My Rating: 4.75
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Format: eARC*
Publication Date: May 24, 2022
Author: Hannah Mary McKinnon
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Never Coming Home Blurb
First comes love. Then comes murder.
Lucas Forester didn’t hate his wife. Michelle was brilliant, sophisticated, and beautiful. Sure, she had extravagant spending habits and that petty attitude, a total disregard for anyone below her status. But she also had a lot to offer. Most notably, wealth that only the one percent could comprehend.
For years, Lucas had been honing a flawless plan to inherit Michelle’s fortune. Unfortunately, it involved taking a hit out on her.
Every track was covered, no trace left behind, and now Lucas plays the grieving husband so well he deserves an award. But when a shocking photo and cryptic note show up on his doorstep, Lucas goes from hunter to prey.
Someone is onto him. And they’re closing in.
Told with dark wit and a sharply feminist sensibility, Never Coming Home is a terrifying tale of duplicity that will have you side-eyeing your spouse as you dash to the breathtaking end.
Never Coming Home Review
As a quick reminder, here is my rating structure:
- 1 star: Did not finish
- 2 Stars: Finished but I do not recommend
- 3 Stars: Liked but could use some improvements
- 4 Stars: Loved this book!
- 5 Stars: Rare. The unput-down-able, binge read obsession.
My star ratings are also based also genre based. I compare all books with books of the same genre. While I would love to believe that my love of books in general transcends all bias, there are genres I prefer over others.
I’m human.
Example: If I read a mystery novel and think it deserves a 5-star rating, then I have compared it to other mystery books, and determined it to be one of my absolute favorites. The unputdownable mystery.
This will hopefully keep me from comparing Outlander, a personal obsession of mine, with the experience of reading The Hate You Give. Both 5 star books for me, but completely and totally different. I couldn’t even try to rate them against each other, so I don’t. Makes my life easier. 🙂
My Thoughts
Never Coming Home is so much diabolical fun. I am questioning all of my morals because why did I find myself sympathizing with a murder?!
This was like Gone Girl in reverse but you are in on it the whole time, except you aren’t really in on it because there’s so much you don’t know. Lucas, the narrator, is the most reliable unreliable narrator of all time. Yes, you read that correctly. In the genre of stories told by unreliable narrators, he is by far the most reliable because he’s honest, brutally so. He’s clear about his unsavory intentions and actions, explains when and why he feels remorse, and makes exactly zero apologies.
If you like kind of twisted books with messed up characters or even just a good mystery, go get Never Coming Home immediately! RIght now. Go!
Conclusion
Seriously great writing from Hannah Mary Mackinnon that will keep you glued until the breathtaking end. So freaking satisfying.
*Special thanks to Hannah Mary McKinnon, Netgalley, and MIRA Books for providing a copy of Never Coming Home in exchange for an honest review.
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