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Oh how the married couple each have such secrets. And secrets do they ever have. Emily and Freddie have just moved into a new house. An old house that sits on a hill by itself. Strange things begin happening. But maybe it’s all in their heads. Or maybe not.


Emily has just survived months in a coma - sepsis, but still has lingering pain and a hard time getting around. Freddie has his own guilt and remorse. Both are hiding their own sins and hoping like hell the other doesn’t find out.

We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough is a twisted mystery that will grip you from the start. As the secrets slowly reveal themselves we learn this couple, and this house, aren’t just ordinary but spectacular.

Fully enjoyed this one!

Memorable:
Face like a withered walnut 😂🫣
Peck, peck, pecking 😂

With super short chapters, this is a quick and fun read. I listened to the audio while following along - and while I didn’t hate the narrator, she isn’t my favorite. But her voice grew on me and within a few chapters I adapted and enjoyed it.

Who has more secrets? The married couple or the house the married couple just moved into? It took me a few chapters to really be invested with the story and characters, but once I did I couldn’t put the book down.

Fab read.

4 hours and 28 minutes at 2x

Just enough spooky to keep you interested but not too spooky that it will keep you up at night. I never expected to rate a horror book five stars, but I was completely invested in these characters (including the house). PLUS, it is clearly The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe inspired, which I love!

Thank you Net Galley and Macmillan Audio for the free ALC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a stunning, multi-layered and unpredictable gothic horror/thriller. Through the multiple unreliable narrator POVs we are taken on a descent into a suffocating (in a good, necessary way) degradation of a marriage, a decline into madness and murder all set against a living and voracious gothic manor. The characters are complex and morally gray, and sometimes downright frustrating and unlikable, but you are engaged and drawn into their emotional strain, just as hungry for the next chapter as the house is for its next soul. Sarah Pinborough drives you through a masterful read/listen with unexpected twists and turns, and just when you think you’ve figured something out she hits you with another curve. Layers. Generations. Transcendent horror wreaking havoc on relationships. Definitely a book to recommend for any horror/ gothic horror/thriller book club.

A special thanks to Macmillian Audio for the ARC of the audiobook!

*This review is my true and honest opinion of the book.*

A family recovering from a traumatic event move into a remote home where strange things begin to happen. I've enjoyed Sarah Pinborough's other books but this missed the mark for me. It is more of a supernatural horror than a psychological thriller, which isn't my favorite style. I also feel like there are an abundance of books with this same plotline (an evil house becoming a character and wreaking havoc). Just Like Home and Mexican Gothic are two that come to mind, but there are definitely other recent ones. The narrator did a good job of this. The story just wasn't appealing to me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Flatiron books for the ARC that I ended up reading on its release week.

For me, just a standard thriller! Not bad, not great! Audio was enjoyable!

4.25🌟

This was a fun book! I recommend going in blind, as I did. Once I saw the cover and the author's name, I had to request it. It's told in multi-POV, mainly from the views of husband Freddie and wife Emily. The story ends up being quite twisty, with both spouses doing things that surprise the reader. The ending was quite fitting as well.

The audiobook is narrated by Helen Baxandale, Jamie Glover, and the author. I always appreciate different narrators with multi-POV audiobooks. It just makes it easier to differentiate the characters. This style worked well in this instance. Helen and Jamie played their parts marvelously. Due to the British accents, I couldn't speed it up to my usual audiobook speed, but it was still an enjoyable listen. Friends fans might enjoy that Emily from that show narrates Emily in this book.

Recommended for fans of twisty mystery books with paranormal elements.

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ALC.

Thank you Netgalley for this audio edition of We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough.

A big beautiful haunted house? A couple recovering from a medical trauma, looking for a new start? Yes please. Not a bad start.

I did enjoy this book, it's got a great atmospheric effect and would be perfect for a cool autumn evening. I didn't love the characters, and if anything lost me in this story, it would be that. I never really connected to them, so I really didn't connect to the story in general.

Emily and Freddie move to the country after Emily nearly dies in a hiking accident. Larkin Lodge, their new home, is a beautiful old place, but Emily feels something is wrong there. There is a horrible smell, drafts keep blowing through, and a nail continues to pop up in the floor. Unfortunately, one of the biproducts of Emily's illness during her hospital stay are hallucinations. And Freddie the lunkhead husband refuses to listen. (WHY do they always refuse to listen?!) Besides, he has his own problem he's been hiding...

