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Next of Kin

Kia Abdullah

4.11 AVERAGE

fast-paced

WOW!! The hype surrounding this one was well deserved!!

For it being a legal thriller, there was truly so many twists. Definitely a mother's worst nightmare! 
tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Will never forget this book
dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Great book club read. Really kept us all on the edge of our seats.

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dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have no words. My flabbers have been gasted. What did I read?!?!
dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Courtroom thriller about a woman who left her nephew in a hot car. I feel like that's all you should know going into this one.  It's very heartbreaking, tense, and dark. 
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot twist that made me GASP more than once!

A high profile legal trial, full of family and domestic drama, and wists that unravel throughout... 

The kind of twists that make you re-read the previous pages and question what you read! 

A great storyline, I was hooked on this book! Kept me guessing on who was the good/bad guy, and the family tension with the sister Vs sister dynamic 

The last 2 chapters were twisty and intense, but I thought the book should have lasted at least another 20 pages to see the result of them twists!

Leila is asked by her brother in law, Andrew, to take his son Max to nursery. Hours later, there's a call saying Max wasn't at nursery... Leila left him in the car, and what follows is a legal trial to see if it was an accident or intentional.


***Spoilers below***


Leila and Andrew planned the car incident as they thought Max had EB (an illness) and wanted him to pass peacefully and gave him "allergy medication"

Max didn't actually have EB - he came out in rashes from their lawn treatment 

Yasmin slept with work colleague so Max isn't Andrews

Yasmin actually slept with Will (Leila's husband) so Max is his child?!?! Why was this revealed 3 pages before the end !!


4.8/5 or 9.6/10 stars this book was so flipping good! I had to take away .2 stars because I needed someone to be more deliberate than they were. I’m evil like that. But this book is so underrated! What the hell. This is a hate crime. It’s criminal that this author isn’t more celebrated.