Nothing Ever Happens Here: A Thrilling Tale of Survival, Mystery, and Betrayal in a Quiet American Town―by the Author of On a Quiet Street

Nothing Ever Happens Here is the newest novel from Seraphina Nova Glass. Although I loved several of her other books, this one sort of fell flat. The two main characters, Shelby and Mack, are best friends. They are both married. Shelby has twin girls and Mack has a daughter in college. When a tragedy happens in Mack’s bakery, Shelby is locked in the freezer and Mack’s husband goes missing. The story picks up again after a year and starts to focus on Shelby’s job at a retirement living community.

The story started off with a bang and I was so interested to see what would happen. I soon became disengaged with the storyline altogether as the elderly people from The Oleander started to try and figure out the mystery and how one of their own had died. The dialogue was silly and not interesting at all and I wished the story had been more focused on giving the reader more clues as to what happened to Mack’s husband. Although there was a twist at the end, I became so bored with the story that I didn’t even care anymore.