At first we wonder whether the house haunted or is Emily losing her mind. But then Freddie starts to hear noises and forgets things he's done in the house. Perhaps Emily isn't crazy after all.

This is definitely one of those "everyone is horrible" books. All of the major and most of the minor characters were short on redeeming qualities - Emily, Freddie, their old friends and even their new friends. But if you can get past that, this was an unsettling, creepy tale that makes you wonder: how well do you know your spouse?

4 Stars

This audio book was so well done. From an auto buy author I loved every minute of this story. Highly recommended to anyone who is looking for a spooky story with multiple twists.

WE LIVE HERE NOW
Sarah Pinborough

I’m breaking up with thrillers.

WE LIVE HERE NOW was the final straw. I have several thrillers to read upcoming in the year and I’m not looking forward to any of them. I’m burnt out from these storylines and bored with the twists.

Every Thursday I have tried to post about an upcoming thriller. We are going to have to change things up and see what happens. If I’m bored with you it I assume you are.

For now, let’s talk about WE LIVE HERE NOW.

Emily moved to a place in the country. Her husband is full of concern, and care, secrets, and lies. He wants nothing more than for her to come back to herself.

As days turn to weeks. And months turn into a half year instead of getting more comfortable in her new living situation the opposite has happened. She hears noises at night, feels like she has company when she is alone, and is sure the house is haunted.

She will do anything and everything to get to the bottom of the mystery. Be it her sanity, her marriage, or her self. She will lose almost everything to find the truth.

I feel like Pinborough wrote this book in a vacuum. Unaware of everything that has been published in the last five years. If this book had come out five years ago, it would’ve been amazing.

However, as it is, it’s just one more disappointing thriller.

I gave WE LIVE HERE NOW three stars.

Thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced copy!

WE LIVE HERE NOW…⭐⭐⭐

I am currently listening to this audiobook and there is a creepy, suspenseful, dark undercurrent to it that is totally addicting and totally Pinborough. Her regular readers will be all-in! I am going to be happy to recommend this one to readers of Riley Sager, Alice Feeney, and Darcy Coates - anyone who loves a tight character cast, unreliable narrator, mystery with paranormal elements, or a good English thriller. The special edition hardcover of this one is totally gorgeous too! Thanks for the audiobook ARC, #NetGalley!

I enjoyed the haunted house take on the story. It takes a twisty turn and thought it was enjoyable to read. It follows a married couple both harboring their own secrets. The atmosphere is creepy with supernatural events. Marital drama and kept you guessing up till the end. I did not see the ending coming! I would recommend you checking it out. Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed this a lot. It was so weird and different from so many other things I've read. I had no idea where it was going but boy did it take me to a place I never saw coming at all!
I really love the writing of this book. The author is so good at telling a story. This book has to do with a house, murder, death, life, and an incredibly interesting way of making all of those things combine into one. I really don't want to tell you about the story because it'll ruin it for you.
I highly recommend this one if you like thrillers that add a bit of paranormal type things. This draws you in and doesn't let go.
I listened to the audio of this book, and it was fantastic. The narrators are great and really bring the story to life.

Many thanks to NetGalley, Macmillan Audio and Flatiron Books | Pine & Cedar for gifting me an audio ARC of this creepy tale by Sarah Pinborough, made even better with the narration of Helen Baxendale, Jamie Glover, and the author. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4.5 stars rounded up!

After an accident 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. Fires go out, books fall from shelves, and she feels a presence in the third-floor room. Freddie doesn’t notice anything and insists that Emily is still recovering from postsepsis which can cause hallucinatory effects. But bizarre events keep happening.

Oh my goodness, best read this one with the lights on! There are creepy Gothic vibes happening, unreliable narrators, and suspense for miles that will keep you flipping the pages. I loved the different POVs and how everyone had secrets they were keeping. I could never have guessed that ending! The star narration team just added to this and I would recommend listening to the audiobook.

Hot and cold. Truth and lies. This house might be haunted or maybe it’s just the marriage.

