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Until I Find You

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Life has been pretty tough for Rebecca Grey recently. A degenerative eye disease is causing her to lose her sight, she moved into her mother's home in the suburbs to raise her infant son after the death of her husband. A few months later, her mother also passes away. It's hard enough being a new mom, even tougher to be blind as well. She has few close friends, but feels guilty asking for help. On a seemingly normal day at the park with other moms Rebecca passes out, in those few seconds her life is changed. When she goes to check on her baby, she realizes it is not her child. This baby looks almost exactly like her son, and while sympathetic, she realizes nobody actually believes her baby was switched. As the hours and days tick by, she is frantic to prove she is not going crazy and needs to find her son.

The first half of this book really dragged for me and it just wasn't keeping my interest. I'm not sure if it was the writing style or what. By the second half, I was engrossed and while I had an idea of what happened, I was surprised at the revelations. I personally felt it was a bit far fetched, but it was still a nice read and I'd definitely recommend it.
Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the complimentary ARC of this book.

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I cannot imagine being a new mom, new widow and blind. The only way it can get worse is if you think someone swapped out your baby for another and no one believes you. Everyone thinks you are losing it.

This is the basic plot line for this story. I could feel the frustration of Rebecca, the main character.

Definitely plot driven. Lots of foreshadowing if you can pick up on it. But, the ending is still a surprise.

Entertaining and fast paced!

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I am becoming a big fan of this author! I think I have read every book she has written so far. I really enjoyed her latest "Until I Find You" Our main character Rebecca is blind, recently widowed and a new mother which made this book a bit different than others that I have read.

Who would actually take a baby and replace it with a different one ? Is Rebecca paranoid or is she on to something ? A mother always knows and she knows that this baby is not hers. Friends and the police think she is confused but Rebecca has to do whatever she needs to in order to find her Jackson. The book was suspenseful and had me turning the pages. The premise was a bit implausible but did not detract from my enjoyment of the book.

This story left me with goosebumps at the end. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next! 4 stars!

A big thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book!

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4.5/5 Stars.

Wow, this was yet another Rea Frey book that I had a difficult time putting down. All of the novels that I have read by her have revolved around children and the scary thoughts that all of us as mothers have thought about at one point or another. I really enjoy how Rea Frey brings these stories to life, all while making me think it's real and keeping me on the edge of my seat.

This story is about our main character, Rebecca (Bec) who is a recently blind and widowed new mother. Because she is so exhausted we are easily led to believe that her feelings of paranoia might be her own imaginings. So when Bec believes her son is switched with another baby the same age and nearly identical to her own, we are lead down a wild road of figuring out what happened and who really is to blame.

<spoiler> I felt like some points in the middle of the book were a bit repetitive. I was quickly able to guess that the person at fault was indeed her best friend, Crystal, as she was the last one alone with Bec before her baby went missing and also gave her a sleeping pill. I was also quickly lead to the conclusion that Crystal's daughter Savi (age 10) had something to do with it since she was very unstable after her own father had died and was known to be a thief. Another area that kind of disappointed me, was when Bec didn't press charges on Crystal and Savi. If my supposed "Best Friend" stole/switched my baby, I couldn't let that just slide. But that is only my own opionion. </spoiler>

Overall, a solid read and I would highly recommend. Adult and up.

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This was a quick read an I really do like this authors writing but I did find the premise of this a little unbelievable for my taste. I wasn’t connecting to the characters or storyline so I was skimming to see what happens next. I’ll continue to read this author this just wasn’t my favorite.
Thanks to Netgalley for my advanced ebook copy.

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I thought this was an interesting read. However, I found the whole foundation of the storyline too unbelievable to be able to give this book a rating higher than a three. Hopefully the authors next book will be as good as her previous books.

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Rebecca Grey is nearly blind and is raising her 3 month old son on her own. She starts having feelings that someone is following her or is in her apartment watching her. One day, she wakes up from a nap and goes to tend to her son... but the baby in the crib is not her son. Friends don't believe her, her shrink thinks she's crazy, the police won't issue an Amber Alert... so Rebecca is left to find her son on her own.

