I bought this book as it had a Gold Shiny Cover and I was intrigued by the title. Yes, I am a book by the cover person:)

There is not a lot you can say about this one without spoiling it. It’s about the fifteen-year-old Annie who is the daughter of a female serial killer and child abuser. One day Annie is brave enough to tell the Police what is really happening at home. While Annie’s mother is awaiting trial, she is given a new name Milly and is sent to live with a foster family in London who have their own rather spoiled 15-year-old Phoebe. Nobody but her foster parents and school principal knows her true story and somehow Milly must try and fit in with an ordinary school and home life of a 15-year-old (difficult under normal circumstances). Meanwhile, she needs to cope with, her past childhood experiences, her mother's upcoming trial (in which she must testify) and Phoebe's jealousy of the attention Milly is receiving from Phoebe’s father. In the long run, will this bring out the best in Annie/Milly (Good Me) or worse (Bad Me)?

The story is a well written and quick read. The ending was not a huge surprise. The characterisation was good and the first person narrator as always was somewhat unreliable (that’s the point isn’t it?).

However overall the novel was probably not quite as good as Allegedly which had similar themes and also a first person narrator. As I had finished Allegedly a few days before and gave it five stars I could only give this one four. Nevertheless, this is a highly recommended read that proves you can judge a book by its cover.

Trigger warning in that Annie’s mother was a child abuser and killer.