Review for "No One's Home" by D.M. Pulley

No One's Home by D.M. Pulley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

So, in many ways, I feel like I should just point you in the direction of the reviews I've done for the other books written by this author; the accolades/praises are all the same, as far as how much I enjoyed this book. However, for some reason, I wasn't as blown away with this one as I was with the others? And I am a little annoyed with the fact that I can't figure out WHY that is.

Plot: The plot is good... in typical Pulley-style, a ghostly story is woven, back & forth, through time and through the 3rd person viewpoints of (in this book, several) the characters... into this well-thought-out tale of murder, ghosts, lies, lavish lifestyles, and history- loads of history. And, just like "The Dead Key" and "The Unclaimed Victim", this one ALSO was inspired by some true events.

Characters: I think THIS is where I ended up feeling not so enamored? So, the MAIN-main character is the teenage son, Hunter; and his parents (Margot & Myron) are these upper-middle-class, distracted, and all around- crappy parents. They're also not as fully fleshed out as I tend to prefer, considering they DO PLAY a pretty big role in the book. Maybe I was just having an off day when I read it? IDK. I just felt that his mom gets too much of a pass, without a fuller backstory to make her redemption arc make sense. Again, I'm not too sure why I felt a little less than thrilled with this newest release from one of my favorite authors... but that's my best guess as to why.

Overall: This was still an engrossing tale that once the pieces started coming together and we learned more and more about this *home*, I just couldn't put it down. I read it in one sitting- as is usual with books from this author... and, as with the rest of her literary contributions, I highly recommend this one, as well.

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