Review of Advance Readers’ Edition
Sisters Lauren and Kate rarely see things the same way, but they still meet at their mother’s house for lunch every Sunday. It’s a difficult-to-abandon ritual, especially since their father’s death some ten months earlier. Still, they come together, making assumptions about each other and harboring resentments. Unknown to the others, they each hold secrets, and it’s clear that there are hard feelings between the sisters and their mother.
An unexpected knock at the door throws the family into chaos. The young woman standing there is Jess . . . and the DNA test she holds will change everything.
Several plotline threads come together to create this twisty, occasionally creepy, compulsive narrative that draws readers into the telling of the tale and keeps the pages turning. Told from two points of view [Kate and Lauren], the unfolding narrative keeps the tension building as the reader discovers half-truths, assumptions, and manipulations. Relatable characters, not always lovable but always believable, populate the story and interact with each other in plausible ways.
The narrative, filled with surprising, closely-guarded revelations, maintains an undercurrent of uneasiness that touches all of the characters and ratchets up the suspense. Readers will find everything they believe they know becomes something entirely different. Don’t miss this one.
Highly recommended.
I received a free copy of this book through Bookish First
Sisters Lauren and Kate rarely see things the same way, but they still meet at their mother’s house for lunch every Sunday. It’s a difficult-to-abandon ritual, especially since their father’s death some ten months earlier. Still, they come together, making assumptions about each other and harboring resentments. Unknown to the others, they each hold secrets, and it’s clear that there are hard feelings between the sisters and their mother.
An unexpected knock at the door throws the family into chaos. The young woman standing there is Jess . . . and the DNA test she holds will change everything.
Several plotline threads come together to create this twisty, occasionally creepy, compulsive narrative that draws readers into the telling of the tale and keeps the pages turning. Told from two points of view [Kate and Lauren], the unfolding narrative keeps the tension building as the reader discovers half-truths, assumptions, and manipulations. Relatable characters, not always lovable but always believable, populate the story and interact with each other in plausible ways.
The narrative, filled with surprising, closely-guarded revelations, maintains an undercurrent of uneasiness that touches all of the characters and ratchets up the suspense. Readers will find everything they believe they know becomes something entirely different. Don’t miss this one.
Highly recommended.
I received a free copy of this book through Bookish First