If it wasn't full of tropes I hate I would of enjoyed it more.
Cheating ✔
Insta Love ✔
New girl instantly gets group of friends ✔
Everything is perfect at the end ✔
It was enjoyable to listen to but I wouldn't go out and buy a copy for myself.

I went into this blind. Mainly because by the time I picked up the book I had forgotten what it was about and couldn't be bothered to look it up. Which I think I should of done looking back.
I felt underwhelmed by this. The book seemed to focus on the other mothers more than Winnie and her missing baby. Which I what I assumed the book was about.
By the last 20% I just wanted it to be over. I struggled to really care at all. It felt like the missing baby was the least important part to me. Maybe if I actually looked up the book first I would feel differently.

I decided to pick this up because I was struggling to get through the other book I was reading. I'm glad I did.
I flew through this. I didn't want to put it down.
It was a very tense read. Which is understandable as it involves a child locked in a van.
I don't know if I would of preferred to not know who kidnapped the girl until the end. At first I didn't like knowing but as things developed it made sense to be this way.
The first twist I didn't see coming. The second I started to wonder is everyone involved?
By the end I was sad for Darby and Jay. They went through so much in such a short space of time.

I went into this blind. I feel like I say this a lot. But I always want to know how easy it is for me to get into books when I know very little about it.
For this I was instantly intrigued. I had no idea where this could be going. Even halfway through I was still wondering.

I had a few ideas about Ben and the stalker situation. Which I ended up being sort of right. But the big twist at the end disturbed me. To the point I felt sick. Which never happens. Ever. I had to take a second to reread the part to make sure I had it right. Then I was left wondering was the twist good because I didn't see it coming. I would have never in a million years thought of that. Or was it bad because it was incredibly creepy and disturbing? I went with the latter. I get wanting shock value twists but did it really have to be this? Really? I don't think I'll ever see this book or author and not think of this reveal.

I have to mention some trigger warnings in this review. This book includes Rape,Child Abuse, Animal Abuse and Dosmetic Abuse. Now usually I can handle those things in a book. But this detailed some nauseating scenes. For example detailing Aimee (as a child) having to eat her food out of a puddle of urine. Or Aimee (still a child) having to sit in a scalding bath. I think what made it worse was there were no repercussions for the abuse. Aimee just grew up and didn't get a healthy adult relationship either. It was just glossed over in a way as if to say 'well thats just her life'.

I was intrigued by the past chapters. Showing us parts of her childhood. As sad and heartbreaking it was to read. I was interested to see how it connected to the present day situations. I assumed maybe it was to cast doubt on Aimee. Due to how crazy and intense it was.

Overall this book did keep me gripped the whole time. Even giving me a WTF did I just read moment which never usually happens. However because of that moment my rating went from 4 stars to 3. Maybe 3 is still too high. I'm not sure.

But I feel like Feeney use of gross, disturbing scenes and twists for shock value has put me off reading anything else by her.

Intriguing

This kept me interested majority of the time. But I did figure out the reveal. It had become a little obvious with all the little clues given throughout the book.
But I did like that we didn't know who the victim was until the end. Instead giving little clues for you to try figure it out.

I attempted this book but had a stop about 3 chapters in and read something else. I was wasn't in the mood for this but wanted to give it a fair chance.
For the first half I felt like this was missing something. I was interested in the story and the atmosphere was definitely there. But something was missing for me.
However the second half really picked up for me. I was more interested. Especially with the twist regarding Hazel. I should have seen it coming. I think it helped me stay interested.