Not having a child can change your life as much as having one.'
Grace has returned to London after twenty years abroad to manage her dying mother’s affairs. When she receives a blank Mother’s Day card in the post, she is confused and unsettled. Who could have sent it to her and why? She isn’t a mother.
Another Mother’s Day card arrives. Then come the silent phone calls. Haunted by disturbing flashbacks, Grace starts to unravel. Someone is out to get her. Someone who knows what she has done. Someone who will make her face the past she has run from for so long.
I was excited to read about this book with the description so interesting, I had to read it. This book felt confusing and was a total let down, unfortunately.

A big issue for me in this book was the viewpoints. These changed without indication, causing confusion of what character was telling the story. This also left me confused because the character voices were not distinct enough.
It’s a haunting book, a scary book, and definitely an interesting premise.

The author could have spent more time working on developing a stronger back story and working on developing more distinct character voices.

While the premise was exciting and interesting and the prose was written well, I had a difficult time really getting invested in the book. Logistics made this book even more confusing and overall a difficult read.

I’d be interested in reading other books by this author.

She chose me is a good book, I didn’t find it spectacular or something that will have a lasting effect. In fact I found it quite confusing at times, and hard to follow. While the book did have moments of laughter, and shocking twist, overall the book was dull and lacking.

"She Chose Me" is a book that really confused me, at first. Really, the only problem I had with this book is that there was no distinct way to tell that the viewpoints were changing between chapters. I had no idea, honestly, and was very confused, until about a quarter of the way through, when it suddenly clicked that there were two people telling this story. That being said, I did enjoy it, and it does have a few hard hitting topics, such as family deaths, mental illness, adoption, abuse, and alcoholism. These are things that could affect anyone, and they really leave the story in a horrifying reality. The world that the characters live in is just like our own, and the topics in this story are actually really scary.

Grace is a woman who gave her baby up for adoption a long time ago. She spent most of her life travelling, and only really returned recently to care for her dying mother. Cassie, on the other hand, is still deeply affected by the death of her adopted mother, and her long lost birth mother who abandoned her as a baby. These two people seem very different, but as their paths cross they become very similar.

This book really gave me anxiety. Cassie begins stalking Grace, creating a second personality to further find a way into her life. She begins volunteering at Grace's mother's nursing home to get even closer to the family. She stirs the pot and causes more than one fight. But that's not the scariest part. Cassie is mentally ill, and obsessed, and won't ever stop. And that's something that could happen to anyone in her situation.

The part that haunted me the most about this book wasn't the actual stalking, or the story itself, though they did make me feel sick. It was the fact that Cassie had an adopted family, but was so obsessed with her non existent past and long lost family, that she completely disregarded them and neglected them. It's something that can happen all to easily, and even without you noticing. It's hard to fix things when you can't focus on anything else.

Overall I think I'll remember this book for a long time. I got it on a whim, and I'm definitely haunted by it. It's not my new favourite, but that's not the point. It hits hard, and will stay with me. If you're looking for something like that, this is the book for you.

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This was interesting. I liked the premise and felt it delivered for sure.
The prose was written really well. I had a little trouble connecting with the MC, who is a little less than double my age though so that made connecting with the story difficult.

It was definitely twisty and I liked where the story went.

I'd definitely read more from this author.

She chose me by author Tracey Emerson is a dark, twisted and fast paced psychological thriller! You won’t want to put this book down. I read this so quickly, I was sad to end the book (such a great ending!) publication date is for October 15 2018 and you won’t want to miss it. If you love psychological thrillers then this book is for you!

I hate when NetGalley and the author are nice enough to share an ARC with me and then it’s mediocre. I really wanted to love this book, but I just didn’t. It’s very predictable and while it’s not garbage, it didn’t live up to the hype or expectation. I’m sure some readers will enjoy this book, but I love suspense and this fell flat for me.

The first few chapters had me a little confused but as soon as I figured out the narrators, I was able to keep things straight. While this book and some twists and turns they weren’t anything overly surprising. This was a good read, but it wasn’t one of the better that I’ve read.

I received an advance readers copy in exchange for an honest review. While this wasn't high art, it was a perfectly entertaining thriller and I got a few nights of thrills out of it. It took me a while to really latch onto lot device , but once I had that down it was easy to follow and enjoyable. 3.5 rounded up

I probably did this book a great disservice selecting it immediately after reading an infinitely superior suspense thriller. But then again She Chose Me made its own bed with its mediocre plot, trite narration twists and complete lack of originality (and this includes the title and the cover, I’ve just added the cover, you’d think this is something the author or the publisher might want to do, but apparently not always). Given the insane popularity of these female authored female driven thrillers, one really has to offer something quite singular to stand out and this book didn’t even try. Instead it chose to concentrate on guess what cliché…babies. Well, mothers and daughters. Specifically a disturbed young woman who’s looking for her birth mother and a 42 year old English teacher who becomes the focus of her obsession. Mind you, this book isn’t terrible by any means, in fact it checks all the boxes for what it is, spit narrative, tantalizing (kinda) glimpses of the past, is she or isn’t she drama, certain amount of suspense even and what can be generously referred to as some surprises, but…her comes the but…not only is it all entirely too obvious, the author has also made a choice of hanging the crucial 50% of the plot on a thoroughly unlikable, obnoxious and tedious kid, who you just sort of want to slap. We’re told from fairly early on about her mental state, so you can’t really expect too many surprises. Oh, and everyone follows everyone in this novel. Not just online, but actually in person, like they are all playing at spies. It gets silly after a while, but the author goes on with it until the very final act. Talk about commitment. And so behold the drama of messed up girls and baby mamas. With a plot is tragically thin for the page count. The only thing elevating this and actually making it a surprisingly decent read despite all the criticism and intellectual protestations is the writing, quite good particularly for a debut. So if you’re not too choosy, this formulaic estrogeny tale might be ok for you. Interestingly enough while all of these types of books are describes using the investable comparisons to similar (usually superlative) works, this one actually got it quite accurately comparing it to Girl Before, another thoroughly mediocre thriller. So that’s some accurate advertising for a change. Thanks Netgalley.

A woman hiding a big secret is taunted by an anonymous stalker. Grace doesn’t have children of her own, so she finds it odd when she gets a blank Mother’s Day card. Another card, followed by phone calls and hang ups, puts her on edge as she realizes that her past is not as secret as she had believed. Emerson’s debut novel leaves me looking forward to her next book