Ebook provided by NetGalley for review. Thank you.
4/5 stars
Read November 2021
In seven days Maggie will lose her son because in seven days Max turns 3. 3 years old is when he takes them away. It's happened before. Twice. Maggie has been held captive by him for 12 years now.
This was so nearly a 5 star book. I loved the set-up, I loved the multiple points of view, seeing how things developed over the years. The writing was descriptive and emotional, a great study in humanity and how differently people can react to a missing family member.
There was one part of the plot that I initially thought was a red herring becasue it was revealed so early but as the novel unfolded the reasoning became clearer and it worked so well!
My main criticism was that it ended very quickly. It felt like the author was given a maximum page/word count that they couldn't go over so everything was tied up a little too quickly in my opinion. I wanted more of the "after" and how it was going back into real life.
Stef Out x
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