Reviews

My Darling Daughter by JP Delaney

victoria_2002's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

emma_jade91's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

ppeachlo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

2.0

timmi10's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

donnapoppy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

pandasbookshelf's review against another edition

4.0

My Darling Daughter | JP Delaney
My Darling Daughter is the latest standalone psychological thriller by author, JP Delaney. This is my second novel by this author.

Told in alternating POV, the story follows Susie and her husband Gabe after they are contacted by Anna, the daughter that Susie gave up for adoption 15 years prior. As the couple get to know Anna and hear about her home life with her adoptive parents, something doesn’t seem to add up. Susie wants to protect and make up for the past but there is more at stake here as secrets come to light and relationships are tested.
I went into this expecting a thriller, but instead found a touching, deeply complex and moving story about trauma and relationships. As a Psychologist myself who works with children with attachment trauma, I found this book extremely realistic and I could tell the author had done their research. You can really feel for each of the characters in the book and I loved that the POV shifted between them so we could get a deeper understanding of each person’s inner world and thoughts.

I really enjoyed this easy to read page-turned and read it over two sittings. JP Delaney is an author to watch and I look forward to seeing what else they come up with next.
Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and author for a ARC of this novel.

scrollsofdragons's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 Could not put it down, so fast-paced and intriguing but felt the ending went out on a whimper

gemls82's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

simbarabbit20's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

alice_wright27's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25