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Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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⟡Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth⟡ 

★★★★★ 5/5 stars

Pub date: 4/23 - mark your calendars!

⟡ quick synopsis 

3 women are forced to relive their childhood trauma when human remains are discovered at their old foster home, a farming estate called Wild Meadows.

⟡ Read if you like:

•slow burn suspense

•shocking endings

•found family & sisterhood 

•second chances

•dogs with funny names 🐶

•past + present timelines

•well developed characters 

•heavy themes

⟡ my thoughts 

An unputdownable read.

Sally Hepworth quickly became a favorite of mine when I read the Younger Wife last year & Darling Girls delivered! Stellar suspense, well written characters, perfect execution of the multiple POVS & dual timeline, plus that signature mind-blowing last minute twist!

I was fully invested in all 3 sisters & their emotional backstories. I was rooting for them, both in their childhood & adult years. They were heavily influenced by their childhood trauma & despite their issues, I found them to humanly flawed, realistic & easy to emphasize with.

The audiobook was fantastic! I loved the narrator's accent & voice work. If you are an audiobook fan I would definitely recommend listening to this one!

This book is dark & the content is heavy, but this is balanced out by the love of found family. Sensitive topics were handled with care. I think this should DEFINITELY be on your list as a must-read thriller this spring.

Thank you to NetGalley, MacMillan Audio, St. Martins Press & Sally Hepworth for the opportunity to review this ARC ◡̈ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting