👶🏻5 Stars for this Powerful story of Family, Love, Loss & Hope!👩🏻

The Dream Daughter grabbed me from the onset. I was never bored with the story - the twists just kept coming right along with the heartache. Despite its sci-fi elements this story was so relatable for me as a mother. At its core/heart this is a story of the overwhelming power of a mother's love.

It's 1970 and Carly learns her unborn child has a fatal heart defect for which there is no treatment. Faced with this devastating news she grabs hold of the only things within her grasp - hope, trust and love. She blindly leaps into the unknown and is willing to go through unimaginable lengths to save her child.

Carly is faced with numerous heartbreaking and difficult decisions. I could not help but feel a sense of awe at her strength and admired the pure love she had for both her husband and daughter. I felt so much compassion for this character.

I don't want to give too much of the plot away. This one would be best enjoyed by allowing its various twists and turns to unfold the way Chamberlain intended them to be revealed. The Dream Daughter was a bit of a welcome surprise for me. Every time I thought I had it all figured out, a new twist was revealed that had me rethinking everything and made it increasingly difficult to put the book down. My advice - go into this one with both an open mind and an open heart. It will be well worth the leap of faith.

A special thank you to Diane Chamberlaine, St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to review an arc of this amazing book.