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A review by barbistull
The Last One Home by Victoria Helen Stone
4.0
This book was the first one for me from Victoria Helen Stone. I love that it was told in dual POV and timeframe--though that made it a little slow to start for me.
We start in 1985 when Donna realizes she is pregnant after an affair with a married man, Michael, that was supposed to be casual. Michael he promises to divorce his wife and take care of Donna and the baby. Even though there was an alleged affair with a waitress and continued broken promises, Donna tries to give him a chance. A newspaper article puts things into place and Donna accuses Michael of murder.
Lauren's Dad (Michael) was exonerated for the murder and she moved in with him and her grandmother at age 10. Now in the present, Lauren has gone through a break up and seizes the opportunity to move into this home on her Dad's land and renovate it to match her style and needs. It is apparent that Lauren's relationship with her mother to be strained because Donna had never admitted that she was wrong for accusing Michael after his exoneration.
It is a bumpy ride as we learn more about what happened all those years ago--was Donna just bitter about things and accused Michael or murder to get back at him? Are the renovations the right thing to do? What will she find?
Thanks to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
We start in 1985 when Donna realizes she is pregnant after an affair with a married man, Michael, that was supposed to be casual. Michael he promises to divorce his wife and take care of Donna and the baby. Even though there was an alleged affair with a waitress and continued broken promises, Donna tries to give him a chance. A newspaper article puts things into place and Donna accuses Michael of murder.
Lauren's Dad (Michael) was exonerated for the murder and she moved in with him and her grandmother at age 10. Now in the present, Lauren has gone through a break up and seizes the opportunity to move into this home on her Dad's land and renovate it to match her style and needs. It is apparent that Lauren's relationship with her mother to be strained because Donna had never admitted that she was wrong for accusing Michael after his exoneration.
It is a bumpy ride as we learn more about what happened all those years ago--was Donna just bitter about things and accused Michael or murder to get back at him? Are the renovations the right thing to do? What will she find?
Thanks to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.