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THE TWINS ARE CRYING.
THE TWINS ARE HUNGRY.
LAUREN IS CRYING.
LAUREN IS EXHAUSTED.
Behind the hospital curtain, someone is waiting . . .
Lauren is alone on the maternity ward with her new-born twins when a terrifying encounter in the middle of the night leaves her convinced someone is trying to steal her children. Lauren, desperate with fear, locks herself and her sons in the bathroom until the police arrive to investigate.
When DS Joanna Harper picks up the list of overnight incidents that have been reported, she expects the usual calls from drunks and wrong numbers. But then a report of an attempted abduction catches her eye. The only thing is that it was flagged as a false alarm just fifteen minutes later.
Harper's superior officer tells her there's no case here, but Harper can’t let it go so she visits the hospital anyway. There's nothing on the CCTV. No one believes this woman was ever there. And yet, Lauren claims that she keeps seeing the woman and that her babies are in danger, and soon Harper is sucked into Lauren's spiral of fear. But how far will they go to save children who may not even be in danger?

Little Darlings is inspired by various folk tales about changeling's ( human children who are taken away after birth with malevolent fairies left in their place).
The best way to describe this book is a thriller with a Grimm fairytale twist .
For me it was absolutely amazing. I love how the blend of reality and supernatural is entwined together.
There is a lot to this story and it is very well written and has obviously been well researched by the author.
This is definitely a mothers worst nightmare and loved the the realistic but heartbreaking look at post-partum depression/anxiety that was depicted.
Hard to believe this is a début novel as this is so very well written.
I will be looking forward to future projects and rather hope that she will continue to explore the borderlands between such dark folklore and the thriller genre.
Highly recommend reading!

Thanks to HQ and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.; this is my honest voluntary review.