Yes, Daddy was a gripping thriller that began with a very eerie scenario and then threw you right into a completely dark and horrendous loop. The situation the main character finds himself in is a story we all know too well, but the author has managed to give the reader a new insight into how we find ourselves as victims in abusive relationships, and how predators find our weak spots just to exploit them. This novel did a spectacular job of telling the story of a victim of abuse and how they struggled with telling their own story.

I loved the writing style in this book, it felt very real and it took on a ‘movie-like’ quality. Jonah, the main character, is relatable in more ways than you can imagine and his development felt real, Jonah wasn’t the best person and he wasn’t trying to be, he was just trying to survive. The emotional duress Jonah experienced was felt with every word of this book and the story was a never ending cycle of ‘what the hell just happened’ and ‘what the hell is going to happen’.

The ending of this book was unexpected, I will say that. There was this underlying feeling I had throughout reading it, a feeling that the ending would be semi infuriating and it absolutely was. But I guess not all stories end happily, for all parties.

Overall, this book was a really great read and I found myself enjoying the story and its characters. It never felt like a gruesome tale I was trudging through, but it was a very dark read.

Trigger warnings for : rape, sexual assault, abuse, explicit sex scenes, drug abuse.

I want to thank NetGalley and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for the ARC, I would also like to thank Jonathan Parks-Ramage for writing this beautiful story.