3.5 stars for this debut psychological thriller.
Be prepared to meet a really unreliable, narcissistic narrator in this drama about a woman whose obsessions take over to ruin her life.
All was spectacular in Cady’s life. She had a wildly successful party planning business and was married to the man she’d loved since high school. Then tragedy struck when her twin sister, Dana, was killed in an accident. Grief has no timeline and no limits but Cady goes totally off the rails. Things fall apart slowly as Cady becomes fixated on a woman she had a brief interaction with in the Emergency Department on the day her sister died.
This was a quick read that sometimes veered into the need to suspend disbelief territory. Definitely entertaining as you try to guess what Cady is scheming and what her next plans might be. Her stalking of Morgan sometimes makes no sense. But Cady has this single minded obsession with trying to fix things and that means that she wants things to be the way she wants them as she has only the best of intentions. I was expecting some crazy twist but honestly, that ending was quite abrupt as well as bizarre and I didn’t like it. Anyway, Cady was not really a likable character in many ways and she left a lot of destruction in her wake. So much truth about her was missing since she was telling the story.
I was able to listen to the audio book while also following along in the e-book, both provided by the publishers. The narrator, Brittany Pressley, did a good job for the female characters and she’s definitely got the dramatic flair that works well for this type of genre and story. I love being immersed in the story when the words and the voice work well.
This is a standalone and is not part of any series. Debut.
Genre - domestic drama, psychological thriller, obsession, death and grief
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