A review by bibliophile90
The Secret Sister by Brenda Novak

3.0

This story started out really strong. It's more of a contemporary romance with a bit of mystery thrown into it. I was hooked and couldn't wait to see what would happen. My favorite characters were Rafe and his adorable daughter Laney. She definitely stole the show for me in this book. I wish there were more scenes involving her (I love single parent romances). I didn't know what to think of Maisey. She couldn't make up her mind and that resulted in me not being able to make up my mind about her. There were a couple of times that she really annoyed me. Rafe was in my opinion an amazing guy that no woman would want to miss out on. He was such a great dad to Laney and very supportive towards Maisey. He respected Maisey boundaries but he didn't let her walk all over him.

The mystery part in my opinion wasn't really strong. Towards the last 25% of the book I was already bored and started skipping pages to find out what was going on. I was satisfied with the ending but didn't feel like Rafe and Maisey's relationship fully developed. So the ending was more focused on the mystery than their relationship. I would've liked it more if it was more even. I'll probably read the next book in the series but not right now.