Book Review: You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

Genre: Adult Fiction (Contemporary Thriller)
Date Published: April 25, 2023
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Grace Evans, an overworked New Yorker looking for a total escape from her busy life, books an Airbnb on a ranch in the middle of Wyoming. When she arrives, she's pleasantly surprised to find that the owner is a handsome man by the name of Calvin Wells. But there are things Grace discovers that she's not too pleased about: A lack of cell phone service. A missing woman. And a feeling that something isn't right with the town.

Despite her uneasiness and misgivings from Calvin's friends and family, the two grow close and start to fall for one another. However, as her departure date nears, things between them start to change for the worse. Grace grows wary of Calvin as his infatuation for her seems to turn into obsession. Calvin fears that Grace is hiding something from him.

Told from dual points of view, You Shouldn't Have Come Here is a thrill ride and a cautionary tale of what can go wrong when you open up your house and your heart to a total stranger.

You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose had the potential to be great, but there were things holding it back. Credibility being one. He lived his whole life in nowhere Wyoming (which aside from the weird townsfolk, sounds nice to me), so when they hear a Mountain Lion. And he tells her not to worry, they don’t come this far. What?! You just heard it. Clearly they come this far. And she believes him?! I'm sorry. Those things bother me. She does a lot of things, like not leaving, all through the book that lost her credibility. Some of that is revealed in the twist at the end, which I guess is how those behaviors are explained away. I kinda figured out the twist beforehand, because it was the only thing that would make sense given how both characters acted throughout the whole story. I's like to read another book by this author though, because I like her style. I like her thinking. I think I'd like her books.

Jeneva Rose is the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage, One of Us is Dead, The Girl I Was, You Shouldn’t Have Come Here & Home is Where the Bodies Are. Her work has been translated into more than two dozen languages and optioned for film/tv. Originally from Wisconsin, she currently lives in Chicago with her husband, Drew, and her English bulldog, Winston.

To learn more about Jeneva Rose and her books, visit her website. You can also find her on Goodreads, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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