I am grateful to have received this ARC of Home Is Where The Bodies Are and love reading what Rose writes.

While struggling with the passing of her mother's death, Nicole and her estranged siblings are going through their parents belongings. They come across a box of home videos on VHS. Thinking the videos will be great memories they sit down to watch and are shocked at what they find. Did their parents help get rid of a body back in 1999. Was it the body of their neighborhood friend?
Where do they go from here? Do they continue to cover it up? Do they turn it in?

Rose is a fabulously creative writer who takes you not only on a journey through her story but you go along for the ride while trying to discover the secrets.
Home Is Where The Bodies Are is no different.

While reading Home Is Where the Bodies Are I got to about the halfway mark and considered DNFing. I'm glad I didn't because the ending actually surprised me and that doesn't happen often for me with thrillers.

What Jeneva Rose did really well in this story is masterfully weave the family dynamic so at each point, you're following multiple paths which builds the suspense and the mystery. I felt the sibling dynamic was realistic and relatable. At some point in the story, you always had someone to champion.

Thank you Blackstone for the gifted ARC to review.

I am always excited when another Jeneva Rose book comes out, and this is my new favorite! It's dark and suspenseful like I've come to know and love with Jeneva Rose, but also has a deeper element of family.

Ooh, I loved this!! I think this is my favorite Jeneva Rose to date…so twisty and well plotted and every character felt so real. I loved the looks at family dynamics and healing from grief while weaving through this nostalgic mystery from the 90’s. So, so good!

Fast-paced, gripping, multi-narrative, dual-timeline thriller. Small town, family secrets, estranged siblings. Top popcorn thriller of 2024. This book kept me engaged and guessing, although I had a gut feeling about halfway through. This book was definitely a good time and I felt a good sense of closure by the end. I was ever so slightly annoyed by the cliches and wisdom nuggets sprinkled throughout each chapter. While they were spot on with the narrative, I felt the language didn't match the narrative in place. Even though I labled this book a popcorn thriller, it has some hard hitting themes, addiction, estranged siblings, and parental death. Rose does a wonderful job of showing how death, grief, and addiction can have a ripple effect.

There’s nothing surprising about this book. By the end of the first chapter, I turned to the back of the book to see if I was right about who the murderer was. I was. Did not finish because I saw no point when the very beginning sets up the Plot twist so obviously. Do not recommend.

3.5

I eat up anything Jeneva Rose writes, so I was ecstatic to be approved for her newest thriller.

The synopsis sounded extremely intriguing, with themes of deceit, grief, mystery and murder I couldn't wait to dig in.

I found the pacing slow at thr beginning, and this is a me issue but there were a lot of characters to follow and my ADHD brain had trouble keeping all the characters, POVs and timeline jumps straight.

I did find the flashback POVs the most intriguing and overall the story was entertaining and solid, if not predictable.

I found the last half of the story a little unrealistic but it was nice to see a HEA.

Thank you to Blackstone Publishing and Netgalley for this advanced copy! 💕

While I enjoyed this one better than her last thriller, I still found this one to be just meh. I figured out the "whodunnit" early into the story and just wasn't impressed by the plot, attempt at twists or the way things wrapped up. Not great, not terrible.

Wow! I am normally not one to willingly pick up a thriller/mystery but I loved The Perfect Marriage and love Jeneva Rose’s online videos. This book sounded catchy and I loved the cover so I had to read it! I couldn’t put it down, finished it in a day. I’ll definitely be reading more of her writing even more now, and I loved this book. I wasn’t spooked out or anxious, it was a story about a family doing the best they can. My own family is like that, although we don’t have any bodies at home, that I know of! Highly recommend!

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🎧Song Pairing: The Line Begins To Blur - Nine Inch Nails

💭What I thought would happen:

I am thinking Black Mirror episode where tapes are found of parents brutally murdering people?

📖What actually happens:

Laura has a secret and it’s all on VHS tapes that her grown children find after her death. The tapes date back to 1999 when a local girls were going missing. Was it an accident, coincidence or are mommy and daddy murderers?!

🗯Thoughts/sassy musings:

I am 75% in and honestly other than the initial shock factor there’s just erm nothing at all exciting happening. I know my girl Jeneva likes to leave the twisties to the bitter end so I will hold tight.

Update: the ending while intense could be seen within a 100 mile radius. I will say this was superior to You Shouldn’t Have Come Here but less than every other book which I gave 5⭐️

Will still support my girl Jeneva in adequate books and in health sooo 4ever my queen 🤍

I have read a few of Jeneva’s books and I enjoyed this one most so far. The characters are all very broken people in their own ways with real insecurities. I just finished it and need to digest a bit but overall it was a quick read with some tension.

Jeneva Rose is an author who is new to me. I saw that she would be on tour in my area with Abby Jimenez and if an author I like is speaking with another author, I'm game to read through their entire backlog of books. It also helps she's another fellow former Wisconsinite and it's always cool to read something either by someone where you're from or set where you're from. Home is Where the Bodies are is the latest book by author Jeneva Rose and is being published April 30, 2024.

Home is Where the Bodies Are explores the complexities that are family ties and relationships. Years prior to their mother's death, a local girl went missing and was never found. While going through their mother's belongings following her death, the three siblings (Beth, Nicole, and Michael), discover a VHS (how many people reading this have never watched a VHS). On the VHS, they find footage of their father covered in blood while their mother recorded, and the missing girl's dead body staring back at them.

