Title:- Her Daughter
Author:- Jen Cravem
Date published:- will be published on 1st March 2024
Publisher :- Bookouture
No. of pages:- 359 page
Genre:- Psychological Thriller
Setting:- Pittsburgh, USA
Rating:-
Plot:- 4/5
Writing:- 5/5
Overall rating:- 4.5/5
When my best friend’s teenage daughter comes to see me, I know something is wrong. With tear-filled eyes, she says she’s pregnant and begs me not to tell her mother. I know I’m betraying my best friend but as I look at Chloe’s terrified expression, I don’t know how I will find the strength to say no…
No matter what life throws at me, I have always been able to depend on my best friend Rachel. In nineteen years of friendship, we’ve never argued or fallen out. So, I’m wracked by guilt over my decision to keep her daughter Chloe’s pregnancy a secret. I don’t want to break Chloe’s trust but, if I don’t say anything, it could destroy my relationship with Rachel.
I hoped Chloe would find the confidence to tell her mom, but days have passed, and the guilt is eating me alive. As much as I want to support Chloe, I don’t know how much longer l can lie to my best friend. I spend every day completely gripped by a panic that sends my heart racing.
The pressure only worsens when I discover that Chloe has one more thing that she’s been hiding. Something that could destroy the perfect life I’ve worked so hard to build—the family I love so much and the career I’m so passionate about.
And then I realize that Chloe isn’t the only one with secrets. Rachel has been lying to us all…
The three of us are more entwined than ever but when the truth comes out, what will be left of our friendship and our families?
An absolutely heartbreaking story about friendship, jealousy and the damage we cause by hiding the truth. Perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Jojo Moyes and Kate Hewitt.
This is the second book I have read from this author and boy, I am beginning to think that this book is better than her debut book!
Rachel and Monica are close college friends and had been friends for nearly a lifetime. Rachel’s daughter, Chloe is a freshman at the university but Chloe seems to be more closer to Monica than her own mother Rachel, with whom she seemed to be having a strained relationship. When Chloe becomes pregnant, the first person that Chloe tells is Monica. Chloe pleads Monica to not tell her mother Rachel and Monica is torn between the need to her friend as well as keeping Chloe’s secret. But soon, Monica discovers secrets about Chloe as well as about Rachel.
Even though the plot was slightly predictable, this was actually fast paced and a page turner. The POVs are shifted between Rachel and Monica and Chloe and so as a reader you get to know each of these characters, but at the same time, you discover that these characters are unreliable as well, which actually makes the whole psychological thriller interesting. The ending is where it got me–in my opinion, I didn’t really expect that kind of ending and the twist towards the end. The writing overall was great and the reader felt like they are also a part of the story. Nevertheless, this book is more a women’s fiction than a thriller as it talks about the life of three courageous women who safeguard and harbors their own secrets–worth 4.5 stars.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. Thank you Bookouture for making me a part of the blog tour. The review is based on my honest opinion only.
Jen Craven is the author of emotional and suspenseful women’s fiction, stories where one decision changes everything. A former college instructor, she loves dark campus novels, which led to her contemporary debut, Best Years of Your Life, published in August 2022. Her writing style blends poignancy with drama to create what-would-you-do narratives of the human experience.
Aside from fiction, Jen has personal essay bylines in national outlets, including The Washington Post, Huffington Post, Today’s Parent, Scary Mommy and many more.
She writes from northwestern Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband and three children. When not working on her books, she can be found thrift shopping, taking long walks, and beating her kids in backgammon.
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