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The body next door follows the impact of shallowly buried remains being found in a building lot on the lives of several people through their different POV.

It is a little tricky at the beginning to figure out who’s who and what timeline were in and if the events being told are before or after the remains being found, but once you get comfortable with the dual POV things heat up and get really interesting from there out.

I immediately had a soft spot for Hannah, I liked her narration, she seemed like a really interesting character with a questionable past and I found myself rooting for her as time went on.

Although lots of clues are giving it’s hard to give a prediction as to what you think has happened / is going to happen until close to the end. This book definitely keeps you on your toes.

I’m a huge fan of the cover image for the book, the colours are gorgeous! I will be looking out for more of this authors work :)

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I wanted to like this book, but it got so lost in the sea of similar thrillers, that I just wasn’t invested. I’m sorry.

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Let me just say, I don’t often dole out 5-star reviews. I’m a lover of the thriller genre, and find myself outguessing most stories. This one was different. The crossovers in the plot line are intense, so I could see it confusing some readers, but I loved the way Chance wove the complicated web. I absolutely recommend this for thriller enthusiasts like myself! I’m a huge fan of Gillian Flynn, and this work reminds me of her.

I will say, I received an advance copy from the publisher by way of NetGalley and there were some formatting issues on kindle. For some reason, in words that begin with the letter f there was often a space after the f (e.g., f inished). Toward the end, there were also missing headers when the narrator/POV changed. I trust these will be corrected by the time of final publication and they did not deter meaningfully from the excellent storyline.

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Thank you so much to The Hive program for allowing me to read and review this ARC!
Multi-POV's in thriller books are my jam because it really adds to the whole "whodunnit" aspect. The plot really shifts part way in and I was absolutely hooked from there. So many things you never saw coming. As others said the beginning was a tad difficult with figuring everyone out but really happy with the wild ride this took me on!
I will post about this release on my bookstagram @thatbookishteach by the end of May as well as on release day.

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This book definitely takes you on a wild ride! The beginning was a bit hard to follow due to multiple POV’s but once you start to find out who everyone is and it all starts to come together it’s impossible to put down!

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Very good book. Page turning ! Definitely kept me in the edge. My first book by this author but hope to read more soon

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The body next door follows the impact of shallowly buried remains being found in a building lot on the lives of several people through their different POV.

It is a little tricky at the beginning to figure out who’s who and what timeline were in and if the events being told are before or after the remains being found, but once you get comfortable with the dual POV things heat up and get really interesting from there out.

I immediately had a soft spot for Hannah, I liked her narration, she seemed like a really interesting character with a questionable past and I found myself rooting for her as time went on.

Although lots of clues are giving it’s hard to give a prediction as to what you think has happened / is going to happen until close to the end. This book definitely keeps you on your toes.

I’m a huge fan of the cover image for the book, the colours are gorgeous! I will be looking out for more of this authors work :)

Publish date: August 6th

Thank you to Maia Chance, Harlequin Trade Publishing and NetGalley for the EARC

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The Body Next Door
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I absolutely loved the ominous atmosphere of this book, which was sprinkled with a touch of magic. Once I got a feel for the many characters telling the story, I was fully immersed in it. What's not to love about a cult gone wrong? And when you add in a murder mystery, I'm all in. Thrillers rarely end on a happy (ish) note, but this one wrapped up the story perfectly. If you're a fan of thrillers, then this one is a definite must-read.

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I almost gave up on this one. It started fairly slow and was kind of all over the place, but somewhere along the line, the plot did a complete 180, and I was hooked. I absolutely loved it!

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really fun little thriller thats really well done. i would def recommend this one and i feel so lucky to have read it so early

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