I loved this for the Ravens and mentions of Poe.

Read if you are looking for:
🐦‍⬛ Eerie vibes + slow burn mystery
🐦‍⬛ Short chapters
🐦‍⬛ Marital secrets
🐦‍⬛ Unreliable narrator
🐦‍⬛ Unique haunted house twist

My hang up was that I had zero attachment to the unlikable main characters so I didn't really have anyone to root for and feel for. If you're ok with unlikable characters and a slow burn, I think you'll enjoy this one.

The dual POV narrators for the audio both did a great job creating atmosphere as they voiced the story.

Emily and Freddie have relocated from London to Dartmoor after Emily recovered from a tradgic accident. Emily starts to hear strange noises, smells foul things, and the window on the landing seems to be always open. Freddie however hasn't experianced any of these things and thinks she is suffering from postsepsis. In order to ease her mind Emily starts to dig into the history of Larkin Lodge and finds one of the previous owners who lives in a care facility nearby. The more Emily uncovers the more she thinks that Freddie is keeping secrets from her and Freddie is thinking the same thing about Emily. I would like to thank both NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for letting me listen to an advanced copy of this audiobook.

Thank you Netgalley for the ALC

This is a classic story of a bunch of miscommunication or people not asking the correct questions. There are people cheating on their spouses. People who are bribing people. People who have a gambling problem. But they all keep these things secret from each other and people get hurt. This mystery was fine. I was thinking there was going to be more paranormal due to other books I've read by Sarah Pinborough. All in all this was an average mystery.

I enjoyed this immensely!
Huge thanks to netgalley and the author for this ARC!
I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys spooky gothic house vibes.
There really weren’t any good characters. They were all flawed and lots of bad intentions and it made the read very interesting!
This book kept me guessing and I enjoyed the ending!
I will definitely read this authors next book!

My Thoughts: This was such a different twist on the haunted house trope. The author did a great job of giving just enough information to keep me engaged without giving things away until the right moment. Very enjoyable listen!

I loved Behind Her Eyes and was so excited for a new book from Sarah Pinborough. It did not diasappoint! I'd say I even liked this one better! It was atmosperic, suspenseful, and I loved the ending.

I LOVE a spooky house book, and this Gothic house is perfection. unreliable narrators, spooky back stories, unlikable characters. the audio version was so well done!
thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

Thank you MacMillan audio!
Wow, this was a refreshing twist on the classic haunted house/creepy house story—darkly edgy in all the right ways. Pinborough weaves a compelling narrative that was, at times, frustrating (in a good way—like when you want to yell at horror movie characters), but ultimately mesmerizing. The plot completely hooked me, especially leading up to that ending.

I managed to finish this in just two days thanks to a lot of extra time in the car—this audiobook made those long commutes fly by. It was well-paced, moody in the best ways, and beautifully narrated by Helen Baxendale and Jamie Glover.

The whole time, I was questioning whether Emily was hallucinating, losing her grip on reality, or experiencing something else entirely. I felt her confusion deeply and found myself empathizing with her as the story unfolded.

This book is smart, haunting, and soaked in creepy, moody vibes.

At first I found myself kind of aggravated with the story, purely because my least favorite book trope is the unhappy couple who hate each other but stay together. Despite how much the couple annoyed me, the mystery of the house kept me wanting to know more. At first I thought it was a ghosts who didn't know they were ghosts scenario, but I enjoyed the direction it went instead. I've seen a lot of reviews saying they were disappointed or disagreed with the ending, but I have to say I probably would have done the same thing. Or maybe even just handle him and then "take care" of the double to keep it permanent without leftovers. (I'm trying to be as vague as possible). Over all the book kept drawing me back in to see what decisions they would make and what the full extent of the mystery was. I cant say this is a book I would caw over but I could deff see it in a book club style setting since it has some fantastic discussion points.

What a devious story! This book does a wonderful slow creepiness where I couldn't tell if what was going on was supernatural or all in the character's heads. Emily and Freddie do not have a very strong connection in their marriage so the way they try to sabotage each other make them unreliable narrators. Wonderfully twisty this was as Emily fears that she is hallucinating and going crazy due to her accident and post sepsis but even so she goes about trying to delve into Larkin Lodge's past owners. Freddie has his own issues which may or may not include murdering his wife to solve his problems (stellar husband he is!) which also ramps up the tension between the couple. I also totally love the viewpoint of the raven and his own connection to the house. I definitely did not guess what was going on but I loved the horror of it, even as it all became twisted and I had to finish the book as fast as possible to see what the end result was, if Emily and Freddie had a future or if one or both would make it out of the house alive!

