thenightowlnook 's review for:

Woman on the Verge by Kim Hooper

4.0

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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.