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Our House by Louise Candlish
3.0

I will say I sat down and forced myself to finish this book— it wasn’t one of those reads where you cannot put the book down. Once the story was introduced and I became familiar with Fi and Bram; things got incredibly repetitive. Sometimes it felt as if the author needed to reach a certain word count and some of the chapters did not push the story forward at all. Also I didn’t really like any of the characters, but maybe you aren’t supposed to. The premise is really interesting and I think Louise is a really talented writer. There were also several surprises and I literally slapped my forehead on the last page because it was just so ironic how Bram’s final action on earth to try and help Fi will actually provide evidence that will land in her jail with a murder charge— it’s as if every action Bram takes is destined to ruin Fi, no matter his intention.