Don’t Let Her Stay – Book Review

Someone inside your house wants you dead, but no one believes you…

Joanne knows how lucky she is. Richard is a wonderful husband, Evie is the most gorgeous baby girl, they live in a beautiful house… Life couldn’t be better.

Until Richard’s twenty-year-old daughter Chloe turns up. Chloe hasn’t spoken to her father since the day he married Joanne two years ago. But Chloe wants to make peace. She’ll even move in for a few weeks to help Joanne with the new baby.

It sounds perfect, but when things happen that make Joanne feel like she’s losing her mind, she begins to wonder: Is Chloe really here to help? Or has Joanne made a terrible mistake by letting her move in?

And is it too late to ask her to leave?

Perfect for fans of Frieda McFadden, Sue Watson and Shalini Boland, Don’t Let Her Stay is a totally addictive psychological thriller with a twist that will shock you!

In one of the Instagram posts, this book was recommended as one of the best thrillers and so I decided to get this book on Kindle. And to my surprise, I actually enjoyed reading this book!

Joanne and Richard are happily married with a baby Evie. However, Richard’s twenty-year-old daughter Chloe suddenly comes to live with them. Joanne wanted to get along with Chloe but it seems that Chloe has other ideas in her head, which involves breaking Joanne’s relationship with Richard and possibly chasing Joanne out of the house. Joanne knows that something is wrong with Chloe even though no one wants to believe her because of her family history on depression.

The entire story is told in Joanne’s POV and as a reader you do feel sympathy towards Joanne. Is Joanne delusional about her thought on Chloe or is she right? Chloe seems to be vindictive and manipulative girl who seemed to get whatever she wanted and who would do anything to pain Joanne in the bad light thus severing her relationship with Richard. The constant fight between Joanne and Chloe seems to be typical for a stepmother and daughter but then, this is different. The story itself is quiet a page turner and the author does a good job of making the reader feel like they don’t want to put the book down. The ending was, what I felt like I was watching a movie that will keep me on the edge. In fact, I almost stayed up all night, wanting to know what was going to happen in the end. There was a small cliffhanger towards ending with the words “Don’t Let Her Stay,

If you like a page turning domestic thriller, then I will definitely recommend this book. This book will keep you up all night long! Worth 4.5 stars.