The Forever Home - Sue Watson

Genre: Thriller | Mystery

Release Date: Expected 4th June 2021

TW: Abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Divorce, Cheating.

On top of the cornish cliffsides, Carly finally found her home. Her husband Mark designed and renovated every part of it with her - a project that made him famous. Together, they've raised their children in this house, spent nights watching the stormy sea and starry skies, and they'd promised to love each other and always keep each others secrets.

But it's also where Mark told her that he was in love - just not with her. After losing her husband and her reputation, Carly isn't going to lose her home too. Peacefully alone, surrounded by the secrets her house had always hidden, Carly feels safe. Until she finds the cracks in the walls and anonymous threats start to appear. Someone wants to tear down the walls around her entire life - and she's already cracking under the pressure.

The Forever Home was a slow-burning, domestic thriller about a family who aren't what they appear at all - Their loving marriage isn't loving at all, Marks success is really Carly's and their publicist is constantly rewriting their own story so often that Carly doesn't know what she's going to find about herself in the news at any time. Their picture perfect marriage was slowly dismantled before my eyes, delving into every step that got them to where we are today.

This was a story about deceit and pretence - a tense, twisty tale full of lies and misdirection. But underneath this was a raw, real story that dissects the idea of 'Happily Ever After' and continues the story after those final words have been said - making us really think about what family is to us and what we would really do for the ones we love.

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thank you to Sue Watson, Bookouture and Netgalley for this ARC in return for an honest review.

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