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The Stay-at-Home Mother
by Nicole Trope
Andrea and her husband, Terry, have just moved into a new home. They have a 3 year old son, Jack, and are expecting their second child soon. Andrea is not happy about the move, as the house needs a lot of repairs and she misses her friends. Unfortunately, they are in these new circumstances because of Terry's extremely poor decisions. Exhausted from her pregnancy and feeling lonely, she is happy when her new neighbor, Gabby, befriends her.
Gabby seems to have such a nice life, she is mother to a teenager, and posts often about the trials and tribulations of motherhood on Facebook. Andrea is in awe of this well put together woman, and the two become good friends.
One day, Andrea has a medical emergency and is unable to reach Terry. Gabby offers to watch Jack, but when Andrea returns home, both Jack and Gabby are missing. How well did Andrea really know Gabby? Did something awful happen to Jack and Gabby? Does it have to do with Terry's past deeds?
Once again, Nicole Trope has written a gripping domestic thriller. I especially love the unexpected twists at the end of her books. I did find the characters a bit lacking and I didn't really like any of them Gabby was a little too perfect, that I knew right away something was amiss. Terry was an absolutely useless husband and kept gaslighting Andrea, and she kept letting him. Andrea was pathetic, she wasn't happy with her life, knew her husband was probably lying, and yet she constantly just let things go. She was way too trusting and I wanted to smack some sense into her! The ending was weird, and a bit farfetched. I did enjoy the book though and it was a quick read.
Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!
Gabby seems to have such a nice life, she is mother to a teenager, and posts often about the trials and tribulations of motherhood on Facebook. Andrea is in awe of this well put together woman, and the two become good friends.
One day, Andrea has a medical emergency and is unable to reach Terry. Gabby offers to watch Jack, but when Andrea returns home, both Jack and Gabby are missing. How well did Andrea really know Gabby? Did something awful happen to Jack and Gabby? Does it have to do with Terry's past deeds?
Once again, Nicole Trope has written a gripping domestic thriller. I especially love the unexpected twists at the end of her books. I did find the characters a bit lacking and I didn't really like any of them Gabby was a little too perfect, that I knew right away something was amiss. Terry was an absolutely useless husband and kept gaslighting Andrea, and she kept letting him. Andrea was pathetic, she wasn't happy with her life, knew her husband was probably lying, and yet she constantly just let things go. She was way too trusting and I wanted to smack some sense into her! The ending was weird, and a bit farfetched. I did enjoy the book though and it was a quick read.
Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!