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95 reviews for:

Woman on the Verge

Kim Hooper

3.96 AVERAGE

_jess_ica_'s review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

thenightowlnook's review

4.0

Thank you @amazonpublishing and @kimhooperwrites for the free arc 💖.

🗓️Out tomorrow! 7/1/25

✨What it is about:

The novel explores the pressures and complexities of modern motherhood through the lives of three women: Nicole, Katrina, and Rose. ✨

💭My thoughts:

This is my first ARC as part of the Amazon Publishing Creator Program, and it was a super interesting read. It’s an emotionally honest look at what it really means to be a mother today, and what often gets lost in the process.

The story follows the messy, complicated lives of three very different women who are each, in their own way, struggling to hold onto a sense of self while juggling the overwhelming expectations of motherhood, marriage, and identity.

As a mother myself, I could relate to several moments in their lives, especially those early on, when everything feels like it’s changing all at once.

As mothers, we often give to everyone but ourselves. We’re exhausted, sometimes disconnected, and at times it even feels like we—the person we used to be—are disappearing. On the surface, we may seem like we’ve got it all together. But inside, there’s often a quiet restlessness. We try to do what’s expected, caught in the tension between being a “good mother” and simply being happy. We constantly question whether we’re doing enough, or the best we can.

Through the lives of these women, the novel highlights just how real and ongoing that struggle is: trying to be a whole person and a mother.

It was an engaging and insightful read, and though the ending definitely threw me for a loop, I really enjoyed this one.

4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Read if you like:

👩🏻‍🍼Character driven stories

👩🏻‍🍼Modern motherhood/parenting

👩🏻‍🍼Complex + flawed women characters

👩🏻‍🍼Multiple POVs

👩🏻‍🍼Unexpected endings

⚠️CW: Infidelity, parent with a terminal illness, death of a parent, abandonment, sexual content.

floralsandsuede's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

eldiebel's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious medium-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

dommanuel16's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cristinakaplan's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

relativefiction_'s review

4.25

books like this about motherhood are going to hit for me every time. really fast paced, kept me hooked, read in a day. the connections and reveals were somewhat predictable but that didnt take away from it. would recco. didn't love that the end was

just kinda "and everyone lives happily ever after"

but it wasn't maddening enough that it tainted the rest of the book.