a spot on the map. She picks Wyoming where she ends up at the ranch where Calvin is. You have no idea who is telling the truth and what is really happening.

An amazing book!! Suspenseful and downright just creepy!!

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There are many elements of this novel that I vibed with, but other parts felt like it was a rushed attempt at a nine-dimensional plot. The plot twist was very predictable, even from chapter two. If I want to read suspense, then I want to be surprised when the plot lays itself down. I rolled my eyes when the dual POV revealed the true villain of the novel.

Another fantastic turn by Jeneva Rose!

Calvin is that dark mysterious hunk we think we want in our lives but he's a tad stalkerish... Grave begins as a little bit unlikable but then my feelings towards her changed. I just couldn't put it down..