Honeysuckle and Bone

De: Trisha Tobias

Narrado por: Laura Edwards

On the run from her own dark secrets, a teen girl becomes the nanny for a prestigious family on their Jamaican estate, where she quickly discovers even paradise may be haunted.

Carina Marshall is looking to reinvent herself, and what better place to do it than Jamaica, her mother’s alluring homeland where she conveniently has access to an au pair gig for the wealthy and powerful Hall family. After months of being the target of vicious rumors and hate online, Carina might have found everything she wants at the luxurious Blackbead House: a world of mango trees, tropical breezes, and glamorous parties—and a place to disappear.

Once there, Carina finds herself settling right into her busy, but comfortable, new life. Yes, the family runs a tight ship, and yes, there is some tension between the Halls, but Carina is content flying under the radar and hanging out with her new friends—not least, the handsome and charming Aaron. But when inexplicable things start happening to her in the house, only getting worse each night, Carina realizes that someone, or something, is out to get her. Is it the Halls? The house itself? Or is her own past catching up with her? With Aaron’s help, she must figure out what is haunting her, and fast, before she’s forced out of Blackbead House for good.

Honeysuckle and Bone is a deliciously atmospheric and utterly spooky young adult novel following an imperfect yet courageous teen as she seeks to remake herself in the homeland she always idealized, discovering that new beginnings don’t always come easy.

©2025 Trisha Tobias (P)2025 Sweet July Books

Good story but very repetitive

The story and details are repeated so often that this could have been a short story. It would have been a good story. As with another reviewer I agree there is a major lull and it's hard to pull through.

Almost lost me with the accent and audio..

I enjoyed the build up of the story. I was captivated by each character. I was shocked at the end and did not suspect who turned out to be the villain. The audio almost made me not listen to this book but the speaker voice eventually grew on me or maybe it was because I was invested in the story.

It's not engaging. Kinda boring

I saw the author on tv. I think on Jennifer Hudson show. The book sounded good. But the narrator is boring as there is no music or sound effects to really tell the story. I regret using my only credit on this

Good coming of age horror

Nice story mixed with authentic pieces of Jamaican culture. The accents are horrible. Wish there story was read by a real Jamaican/Jamaicans

Intriguing

I love straight line this twist and turns, little romance scary.but not gory. It kept my interest.

Wonderful mystery

As a first generation American of Jamaican decent I truly loved the story and the spirit it contained. It made me miss Jamaica and I got three to four times a year! It was beautiful to hear this great story and all its twists and turns!

The twist at the end

Overall, I enjoyed the story. Somewhere in the middle I lost interest. After which, the story regained its momentum. Very interesting tale with unexpected twists and turns.

Hard to Stop Listening

I liked everything! Suspenseful, curious, romantic, adventurous, exciting, relatable, and leaves you wanting the book to never end once you find out everything.

Awesome story, characters and story telling!

The duppy getting revenge over the woman who killed here and her courageous daughter being the hero!

Nothing

DNF, but also did not get past chapter 2. Terrible narration. I may try again reading on my own.