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The Perfect Family by Robyn Harding
2.0

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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The Perfect Family is a bit of a slow burn, with increasingly more dangerous pranks being pulled on the Adler family. However, the pranks take a backseat to each character’s inane ability to make everything about themselves and their secrets. The secrets make you wait for them to get worse, more interesting, worth the kind of events that occurring – and spoiler, they aren’t worth it. While the secrets were boring, and the characters frustrating, I stuck it out to the end with this one.

I stuck it out with the Perfect Family in the hopes that the twist would make it all worth it. It wasn’t. People may enjoy this for the slow tension, and I can understand that, but the ending was ridiculous, and the characters frustrating. Harding crafted a story that had opportunities to be great but failed to make use of those opportunities.

Full review on my blog on November 1st, 2021.