If you are looking for a great dark domestic horror with secrets, lies, unreliable narrators, a bit of humor and a house with a hidden past, then you will love this book! And if you listen to it via audiobook, the narrators do a great job bringing the characters to life and making the world of this book seem very real.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to listen to this wonderfully disturbing audiobook that I absolutely loved!

The book was done very well. It had be guess what was going to happen next. This was the first book I have read by this author. I would differently read more by her. It took some turns that I didn't see coming.

This was so good. I didn't want to put it down. Love haunted house books. . The ending really surprised me. I love when books surprise me. The narrators were great!

Pinborough’s take on a haunted house is as original and twisted as her previous novels. It takes elements that have made other books and films great, and turns them on their head to provide a truly addictive, creepy and completely unpredictable novel. Emily is flawed. Her life imploded and left her literally in a coma. She is trying to recover in the house of her dreams with her husband Freddie. As much as I was rooting for her, I wanted to punch him for being such a piece of work, but the whole “husband with a secret” part wasn’t what I was expecting either. The audiobook plays to those strengths. Helen Baxendale sounds like such a nice person. Far from perfect, but relatable and vulnerable. Jamie Glover embodies Freddie in a way that made me hate him, but without turning him into a cartoon villain. The interaction between these two main characters worked very well. And the plot! OMG that plot! I couldn’t stop. The haunted house, Larkin Lodge, is described in such loving detail that, when things start getting weird, it’s not hard to imagine how Emily and Freddie are conflicted about leaving. I highly recommend this book, and I’d even suggest going in blind. Great idea, perfect execution and an amazing ending.
I chose to listen to this audiobook and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, NetGalley/Macmillan Audio.

📖 Bookish Moments:
I’ve never hated an MMC as much as I hate Freddie. The way he gaslights Emily, the rigid “traditional wife” expectations, and how he was excited “she’s messed up for a little while longer”?? Sir, you are not getting a redemption arc. He was a loser!

Emily, though? My heart absolutely broke for her. She’s been through so much—physically, emotionally, professionally—and you can feel the weight of it in every chapter. I had so much compassion for her, especially watching her slowly unravel in that eerie, questioning herself. I liked her even when she was making questionable decisions 🤣

Also?? That ending?? I did not see it coming. I’m still trying to decide if I liked it or not. Either way, I really enjoyed this audiobook!

What you can expect
• Eerie house
• Gaslighting
• Isolation
• Paranoia
• A twisty ending

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📖 Final Score: 4.75 ⭐️
🎧 Audio Score: 5 ⭐️
🎙️ Narration Style: Solo

Thank you to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the advanced listening copy. All thoughts are my own.

Look, this isn’t loud horror. This isn’t “boo!” horror. This is slow, creepy, something-is-wrong-but-nobody’s-saying-it horror. It whispers. It opens windows that were definitely closed and gaslights you with historic charm and floral wallpaper. Sarah Pinborough takes a story you think you’ve read before and turns it into something darker, colder, and way more emotionally feral.

We start with Emily, freshly awake from a coma and still possibly rocking post-sepsis brain fog. She and her husband Freddie ditch London and move to Larkin Lodge, a big, gorgeous, absolutely cursed country house that screams “bad decision” in haunted gothic cursive. Freddie says it’s a fresh start. Emily’s like, “cool, but why does the third floor want to kill me?” And honestly, she’s not wrong. The house has energy, and not the good kind. Books fall. Nails keep popping up from the floor. Temperatures drop. But mostly only when she’s alone — which, for plot reasons, is a lot.
Freddie insists it’s all in her head. Emily’s not convinced — and neither is the house, which seems to tighten around her with every passing day, like it’s listening, waiting, learning the shape of her fear. What begins as doubt slowly curdles into dread, until even silence feels like it has teeth.

This book isn’t scary because of ghosts. It’s scary because of gaslighting. Because of being dismissed by the one person who’s supposed to believe you. Because there’s nothing more terrifying than being in pain and having someone smile at you like you're overreacting. It’s horror by a thousand small cuts — a door that opens when it shouldn’t, a husband who won’t look you in the eye, a body that keeps betraying you.

We get chapters from Freddie too (ugh), and they do exactly what they’re supposed to: make you want to shake him and yell “DO YOU HEAR YOURSELF?” into the fog. And then there’s the raven. Yes, an actual raven — not metaphorical, not symbolic, just deeply haunted and very opinionated — who swoops in like a goth narrator with centuries of pain and one very specific grudge. He’s grieving. He’s watching. He’s been here longer than anyone and he’s already lost more than this house can take from him. It sounds absurd. It works. Don’t question the bird.

The pacing? Yeah, it’s slow. It marinates in dread. You’re not racing through this — you’re simmering in emotional tension until the last third lights a match and everything combusts in the exact way you hoped it would, but also kind of feared. The twist isn’t just clever. It’s a psychological slap in the face that makes everything before it land harder in retrospect.

