Here To Stay

3.5 stars. Not much to say about this but it was a pretty solid thriller! It had a different concept, the overbearing in-laws with a sketchy past, that I found really interesting. It focused a little too much on the MC's job which I thought was pretty pointless to include - even though it intercepts with the main plot at some point I still didn't care to read about it. Some things were a little too spelled out for me, and I did end up guessing the last twist about 20 pages before it happened, but I still enjoyed reading it.

This book was disappointing for me. I predicted much of the events before they happened, which made this thriller not very thrilling.

The main character, Elliot, marries the beautiful Gemma after only two months together. Very shortly after their wedding, Gemma's parents and little sister move in with them and begin to take over Elliot's home. Elliot is an annoying character who takes way too long to stand up for himself. Gemma never stands up to her parents either, which the reader to suspect she is in on their plans. Jeff and Lizzy, the parents, are transparent in their intentions, to the reader at least. And I predicted the twist with Chloe, the younger sister, from the start.

For me, a thriller has to surprise me. I need to be caught off guard. If I can predict where the story is going early in the book and end up being correct, it is not a good thriller.