We Live Here Now was my first Sarah Pinborough read and it didn’t disappoint.

The story follows Emily and Freddie, a married couple trying to leave behind a tangled past by moving into a sprawling country manor called Larkin Lodge. Because what could possibly go wrong in a creaky old house with secrets?

Emily, just waking from a coma and navigating the fog of her recovery, is our main narrator. Thanks to the alternating POVs and dual audiobook narration, which I adore, we also get Freddie’s perspective who, like Emily, carries his own secrets. Both are suspicious, both unreliable, and both leave you guessing who is telling the truth and who might be hiding something darker.

The audiobook narration brought the tension to life perfectly making the eerie atmosphere of Larkin Lodge even more immersive and creepy

The house itself feels like a character. Is it haunted? Or is something more sinister at play? The uncertainty is the best part because you’re never quite sure who or what to trust. Every time I thought I had it figured out, Sarah Pinborough flipped the story on its head.

Without giving too much away, I can say this: We Live Here Now is a twisty psychological horror/thriller that will have you questioning not just the house and the marriage but your own assumptions too.

Thank you Macmillan Audio, Net Galley and Sarah Pinborough for this audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

It’s a yes for me! 🖤

DeAnn @deannsreadingriot

This was a WILD ride!! We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough is a psychological thriller that delves into the complexities of human relationships and the dark secrets that lie beneath the surface. The story revolves around a struggling couple who move to the country for the wife to recouperate following an accident. Almost immediately the wife, Emily, starts to hear sounds in the night that her husband, Freddie, does not hear. I listened to the audiobook and the production was amazing. I had to pause a few times because it was so creepy. Overall, this was an amazing haunted house story with a great twist at the end.

Thank you to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for the advance listening copy in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audiobook!
Narrated by Helen Baxendale; Jamie Glover; Sarah Pinborough

I ate this audiobook up. Baxendale did a fantastic narration. I was easily engaged the entire book.
We Live Here Now is a paranormal thriller. The storyline has some twisty turns that I couldn't have guessed. The characters are semi likeable, sympathetic at least. But the house, Larkin Lodge, is the real star of the show. If I'm being picky, I'd say that I would've liked the book tonbe longer, not that its necessary, I was just enjoying myself.
Now I just need that first/special edition for my trophy shelf... and rereads, but I'd likely pick the audio up again!

Thank you for the ARC. It was an interesting audio book. It is not a book that I would normally try but I enjoyed this one.

I’ve been loving audiobooks lately and have listened to some excellent ones. I was recently received an audio arc of We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough from @netgalley and @flatiron and it was my recent listen and I thoroughly enjoyed it. After surviving an accident and illness that nearly killed her, Emily and her husband, Freddie have moved to an old large country house. It should be perfection, but Sarah feels that something is not right with the house. Books fall off the shelves, nails stick out of the floor boards and then disappear, and then there is the presence she feels on the third floor. Is the house haunted or is Freddie right and she is going mad. And then there are the secrets they are both hiding from one another.

I loved this book. A novel that straddles the line between thriller and psychological horror is one of my favorite things and Pinborough has done a fantastic job of straddling that line and keeping the reader deliciously off balance. I never knew where this one was going . And the twist…… amazing!

I am so happy listened to this one on audio. The narrators were incredible, especially the work of Helen Baxendale. It is a wonderfully nuanced performance that added layers of depth to an already wonderful book. I listened to this one in a single day. I just did not want to turn it off. I loved everything about this on. Order this one immediately!

This is one that I would recommend going in blindly as nothing is what it seems. I’m not quite sure what I expected but I absolutely did not expect this story to play out the way it did..

After a terrible accident, Emily wakes up from a coma and has a long road to recovery. She and her husband Freddy moves into a new home for seclusion, but they slowly begin to realize that there are very strange occurrences taking place at this home. This couple also has secrets that they are keeping from each other, but who’s secret is worse?

Enjoyable story that made me want to read more from this author. I enjoyed the dual narration, the narrators did a phenomenal job. Although it wasn’t a book I would consider overly lengthy, it could have possibly been shorter as I found some of the story not fully necessary. Recommend for fans of domestic & paranormal thrillers.. Thank you Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for this advanced listening copy. All opinions are my own.