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Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda

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kimveach's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Plenty of twists and turns in this thriller. I enjoyed it.

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javafenn's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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 was a great vacation read. It’s not too fast that you finish it in one go but it’s also not so slow you get bored. Hazel gets called back to her home at Mirror Lake with the death of her father, the man who raised her after her mother swept into the town in a a whirlwind and swept out just the same leaving Hazel behind. Her newfound family isn’t entirely trusting of her. One brother loathes her for what her mother did but the other seems to take her under his wing while her adoptive father cares for her like his own. The memorial of her father brings about new discoveries and new secrets. Soon, Hazel isn’t safe anywhere in Mirror Lake but she can’t leave either. I loved that Megan Miranda kept the small lake town feel of this book but with a totally different kind of character in Hazel. I can’t wait for her next book!

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erieli90's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

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ericaco0's review against another edition

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mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

I feel like it was written in a very expressive way that would be great as a movie. This thriller was slow to build, you felt for the misunderstood main character, and it was written to make you question everyone and stay ok edge. But by the end, I felt like the action fell a little flat. But all-in-all, I thought it was a good read.

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cyndi1966's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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minimicropup's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Was a little skeptical as to how much I’d enjoy this going in, but it was a good read and had some genuinely scary moments for me.

Energy: Accommodating. Pensive. Vulnerable.

Scene: 🇺🇸 South Carolina town of Mirror Lake in May.

Perspective: We follow our main character, an entrepreneur that renovates and flips houses. Their father (recently retired from law enforcement), has passed and they are surprised to find they inherited his house, causing complicated feelings between our MC and their siblings.

🐕 Howls: Little parts leading up to the ending felt rushed to tie up plot points. I hated some of the characters and their lack of communication making them such jerks.

🐩 Tail Wags: The unease and mysteries. Hazel navigating family and personal mysteries. The scenes and settings. The overall plot and its execution.

🤔 Random Thoughts:

This is both dialogue and plot-driven, with character study bits sprinkled throughout via little monologues.

Yay finally, a house with a layout that’s described and consistent! It added to the scares around things going ‘thump’ in the night. Read at night for best results, preferably when home alone.

I like the high stakes action scene being brief and intense. I tend to zone out when action scenes go on for too long or people are scattered about and I can’t figure out where they all are. There’s some room to imaging how things turn out for everyone long term if you don’t like everything being tied up in a neat little bow.

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🤓 Reader Role: Caught in the mystery, assembling clues and figuring out who to trust alongside Hazel.

🗺️ World-Building: Rustic, foreboding, and atmospheric. I had no problem imagining the town, houses, and picking up the vibes.

🔥 Fuel: What are all these cars from missing persons in the lake? Why was Hazel left her father’s house? Why do so many of the mothers in this town abandon their families? Are the police trustworthy? Is Hazel’s family trustworthy? Is someone stalking Hazel?

📖 Cred: Realistic to plausible

Mood Reading Match-Up:

Spring. Moss. Evergreens. Cool breeze. Brittle grass. Wood rot. Lake waves. Boat engines. Cracked earth.
A sprinkling of romantic tension and rekindling old flames
Puzzle piecing and amateur sleuthing family and town secrets

Content Heads-Up: Drought. Heart attack. Parental abandonment (as teen). Loss of a parent. Gun violence. Betrayal. Murder. Sibling rivalry. Missing persons. Infidelity. Car accident. Alcohol (self-medicating). Corruption. Addiction (opioids, alcohol). Suicide (implied).

Rep: Diverse skin tones. Cisgender. Heterosexual. American.

📚 Format: Library Digital

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kaylinvm94's review

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slow-paced

3.0

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shesflippinpages's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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bringmybooks's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

✨Bring✨ | ~~Borrow~~ | ~~Bypass~~

Thank you to NetGalley, Marysue Ricci Books, and Simon & Schuster 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: I have genuinely REALLY enjoyed every single Megan Miranda book I've read (this is the 8th!) and I think she's only gotten better with each one. This one had a lot of red herrings, a lot of small twists and bigger twists, and was near impossible to put down!

Here's my "official" ranking of the ones I've read thus far:
1. The Perfect Stranger (2017)
2. The Only Survivors (2023)
3. Daughter of Mine (2024)
3. All the Missing Girls (2016)
4. The Last House Guest (2019)
5. The Last to Vanish (2022)
6. The Girl from Widow Hills (2020)
7. Such a Quiet Place (2021)

Overall Rating: ★★★★ / 4.13

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

★ did not like / ★★ it was okay / ★★★ liked it / ★★★★ really liked it / ★★★★★ loved it

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aileron's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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