I am always a fan of any story involving murder, mystery and romance. The Long Road Home had plenty of all three yet still remained fairly easy to read. I felt that the plot and characters were well developed. It is the kind of book where you can sit back, relax and enjoy the story without feeling pressured to arrive to any conclusions before you are ready.

This book had so many great aspects to the story—Kate's relationship with Jake and her brother, her father's past, to name just a few—unfortunately, they were never fully explored and developed. It seemed like there could have been so much more to this story. I did like the author's style of writing and would definitely read another book by her in the future. (I was given a copy of this book for my honest opinion.)

If I could give this book no stars I would. The summary looked so promising but this book will give you whiplash with how quickly the story changes and left me scrambling to keep up. In this book alone there's a murder investigation, sentencing and suicide, two half-brothers, multiple trips to estates, a terrorist plot, and a secret government unit involved. All in all this book was way too convoluted and rushed.

Although the synopsis sounded promising, I couldn’t push past page 58 and so The Long Road Home ended up on my digital DNF pile. It’s a shame because the story has enough potential to become an entertaining novel. Unfortunately, the writing absolutely gets in the way.

In essence, the story reads like a report, not a novel. Facts about characters, settings, and events are relentlessly strung together and I had a hard time keeping up with all the schemes and subplots and motivations. Erratic jumps between POVs and locations only added to my frustration. Way to confuse (and lose) the reader!

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy of THE LONG ROAD HOME in exchange for my honest review.

This book had such a great concept I really looked forward to reading based on the summary. I did n0t enjoy the style of writing. Unfortunately I discontinued reading the book prematurely and will not be finishing it. I think there was a lot of potential here, but this book just did not deliver for me.

This is a complex story involving murder, mystery and romance. It is full of emotions and twists and turns that will keep you wondering if Kate will be able to cope with all that is happening to her and her family.

I felt that the plot and characters were well developed. Even though this was a murder mystery, I felt relaxed while I was reading it. It is a good story to read while in front of a fireplace with a glass of wine or hot chocolate. I as given this book and I enjoyed reading it.