The book goes on to peel back the layers of what the three siblings really truly know about their family, the secrets a family can hide for decades, and the discovery that things are not what they have seemed following the moment a local girl went missing. The book also portrays battles with addiction, and the impact addiction can have on a family. It's hard to dissect too much here without going into the ending, and while slow the reader eventually gets the answers they need as the story goes on. There were one or two things that were somewhat formulaic but there were plenty of surprises and twists and turns as decades of secrets are unspooled. I would recommend the book, and am also looking forward to Rose's visit to Minneapolis next month. I have a few more of her backlog to finish reading, but hope I'm caught up by the time I'm at the book talk!

Please be advised I received an Advance Readers Copy (ARC) from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I read this in one sitting. Could not put it down. Domestic thriller author Jeneva Rose's Home is Where the Bodies Are is a page-turner. Uncovering long-buried family secrets, Beth, Michael, and Nicole find a video clip that links their father to a crime that happened years ago. This murder mystery is riveting and expertly crafted. Beth and Lucas's romance has never been extinguished, and the siblings manage their broken connections. Pop culture references in the flashback chapters add to the story's entertainment value. Even if it has a few flaws, I enjoyed reading the novel and want to read more by Jeneva Rose.

Thank you to #netgalley #jenevarose #blackstonepublishing for this ARC for an honest review.

This one was alright. The flow sometimes worked for me and other times it was just too slow. I ended up skimming after 35% because I felt like it just had so much more to go and was taking a while to get there. I did like how it ended though.

This book read in one sitting could no put it down, multi povs then and now timeline
Were following siblings they come back home when their mom passes , as they are at the house they find an old vhs tape as they watch something unthinkable jaw dropping shows on the tv !! This unravels begins! Pager turning chilling and thrilling
Enjoyed this ride ! Secrets unfold that leave you mind blown !

When their mother passes, three estranged siblings are reunited. While going through their old home videos, they find a tape with their parents and a dead body.

A great family drama that got really exciting at the end. It was a good mystery that kept me in suspense. The best part was the realistic family drama that kept the plot going in between the action. It has made me want to pull out all my old family home videos!

“They say the truth will set you free, but they don’t tell you it can set you free in the same way death does.”

Home is Where the Bodies are comes out 4/30.

My favorite Jeneva Rose book so far. While I did find some parts a little predictable, it was a great interesting read. I loved the sibling dynamic and wished I saw more details about each sibling in the book.

Jeneva Rose is back again with an insane thriller!! I was so excited to get an ARC of this!
This was such a fun premise: 3 siblings who recently lost their mom, reunite and find an old home video... that has footage of their getting rid of a dead body??? Like insane, of course I was hooked.

This was told from all three siblings POV's which I loved, because you got to see this story from every angle. This caused SO many exciting twists and turns to occur and of course right when I would think I had it figured out, EVERYTHING would change.

This felt more like a domestic thriller than a normal thriller due to the family aspect, but it really made it that much more enjoyable. If you typically stray away from thrillers due to fear factor, this would be a perfect one for you to pick up! More what's gonna happen next thrilling than scary thrilling.

Final thoughts: unique thriller that is definitely worth picking up!!

Twists and turns are to be expected when it comes to a Jeneva Rose book; and this one is no different.

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm's length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn't been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.
While going through their parents' belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. The three siblings now have to decide if they want to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secrets their mother took to the grave.

Jeneva’s books have been known to be wildly entertaining and at times quite ridiculous. In comparison to those books; this one is tame. It’s more of a slow burn mystery than a fast paced thriller which her other books are. This one took a little bit for me to get into but when the secrets started to be spilled, I was hooked. It’s a multiple POV story and there were definitely some I enjoyed more than others and because the use of this there was a tad too much repetition for my liking. Overall, I was invested and enjoyed the mystery; the twists were good but I don’t think this one will stay memorable for very long. I would definitely recommend this for a spooky season read or for anyone looking for an easy read mystery book.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my advanced ebook.

3.5 stars

This is a fast-paced thriller featuring some truly intriguing family dynamics and some provocative questions about how we best care for our family members, ourselves, and our stories in the face of unexpected challenges.

Beth, Nicole, and Michael share perspectives in this novel, and they also share an unusual family history. As siblings, they enter the scene with a lot of complicated feelings about each other. Beth has major (relatable) oldest child syndrome and is feeling responsible for a lot and conflicted over her feelings. Nicole, the middle child, has faced some of the most obvious personal challenges, and in their wake, she has understandably caused some harm to her siblings and created a sense of distrust. Michael, the baby, has always had things easy, at least according to how his siblings view his experiences. The three siblings reunite after their mother dies, and this when they discover a creepy VHS tape that reveals only bad possible outcomes.

I loved how fast-paced this was and getting to know each of the characters through their own very brief snippets. Many readers may get onto the mystery a bit too early. I'd have liked to have been less certain, more in the dark, etc. for longer. Though the mystery doesn't run so deep, the way things play out is still engaging. The ending is also satisfying, which is a major plus and never a guarantee in the genre.

If home isn't where your heart is, at least you can know - in this case - that there will, apparently, be bodies. What a trade off!