And the audiobook? Chef’s kiss. Helen Baxendale and Jamie Glover bring exactly the kind of tight-lipped British tension this story feeds on — all simmering dread and barely concealed panic. But the real surprise? Sarah Pinborough herself narrates the raven chapters. Yes, the actual author slips into the voice of this gothic Greek chorus, and it lands hard. The raven isn’t just observing — he’s mourning, remembering, carrying loss like it’s etched into his feathers. Pinborough delivers those lines like she’s whispering ancient secrets straight from the attic crawlspace, and the effect is intimate, mythic, and just a little devastating.

Yes, it’s a haunted house story — but really, it’s about what happens when you lose trust in yourself and the people you love. When silence becomes the scariest sound in the room. It’s about doubt, control, illness, and how terrifying it is when your reality starts to blur and no one cares enough to notice. And that’s why it gets a solid, unsettling, completely-earned 4 stars. Because it’s smart. It’s sinister. And it sticks to your ribs like cold dread and bad wallpaper.

Whodunity Award: For Most Sinister Use of the Phrase “Fresh Start”

Huge thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the early listen — I was not emotionally prepared, and I’m 90% sure the house took that personally.

Is it weird that I found this book to be so fun? It's not a comedy at all and is very much a mash up of horror, domestic thriller and marriage dysfunction. But I kept on giggling at the couples' toxicities. This is not a criticism, at least not of the author. It's probably more a criticism of a personality flaw of mine. Also, the title reminds me of every time I've been tired and I sit or lie down somewhere and announce "I live here now."

But yeah, I really liked this. There is some super weird stuff in this (including a certain POV) and some random twists, but nothing came out of nowhere. It built up beautifully and somehow did so realistically because of the relationship problems woven into the plot. I've checked out other novels and tv show adaptations by this author and I think this is my favorite so far.

The audiobook was great. I think the narrator did a great job.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ALC!

I love Sarah Pinborough books, you never quite know what you are going to get. They are always so twisty and fun to read. I downloaded this audiobook as soon as I got approved and devoured it in a day. It was just brilliant!!

Larkin House is a beautiful old house in the country, and the new home for Emily and Freddie. Emily is recovering from an accident that left her in a coma for months, and this is the perfect place to rest and get better. From the very first day, Emily feels uncomfortable. The house is creepy, with things that go bump in the night. Freddie doesn’t believe her, tells her it is the aftermath of her accident and the sepsis. But she can feel it, something isn’t right with this house and she wants out. On top of that , Freddie is behaving strangely and she starts to worry about her marriage.

This book is just nuts!! Freddie was so awful to Emily and so selfish. You just never know what might happen or how it is going to end. So so good!!

The narration was amazing. I mean Jamie Glover from The Crown and Helen Baxendale from Friends!! They were both superb, did an amazing job bringing this creepy and intense story to life. Highly recommend the audiobook if you are a fan.

Thanks so much Macmillan Audio for my early copy to listen to. Couldn’t get enough. Out on May 20th and is a must read.

In a true fasion of Sarah Pinborough. Strange house, human experience. Human flaws and always something out of this world. Highly reccomended.

My review as posted to Instagram on 5/5.

WE LIVE HERE NOW by Sarah Pinborough

Thank you @macmillan.audio for my #gifted copy! #macaudio2025

I absolutely LOVED Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes (both the book and the adaptation), so I was thrilled to get my hands on an early audio copy of her upcoming release.

I can't say too much about the plot without spoiling it 🤐, but here's the set-up: Married couple Emily and Freddie move to a large house in the country following a near-death accident that left her in a coma. Emily has always wanted to live in the country, and is eager for the change of pace while she recovers. But strange occurrences have her second guessing everything... including her own mind.

Blending supernatural horror with psychological thriller, Pinborough delivers yet another mind-bender of a novel. It's creepy and atmospheric, which is only enhanced by the spectacular audiobook performances.

We Live Here Now kept me guessing until the jaw-dropping finale. I loved it!

Coincidentally, I was watching the new season of Black Mirror around the time I read this, and I immediately noticed the similarities between the two. So if you're a Black Mirror fan, don't sleep on this!!

📌 Available 5/20!

OMG OMG OMG This is everything! How can I explain without giving it away. Freddie is flawed, and he is kind of maybe a little evil. He is selfish anyway.
And our protagonist learns of a way to deal with that, although she is way too nice and she has to deal with some stuff first. Also she is not fully aware of Freddie's plans.
The end was perfection.
I loved the bird's perspective too. I was all for that.
The narration was perfect for the story.
You have to listen to this one.