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A review by mackenzierm
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
dark
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Jessica, Norah, and Alicia were rescued from family tragedies as young girls and were raised by a loving foster mother, Miss Fairchild, on a farming estate. Unfortunately, their childhood wasn't the fairy tale everyone thought it was. Miss Fairchild had rules and could be very unpredictable. In a moment of desperation, the three girls broke away from Miss Fairchild and believed they were free. But even though they never saw her again, she was always lurking in the shadows of their minds. When a body is discovered under the foster home they lived in, the three women are thrust into the spotlight as key witnesses or possibly suspects.
DARLING GIRLS is a dark and atmospheric read that may be triggering to some so please check the content/triggers before picking this up. I loved that this story is told in the three POVs of the sisters: Alicia, Jessica, and Norah, as well as unidentified person during encounters with a psychiatrist. I thought the characters to be well-developed, interesting, and each with their own flaws and secrets. It was interesting to see how varied the traumas they experienced as children impacted their behaviours/mental health as adults.
The plot of DARLING GIRLS is twisty, even-paced, and tense. I think this story is very well-executed and had me gripped from the first few pages. Every time I thought I had it all figured out, a new reveal would occur and slightly change the course of the story. The ending was shocking, to say the least, and I absolutely adored it.
I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher, St. Martin's Press, of this advanced digital copy for the opportunity to read this novel in exchange for an honest review! All opinions shared are my own.
DARLING GIRLS is a dark and atmospheric read that may be triggering to some so please check the content/triggers before picking this up. I loved that this story is told in the three POVs of the sisters: Alicia, Jessica, and Norah, as well as unidentified person during encounters with a psychiatrist. I thought the characters to be well-developed, interesting, and each with their own flaws and secrets. It was interesting to see how varied the traumas they experienced as children impacted their behaviours/mental health as adults.
The plot of DARLING GIRLS is twisty, even-paced, and tense. I think this story is very well-executed and had me gripped from the first few pages. Every time I thought I had it all figured out, a new reveal would occur and slightly change the course of the story. The ending was shocking, to say the least, and I absolutely adored it.
I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher, St. Martin's Press, of this advanced digital copy for the opportunity to read this novel in exchange for an honest review! All opinions shared are my own.