Mother from hell

Eve lives in beautiful Cumbrian town with her husband and her soon-to-be-adopted daughter, Milly. During the ‘settling in’ period, Milly goes missing. After a full search, Eve discovers her mother has come to visit and has taken the child for an ice cream and movie, claiming Eve’s husband had left Milly alone.

There follows a barrage of claims from Joan of abuse and neglect by her son-in-law, which will jeopardise the adoption. Will Eve realise what Joan is doing or will she be browbeaten by her as she has been all her life?

I found this book a very sad story! I don’t know how I finished it. Not only was it completely predictable but the characters were so unlikeable that it was beyond belief. Eve was so weak and feeble and blind to what her mother was doing that I just couldn’t believe it.

I think this author has stretched the realms of probability and pushed the reader too far in the hope of disliking the characters enough to read to the end to see the woman get her comeuppance.

A moderately awful book. There is nothing I would like about it.

Chester.

Breakaway reviewers received a copy of the book to review.

I’ve not read the authors previous books but after reading this I’ll definitely be reading it.

Eve and her husband Neil are in the final stages of adopting four year old Milly. A big obstacle arrives in the form of Eves mother Joan. I really didn’t like her.

I enjoyed this read. I found it to be an interesting read and I look forward to reading more from this author.

Wow! Where to start?! A gripping read of smothering love and a daughter’s journey to see through the superficial niceness to the dangerous malice beneath. I was on the edge of my seat reading this story, heart in mouth at the steps this evil woman took to control her daughter’s life. I literally felt my own nerves shredding as I read on, paragraph by paragraph, to the compelling conclusion. Simply brilliant.

A brilliant book which deals with the complexities of family relationships and how the dynamics of these can and, often should, change over time. Eve and Neil moved to Cumbria from London and, after years of trying for a baby, are finally getting the chance to have a family of their own in the shape of adopting a lovely little girl, Milly who is four years old.
Despite having had no contact with her for the past two years, Eve could not resist contacting her mother to inform her of good news about Milly. Will Milly be able to heal the rift and bridge the gap between Eve and her mother or should Eve live to regret her decision to contact her mother?
A wonderful book so well written by Zosia Wand, even though, at times I found myself wanting to shout at Eve and give her a good shake to get some sense into her to put her priorities in order! Having said that, and the reason why I rate it so highly I have met so many families with dysfunctional relationships such as this, that it is, sadly, so true to life.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a Kindle copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Eve and her husband, Neil, are in the final stages of adopting four-year-old Milly. They only have a few more hurdles to jump before they can officially call her their daughter. Everything seems to be going smoothly, until Eve's mother, Joan, shows up. Joan has never liked her son-in-law, and never liked sharing her daughter. Can she be happy for Eve, finally starting her own family, or will she want to keep her all to herself?

I really enjoyed Zosia Wand’s Trust Me, so I was excited to hear she had a new book coming out. To begin with, I was actually a little surprised and miffed at some of the similarities between the two books. The lead characters have the same jobs and similar interests, and I thought this was a bit lazy. It wasn’t until later in the book that I realised that Lizzie from Trust Me is actually a character in this book and they live in the same town. This was so clever – like an Easter egg in a video game – and I loved the cross-over!
I instantly had to take back all my negative thoughts in appreciation for the genius of this.

Zosia’s writing is magnificent, and I was fully drawn in. I couldn’t put it down. The story is entirely engaging and (mostly) believable.

The one and only flaw was that Eve's mother is just awful. We’re supposed to empathise with the character, that Joan is clearly not a great person, but she’s Eve's mother and she loves her and wants her in her life. Perfectly realistic and understandable. However, Joan is just terrible the entire way through the book. She has no redeeming qualities at all. If my mum was like this, I wouldn’t stand for it at all, regardless of being my parent and wanting that connection. (As it is, my mother is an absolute delight). It just made it really difficult to see why she puts up with her and allows her to become a danger to her family, especially during such an important time in their lives.

Despite any flaws, The Accusation is an interesting, exciting and thoroughly engaging story. I loved it.

Thank you to netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, This is my first novel from this author and I wasn't disappointed eve has been desperate to start a family with her husband Neil, after struggling they decide to go through the adoption route and are in the process of adopting Milly, Joan eves mum has never been keen on her son inlaw she dosent trust him and feels he's not right for Eve, then Joan makes a discovery that could shatter the family Eve is trying to build... a thrilling gripping read.

Eve and Neil are finally realizing their dream of adopting a child. They have a lovely little four-year old girl named Milly. They still have a three-month probationary period before the adoption is finalized, but it’s all just a formality before they can finally call Milly their own. But when someone starts an ugly rumor about Eve, all her dreams may just turn to ashes. Little does she know the person who has set out to destroy her life is one of the people closest to her

I absolutely loved this story. So dark and twisted. I hated the mother and wanted to shake Eve throughout most of the story but it was great! Well worth the read and one I would highly recommend!

I really enjoyed the author's previous book but I didn't find this one as engrossing. Eve and her husband Neil have adopted 5 year old Milly as they have not been able to have children of their own. When Eve's estranged, controlling mum visits she is determined to upset their happiness. The Accusation was an OK read for me but just didn't really grab me.

This book was good enough but I did not love it as much as I would have expected.
I found the characters to not be fully fleshed out and this made me feel a little bit annoyed at the entire plot.