A review by cassiecat
Here to Stay by Mark Edwards

slow-paced

4.25

4.25⭐️

I had the audiobook read by James Langton. Unfortunately I didn’t gel with the narrator. 

It’s been donkeys years since I last read anything by this author, but this one came highly recommended. That old chestnut the FOMO was rife, so in I dived. 

Elliott is 38 single living with his cat Charlie in a big house with a flash car when Emma enters his life in a whirlwind, they marry. Then she asks if her parents can come to stay for a few weeks. Then things start going wrong. 

I found it slow to get going. I didn’t particularly like any of the characters. However in the second half things really picked up, and got a lot more interesting. I enjoyed the twists and turns. 

‘Epileptic shock’ made me chuckle. It should be Anaphylactic shock. 

So it’s one that’s worth persevering with. It ends strongly. I think it’s a rarity where I think I might have enjoyed the book more than listening.