Raven Books | 4 August 2022 (Reprint) | 336 pgs
Source: Library
At its core, this is a story about power, deceptions, revenge and how far a mother would go to protect her child.
Bree Cabbat has everything what a woman would wish for: a loving husband with a successful career, two lovely young girls and an adorable baby boy. Until the day she wakes up and finds a witch peering into her bedroom window. Convinced that it might be a trick of the light, she dismiss the bad feeling and go on with her day. Everything seems normal until she spies the witch again at her daughter's school's parking lot. Turns out that she's an old woman who kidnapped her baby thereafter. Bree is then instructed to fulfill a few tasks with no questions asked in order to get her baby back, but alongside the tasks she'd soon find out a few things that will tear her family apart.
I've mixed feelings about this book but I'd start off with the things I liked. The beginning was intriguing and compelling; the characters are flesh-out and the author has done a great job in portraying Bree's emotions and her role as a mother. Onto the parts which gave me mixed feelings are the surrealism of the tasks Bree had to accomplish and the motives behind the kidnapping. I get it that the kidnapper wanted justice on her end, but I didn't agree with her acts and her choice of victim(s) considering she herself as a mother, too. The pacing was great in the beginning, but it was slowed down by another character's POV and some flashbacks, thus leading to the inconsistency of narratives and the intensity momentum. Overall it was a decent read but it wasn't enough for me in the thriller aspect.
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This one was just okay from what I recall. I liked her earlier books better.
This book doesn't sound like one I would like. Especially if it's slow-going. And the premise doesn't seem believable to me either.
Lark - I wished I liked this book better considering I enjoyed her earlier book. Hopefully her next book will be a good one.
I thought I read this but couldn't find it on my blog or goodreads, so i guess I may not have finished it.
Oh that's a shame. Sounds like it start out with a lot of promise, sorry t ohear it didn't quite work.
Harvee - The premise was promising but I wished the execution was better.
Greg - Yeah, I was a bit disappointed with this one.