{"id":7760,"date":"2026-11-03T18:05:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T18:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7760"},"modified":"2026-11-03T18:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T18:05:46","slug":"it-could-have-been-her-by-lisa-jewell-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7760","title":{"rendered":"It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It Could Have Been Her<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/authors\/lisa-jewell\/\">Lisa Jewell<\/a> <br \/>on June 23, 2026 <br \/><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-thrillers-domestic\/\">Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Domestic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-thrillers-suspense\/\">Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Suspense<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-women\/\">Fiction \/ Women<\/a> <br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 384 <br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/formats\/hardcover\/\">Hardcover<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Could-Have-Been-Her-Novel\/dp\/1668033909\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy on Amazon<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/242974649-it-could-have-been-her?ac=1&amp;from_search=true&amp;qid=1hAdEtA5nN&amp;rank=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Jane Trevally is walking her dogs on her country estate when a small white terrier appears, alone and with no sign of the teenaged girl he\u2019d been staying with nearby. When the teenager is reported missing, Jane offers to return the dog to his registered owner, hours away in London. Arriving at a run-down house called Thornwood in the deepest backwaters of Hampstead, she is immediately on alert\u2014because Jane has a dark history with this house.<br \/>\nThe man who answers the door is not the man that Jane remembers from her past. He is cagey, and claims to know nothing about the missing teenage girl. Then, through the window of the house, Jane catches a glimpse of a haunted-looking woman.<br \/>\nConjuring her memories from twenty-five years ago, Jane knows this unsettling house holds the key\u2014to the missing teenager, to her own traumatic story, and to the dark secrets of the past.<\/p>\n<p>This is a heavily focused family drama book, and you shouldn\u2019t go into it expecting jaw dropping twists and reveals. It\u2019s one of those novels that makes you feel unsettled and nervy and you can\u2019t help but be engrossed in the utter shambolic and downright depressing lives of the individuals involved.<br \/>\nI wont say too much about the characters, but what I will say is that they read so realistic and raw and if you have triggers around alcoholism, I will definitely advise to check trigger warnings beforehand.<br \/>\nThe last 50 pages really take a heed and unresolved questions get answered but there\u2019s also a lot ambiguity left and kudos to Lisa because this book will have me thinking about it for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>I rated this novel four stars. I was very engaged with this read! I did also notice in other\u2019s reviews that Jane made an appearance first in <em>Don\u2019t Let Him In<\/em>, but sadly, I do not recall her. That said, both stories can completely standalones and do not need to be read together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ubb-final-rating\"><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/it-could-have-been-her-by-lisa-jewell\/\">It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/\">Book Nook Buzz<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell on June 23, 2026 Genres: Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Domestic, Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Suspense, Fiction \/ Women Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads Jane Trevally is walking her dogs on her country estate when a small white terrier appears, alone and with no sign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}