There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins Review

Hey ForeverBookers, 

Did you all have a good Halloween? I was reading and watching TV throughout that day! I’ve just finished "There’s Someone Inside Your House" by Stephanie Perkins. It was better than I thought it would be. When I read her "Anna And The French Kiss" trilogy I didn’t love it. I didn’t hate it either but it was kind of meh. I can remember liking Lola, the second book the most, which I think is an unpopular opinion. 

3.5 Stars!

The murders themselves are quite bloody and disturbing so if you’re adverse to blood,  gore and mutilation or under 15, I wouldn’t advise reading it! 

Readathons

I read “There’s Someone Inside Your House” for a few readathons, again. 

For the Litwits: Team Sherlock group - Reading a YA contemporary book. 

For Reading Rivalry - A book I regret not starting sooner. 

For The Popsugar 2018 Challenge- A book set on Halloween (I started it ON Halloween so it made sense that I read it for this challenge!)

For HouseViking in the BookDemocracy group on Facebook, for "Black Cover" because it's black with accents of bright pink.

Spoilers Below...

The main character of “There’s Someone Inside Your House” is Makani. She’s a biracial girl who’s from Hawaii. The events of the book take place in Nebraska though, after Makani moves in with her Grandmother there. Her parents don’t care about her. This is why she’s moved across America to be with her Grandma. 

Makani doesn’t have that many friends at school. She only has two, as well as Olly, who she “likes”. The author did a great job, putting a biracial character at the forefront of events. Also, bringing sex into the story in a non graphic way should be praised, I think. 

The story itself while good didn’t blow me away. It gripped me in parts but was a little stale in others. The murderer wasn’t who I expected. I thought it would be one of the main characters, which it wasn’t. I won’t spoil who it is because that’s basically all the story is based on. If I told you who it is there really isn’t much point to reading the rest of the book. 

The characters, other than Makani all had a role to play. There weren’t any not needed characters. She had her grandmother to rely on as well as her friends and Ollie. Ollie’s brother is a policeman so he keeps the characters as well as us, the reader, up to date on what’s happening with the case against the murderer. There was the murderer, and the murdered, who should have had more of the plot. It would have been interesting to see the mindset of the murderer, which alas we don’t get, but there were minimal characters, which I’ve said before, I like. When there are too many, it feels like the plot is too busy or that the characters are just there without actually doing anything to move the plot along. Neither of those things were the case here. 

“I should tell him. I have to tell him. I can’t hide anymore.”

It’s revealed that Makani hurt someone from her past. She’s very resentful of this fact and knows she needs to tell Ollie. Can she, though? You’ll need to read to find out. 

That quote above makes it look like the story is told in first person narrative. It’s not but I didn’t mind it in this case. Sometimes, I don’t like 3rd person narrative because it makes the story boring for me. I like to see the inner workings of a person but “There’s Someone Inside Your House” I feel we still got that. The author has a way of writing that just makes me want to read! I found this with her "Anna And The French Kiss" trilogy, too. 

Overall then, I liked “There’s Someone Inside Your House”. Was it the best literature I’ve ever read? No but did it keep me on the edge of my seat? Yes - that’s why I’m giving the book 3.5 stars! I would maybe like another book about the characters that survive the events of "There’s Someone Inside Your House"...

Stand by for my next review, coming soon...