—— 2.75 ✰ stars. 💻 ❝Sitting on the porch beside him, listening to the birdsong lifting out of our meadow, I could see exactly what he meant: what kind of paradise we inhabited, the utopia he so desperately wanted our world to be.❞📱┆**Paradise Found** by Janelle Brown🏷️┆Genre: Historical Fiction, Thriller, Suspense📆┆Dates Read 8/6/25 - 8/9/25📃┆Synopsis 「 “A teenage girl breaks free from her father's world of isolation to discover that her whole life is a lie. Growing up in an isolated cabin ...

A recluse and his daughter, Jane, live deep in the Montana backwoods. They've been there for 15 years, ever since her mother passed away. He's dead-set against technology, convinced it'll be the downfall of humanity. Jane, though, is desperate for new experiences and friends. When her dad brings home a computer, she's the one who creates the HTML to upload his ranting manifesto. That's when their lives take a seriously destructive turn, and Jane's left with no choice but to run – because now she...

This was fantastic! Janelle Brown's "Paradise Found" features amazing writing and an equally amazing story. Truly engrossing with interesting characters. Loved every minute of it! If you're looking for a great book review, look no further.

This novel is a fascinating blend of historical fiction and mystery, transporting you back to the 1990s. It perfectly captures the zeitgeist of that era, when the exhilarating world of dot-com start-ups was exploding alongside a growing undercurrent of Unabomber-esque distrust towards modern society and the dawn of the internet. It's a real page-turner for fans of suspenseful book reviews. Seventeen-year-old Jane has lived a secluded life in a remote Montana cabin with her dad since she was fou...

4.5 stars, rounded up to 5 for Goodreads because I LOOOVED this book! I couldn't stop thinking about "Paradise Found" when I wasn't listening, and I couldn't wait to dive back in. Plus, it was creative, thought-provoking, unique, and a perfect blend of genres. Basically, my favorite kind of book lately 👏🏼🎧 The audiobook was SO good, too. Narrated by one of my absolute faves, Helen Naser (the same narrator as "THE WEDDING PEOPLE" and "YELLOWFACE"), which is probably why I loved "Paradise Found...

My Reviews Can Also Be Found On: The Book Review Crew BlogThis is the first book I've read by Janelle Brown, and it totally hooked me. Jane lives with her dad in a cabin deep in the Montana woods. All she knows about her past is that they used to live in San Francisco and that her mom died in a car crash. But as Jane gets older, she starts questioning everything her father has ever told her. Then she discovers her dad's a criminal, which sends her running to San Francisco to dig into her past.Ja...

"The first thing you have to understand is that my father was my entire world."The mid-1990s saw a significant rise in conspiracy theories, fueled by the growth of technology and the internet. Public trust in the government nosedived after a string of broken promises. UFO enthusiasts believed the government was covering things up, especially after several movies portrayed it as fact. The end of the Cold War bred uncertainty about other countries, and critical race theory gained prominence thanks...

2.5 stars. *Paradise Found* by Janelle Brown had an intriguing premise that immediately caught my attention. A young woman raised in isolation, a father-daughter relationship built on secrecy, and a journey to uncover the truth about her past—it all sounded like the kind of story I would love. But as much as I wanted to be fully immersed, I just couldn’t connect with it the way I had hoped. I’ve read *Pretty Things* by this author and enjoyed it, so I was excited to pick this one up. The writin...

“𝒩𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝑜𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈. 𝐹𝒶𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝒹𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈𝓃'𝓉 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝓈𝓁𝑜𝓌𝓁𝓎, 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝓉𝒾𝓃𝓎 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉; 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒶𝒹, 𝒾𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝒶𝓅𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒, 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝓈𝓃𝑜𝓌𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝒾𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓋𝒶𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒸𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑒�...

Dear bookish friends, Stop everything you're doing right now and request an ARC of this book immediately! And after it's released, make sure to grab your own copy to proudly display in your treasured library. Trust me—go into this book blind and devour every single page. It’s truly extraordinary! As many brilliant readers and reviewers have already noted, this is not only Janelle Brown’s best work but also one of the finest novels of 2025. I’ve already placed it on my top ten fiction/mystery li...