Many thanks to NetGalley, Crooked Lane Books, and Melanie Golding for the opportunity to read this creepy debut - i loved it! 4.5 stars rounded up because I couldn't put it down - can't wait to read more from this author.
Lauren just had identical twin boys. She waits for that sudden burst of maternal love that she's heard about but it doesn't quite come. While still in the hospital, she sees an old, creepy woman come into her room who tries to take her babies and replace them with her own. She calls 911, screams, but no one else saw a thing and no one believes her. Once home, she is afraid to let the twins out of her sight for fear the woman will come back to take them. Beyond exhausted, with a husband who doesn't help, she falls deeper and deeper into her own world with the babies. The first day she ventures out to the park with friends, she falls asleep on a park bench and wakes up to her twins gone. They are soon found but they aren't the same. And still no one believes her.
With each chapter beginning with a folklore or fable to add to the creepiness, this book will have you racing to the finish. It's also a look into the early days of motherhood, when you are too tired to breathe. Is it depression or psychosis? My heart went out to Lauren - she was incredibly strong, especially through the ending. Great read!
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