I thought the book was interesting and delved into some great ethical/moral/identity conundrums of Paige finding out that her dad isn’t really her biological dad, while her mother kept it hidden for her entire life, and feeling like she didn’t know who she was anymore, especially after the grief of losing her known-dad recently.

While the story was compelling and the writing good, I gave it a lower rating mostly because I felt that there was so much baggage and dysfunction between Paige and her mom, and then Betsy/Elizabeth and Andy, and it all wrapped itself relatively quickly into a nice bow at the end. With 43+ years of secrets, lies and resentment, it just seemed way too quick and easy to resolve like that in a 3 month span. Usually a family with that much of a past needs therapy and a whole lot of conversation and *maybe* it can find a sense of closeness and moving forward. And maybe I’m wrong, but it seemed to allude in the end that maybe there was an inkling that Andy knew which sours it for me since he told Paige he had no clue. I also felt like Jeff was a little too perfect.

All in all I like the story and the potential what-if, but was a little too perfect after a whole lot of mess, and therefore disappointing for me in the end.

Thanks to Netgalley and William Morrow for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.