Home Sweet Home

De: Maree Rose

Narrado por: Gideon Frost, Ri Paige

When you're a teenager, life is usually simple and carefree. You could never imagine the evil that lurks in the shadows, waiting for a chance to steal your innocence.

However, for Willow, that evil becomes a stark reality when she's abducted while walking home one night after spending the day with her best friends.

For fifteen long years, Willow finds herself in the clutches of a sinister cult, her life dictated by the whims of those who seek to control and manipulate her.

At the same moment that she tries to break free, she is finally saved, her life spared from what she considers a fate worse than death.

To reclaim the life she lost, she returns to her hometown, and the friends who never forgot her. But her life's not instantly filled with sunflowers. A lot has happened during the time she was gone, and people have changed, including her.

Willow's time in captivity has left scars on both her body and soul. She wants to heal and move forward with her life. But will her past stay in her past? Has evil followed her home? Or was it there all along?

Home Sweet Home is a slow-burn reverse harem why-choose romance, meaning the main character will end up with more than one love interest by the end of the story. For mature listeners.

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Engaging, emotional, but slightly uneven.

“Home Sweet Home”, narrated by Gideon Frost and Ri Paige in dual POV, is about finding light in the darkest places.

This story doesn’t shy away from heavy topics: cult abuse, emotional abuse, sexual assault, rape, panic attacks, and PTSD are central to the narrative. The author handles these themes with sensitivity, but it’s still a tough read at times.

Willow is a survivor, and Easton is her rescuer. Coming back home means reuniting with their friends—Wyatt, Mason, and Gage—after being apart for 15 years.

This is a light “why choose” romance. The boys give Willow the space to recover and heal with each of them, I think it’s a good way to treat so much trauma in this story.

Even if the plot is fairly predictable from the start, I liked the looming threat of the cult, the anonymous notes, and the twists involving the mean girls.

Heavy topic -sweet love story!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Willow emerged from the trenches of hell into the hands of her former best friends. I didn’t give 5 stars only because I feel like there was a lack of depth or angst to the story. However it was definitely swoony and heartwarming with plenty of spice 🔥🔥. Narration was excellent and I would still recommend the purchase.