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Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
3.0

Mother/Daughter Thriller about Munchausen by Proxy

For her entire childhood, Rose Gold thought she was sick until as a teenager she realized her mother was actually poisoning her. After five years in prison, Patty Watts walks out of prison and into Rose Gold's life again. Rose Gold is no longer a child and is now ready for her dear old mother. Wrobel's thriller is told from a split perspective: Patty's modern-day viewpoint and Rose Gold's story from the last five years. While Wrobel has some tricks up her sleeves, the story overall is too predictable. I wanted more suspense and more debate on Rose Gold's motives. Among the huge wave of exciting March 2020 book releases, this middle of the road thriller fails to stand out.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Berkley Publishing Group through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.