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The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins

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brynhayes's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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aheinicke27's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I LOVED this mystery. The use of multiple perspectives to tell the story, including newspaper clippings and letters, really added to the tension and intrigue. I could not stop listening! While I guessed some of the connections between characters fairly early on, other character’s awareness completely surprised me. This meant that I had the perfect mix of feeling cool for figuring some things out while still experiencing some surprises along the way. I didn’t expect to love this book as much as I did when I checked it out — it was a random book to fill time while waiting for some other holds to come through — but now I’m probably going to see if the author has written anything else. I think that the ending is what really captured my heart — I’m a sucker for a happy ending in a thriller. Overall, I definitely would recommend this one!

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alylentz's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is my top Rachel Hawkins thus far. Evelyn Hugo for those who want more of a thriller vibe. Delightfully fun.

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thackerleah's review against another edition

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dark mysterious

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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bringmybooks's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

~~Bring~~ | ✨Borrow✨ | ~~Bypass~~

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, & Macmillan for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.

Notes: My first Rachel Hawkins book, but I know it won't be my last! The pacing could have been a bit tighter at points (lost my interest and had to get it back with a couple of well placed twists!). Speaking of twists, there were a couple in here that I was 100% expecting, but at least one of the larger ones that hit me upside the head so hard when I got there! Made the end of the story so hard to put down! Excited to try The Villa and Reckless Girls soon, I've heard such good things about those.

Overall Rating: ★★★ / 3.38

Rating each element of the book out of 5★
Characters ★★★
Atmosphere ★★★
Writing ★★★
Plot ★★★
Intrigue ★★★★
Logic ★★★
Enjoyment ★★★
Pacing ★★
Dialogue ★★★

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ieemee's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book was so much more intense that I thought.
More True Crime than Agatha Christie Mystery. While the family is wealthy it doesn’t give you the same feeling / expose of privileged children in Pineapple street etc. Story is told from the perspective of the adopted son, who is an outsider to this privilege. Story is also much more psychotic than I thought it was gonna be.

The matriarch is far more toxic than expected. The fact that she hires the MC’s wife to be his love interest. But then they both fall in love with each other during the time spent pretending. The dark undertone runs deep in other ways like that the child retrieved from the woods might not be the actual Ruby.

Strong looks at the dark element of manipulation in such a wealthy family.

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