You Did Nothing Wrong by C.G. Drews
Publication Date: March 17th 2026 by Macmillan Audio & St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Audio Book Length: 8hrs 50min
Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld
Source: Publishers
Rating: ★★★½
My
Thoughts:
Twenty-two-year-old Elodie has a whirlwind romance, gets
married, moves from Australia to the US with her new husband and six-year-old
autistic son, Jude. Her husband, Bren, is ecstatic and they're so in love.
However, her son Jude is afraid there's something lurking in the walls of
Bren's family home. A home Bren has painstakingly been restoring for their
family.
Elodie was a mother stretched to her limits, worried that her son's condition
would come out to her new husband. I have to say her actions were frustrating
to me. Her son obviously needed more help and accommodation and Elodie wouldn’t
acknowledge that or accept the help offered. I wasn't a big fan of Elodie.
I wasn’t sure what was going on. Was Jude imagining things? Was Elodie having a
mental break or was there a paranormal force at work? I suspected what happened
in Elodie’s past, which was slowly revealed as the story flashes back to past
events. Bren was a sweetheart, but I wondered if we didn’t have the full story
with him either.
You Did Nothing Wrong was a story I couldn’t stop reading/listening to, but I
was not thrilled with how it all turned out, but my reactions to the ending of
horror stories are mixed. (Highlight for spoiler) I think my biggest
disappointment was with who survived. I wished it was the other way around. (End
of spoiler) I get why Elodie was the way she was and why she did what she did,
but I didn’t get her actions after everything was revealed.
I alternately read and listened to an audio copy. Saskia Maarleveld did a
wonderful job with all character voices, male and female in a variety of ages
and accents.
3.5 Stars
Book Description:
A relentless, horror-inducing psychological suspense for fans of The Push and Baby Teeth by New York Times bestselling author CG Drews.
Single mother Elodie’s life has become a fairy tale. She’s met Bren, equal parts golden-retriever devoted and sinfully handsome. He’s whisked her and her autistic son, Jude, to the crumbling family house he’s renovating. She has a new husband, a new house, and a new baby on the way. Everything is perfect.
Then Jude claims he can hear voices in the walls. He says their renovations are “hurting” the house. Even Elodie can’t ignore it–something strange is going on. The question is, is it with the house, or with her son?
Then the one secret Elodie has been hiding is revealed, and no one is safe anymore.
A pulse-pounding, clever take on the haunted house novel, You Did Nothing Wrong examines the complexities of motherhood and the twisted bonds of family as it races to its shocking ending.
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