I was looking forward to a “gripping novel of suspense” but I soon found out that this book was more like a cozy mystery that I never really got into. It didn’t grip me.
The story started out interesting enough with Ellie, a woman who doesn’t leave her home. I wanted to know why and what the event was that caused this. This kept me reading, in hopes of finding out soon. Then Colleen and Jackson were introduced to the story with Mitchel, the husband/father. This was a domestic abuse situation that escalated quickly in the chapter.

As I was reading, waiting for some information to why Ellie was almost a recluse, it began to appear that the main character was really Colleen, not Ellie as the book's summary suggests. There wasn’t enough in the story about Ellie and her memory loss and what happened with her boyfriend.

In addition, I found it hard to believe too many details about the characters and setting. The small town as described was just a bit too idyllic... it was too much like "Mayberry." Mitchel's reform happened too quick for it to be realistic. Colleen’s new romance was too fast. Hector, as a teenager, wouldn’t have time to do the amount of work that he is given credit for.

The plot came to an end pretty quick and was anticlimactic with many situations working out for the positive so easily. No cliffhanger, no “wow” moment. I didn’t hate the book, I did finish it, but I felt like there was too much that was lacking.

Thanks the NetGalley and Kensington Books for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

Forty-three year old Paige discovers through a DNA testing website that the man she thought was her dad, is not. Details about her real dad become available to Paige but the "dad" she grew up with died two years earlier. This leaves Paige with questions about what really happened and she has to look into her mother's past to figure it out. This leads to Paige to learn about herself and gain a better understanding of her mother of with whom she didn't have a very good relationship. The story is told in a "then" and "now" timing with three perspectives. Paige is "now" and her mother and real father perspectives are "then" in 1975.

The story was well written and the premise is good but there were too many things that bothered me while trying to enjoy it. There was too much time spent on Paige's emotions. I understand that at this point in your life you find out that it isn't what you thought can be very emotional but I think more time should have been spent following her life with the other characters that were included in the story. There wasn't enough depth to these relationships. I found so many questions left unanswered or information that was not quite believable or realistic.

Although I did enjoy the book enough to finish it, it took me longer then usual to do so. I find it difficult to give it more then 3 stars because of that. I do recommend that you read the book though, if the summary sounds interesting to you. So many other people have rated it higher.

Thank you to William Morrow Books and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

I'm disappointed that I have to give only two stars for this book. I found it hard to get connected to. Right from the start there were so many questions. Too many details given that I found myself scrolling back to figure out who or what that was referring to and not finding the answer. And because I had to keep scrolling back, the story did not flow well. I kept getting confused about what was going on and so much seemed unbelievable.

Thank you so much to Harper Collins UK, One More Chapter and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book. I'm sorry I can't give it more love.

I received this book from the "Read Now" pages of Netgalley. I had heard such great things about this book that I jumped on the opportunity to get this book. And unfortunately, I was disappointed. I only got about a third of the way through before I gave up. I just could not get into it.
The premise of the book sounded great... a murder, a cult.... what more could you ask for. This thriller was not that thrilling though. The pace was slow and there wasn't a quick to draw me in situation. I put the book aside to try again later but with so many other books waiting to be opened, I am going to leave this one.

I am happy that so many other readers did enjoy this one and send congrats and best wishes to the author and publisher. Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas&Mercer for giving the opportunity to read and review this book.

I really wanted to read this book, especially after discovering that it was written by an author from, and set in, Ontario. The same province I live in. I had never heard of the author so before I started reading I found out some information about her. I had learned that she had won many awards for her writing. So knowing all this, it had to be a great read, right? Unfortunately, for me, it wasn't.
It started out okay but I soon tired of the repetitiveness of the details. Yes, we know that Alice's husband left her. We understand that he left her with almost nothing.
I was also frustrated with how child-like Alice was made to sound. She talks and carries around with her a stuffed rabbit from her childhood. This also came across in how she dealt with the departure of her husband. Or how she handled driving away from the her home with no destination and not paying attention to what is going on around her. It was hard to get attached to Alice's story.
I could have continued through the story, maybe skipping the repeated information and stop back reading to try to figure out what I got confused about (it seems to be some proofreading and editing is still waiting to be done before publication). Maybe I would have eventually connected with Alice but the final straw is the continual pointing out of Alice's body size and shape. I just could not handle reading that over and over like it was some awful thing about Alice. Why is this needed?

I wish the author well on this book and truly hope that many great reviews are received.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

I borrowed this book from my nearby library and renew it a couple of times in an effort to read it but I just couldn’t get past the first few chapters. I gave up. There are way to many other books on my list to bother trying. Maybe I’ll come back to it one day. Maybe I wasn’t in the mood for this story at the moment.

I won’t give a rating until I maybe try again.

I started reading this book but I don’t think I’m in the mood for this kind of story right now so I’ve returned the book to the library for someone else who is. I plan to try again another day.

I'm not going to star rate this book even thought I added it to my DNF category. I stopped reading this book after the first few chapters. I was not interested in reading another book that had young adults as the main characters.

An easy read but it was a bit dragging in the middle. The story had too much religious content for my preferences. I was disappointed that there was not a change with Harper's first child. The ending had me in real tears.