Thank you to Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar for the advanced copy of We Live Here Now in exchange for my honest opinion.
Publisher: Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar
Published: May 20, 2025
Summary:
After an accident that nearly kills her, Emily and her husband, Freddie, move from London to a beautiful Dartmoor country house called Larkin Lodge. The house is gorgeous, striking—and to Emily, something about it feels deeply wrong. Old boards creak at night; fires extinguish; and books fall from the shelves—all of it stemming from the terrible presence she feels in the third-floor room.
But these things happen only when Emily is alone, so are they happening at all? She is still medically fragile. Her post-sepsis condition can cause hallucinatory side effects, which means she cannot fully trust her senses. Freddie does not notice anything odd and is happy with their chance at a fresh start. She, however, starts to believe the house is haunted by someone who had been murdered in it even though she can find no evidence of a wrongful death. As bizarre events pile up and her marriage starts to crumble, Emily becomes obsessed with discovering the truth about Larkin Lodge. But just as the house has secrets so do Emily and her husband.
My thoughts
Sarah Pinborough is back with another addicting, twisted, unsettling genre-bending read that I could not get enough of. One of my anticipated reads for Spring, this will no doubt be one of my favorite books of the year…it’s just one of those books that is so brilliantly plotted & keeps you on your toes the entire time!
I loved the remote setting, the house that may or may not have been haunted that has a dark past, & our main protagonist who is recovering from an almost tragic accident & is still struggling both emotionally & physically. The uber-talented Pinborough manages to take these plot points & combine them into something only her crazy imagination can whip up…& I’m telling you, this story does not go in any direction you might think it will, which made me love it even more.
I’m excited that Sarah will be coming on tour to the states & that she’s coming to Long Island! I cannot wait to hear her speak about this book & her writing in general! I’m so excited!!!
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