I really enjoyed this book. It had the typical twists as most psychological thrillers do, but the fact that Rebecca is blind and it was a supposed baby swap, rather than a kidnapping, really made this book stand out on its own.

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Recently widowed Rebecca is navigating the world in darkness while also raising her young baby. One day Rebecca picks up her son from his crib but quickly realizes it’s not her beloved son at all. Someone has switched her son with another baby. Unfortunately, nobody in her life believes her, except an old boyfriend. Rebecca will stop at nothing to find her real son.
Great read with twists and turns that you won’t see coming.

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Being a mother to a newborn is difficult. You are tired and moody most of the time. Now imagine that you are also blind and recently widowed. Motherhood would be much more difficult. Rea Frey shows us just how difficult and frightening it could be in her new book.
Bec just lost her husband and her mother and now is paranoid about losing her son. Is it the lack of sleep or the grief that is leading to her thoughts? Perhaps it is a combination of the two.
Her friends and neighbors are noticing that Bec is not herself. So when she claims that her son has been swapped with a different child, they aren't sure whether she is telling the truth or whether she has lost her mind. The police thinks she is confused. Being left on her own, Bec decides to find her son herself and to figure out whose child she now has living in her home.
This story touches on every feeling that you have. You feel Bec's grief, her confusion, her frustration, and her love for her son. You feel the horror that she feels when she first thinks that her son is not her own. Rea Frey brings the characters to life in such a way that you feel like you are walking beside them, living their lives.
Everyone is suspect. The twists in this book will keep you guessing to the end. You'll want to keep reading because you need to know what actually is going on with Bec and her community of friends.
Thanks to Netgalley and St Martin's publishing for the advanced copy of the book. The opinions are my own.

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Rebecca is a blind 20 something woman who recently is widowed trying to raise her 3 month old son. He suddenly goes missing but this isn’t a ordinary kidnapping, he was switched with another baby. No one believes her and she’s on a mission to find her “Jackson”. I couldn’t put this book down! This is my 3rd book by this author and i recommend all her books!! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this early release in exchange for my honest review.

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Rebecca is blind and has a son only a few months old. Her husband died before his son was born. Rebecca, or Bec as she is called, had been to the park with her son, Jackson, and some other mothers. She had fallen and hit her head so a friend took her home and watched Jackson while Bec had a nap. Later, when she woke and held her son, she realised the child she held was not her son. Of course, no one believes Jackson was swapped for another child, they feel Bec is under a lot of strain because of her husband’s death, her mother’s death and her blindness. She receives a call from an old love, Jake, who is a cop and he helps her. Very tense story, full of action.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Rea Frey did not disappoint with this new novel due out in August. Perfect summer read while on vacation.
I could not put this psychological thriller down. Suspense, twists and turns.
People sometimes are not who they appear to be.

Rebecca Gray has suffered great loss with her husband and then her mom. She was diagnosed in her twenties with a degenerative eye disease and blind trying to raise Jackson, who her husband never got to see. She knows her baby, the way he smells, the little mark on his neck, the eczema. So when she says "this is not my baby," after fainting in the park, she knows.
Will Jackson be found, or is Rebecca just under alot of stress, as everyone assumes?

Surprise ending! Order this book! You won't be sorry. Can't wait to read more novels of Rea Frey.v


Thank you to Publisher and NetGalley for the eARC.

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***Thanks to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of UNTIL I FIND YOU by Rea Frey in exchange for my honest review.***

Recently widowed and recently blind, Rebecca faces challenges raising three-month-old Jackson. One day she believes Jackson has been replaced by a different baby. No one believes her. Not her friends. Not her former lover. Not the police. Bec knows her son and he is not the baby in Jackson’s crib. She’ll stop at nothing to find him.

A few streets away, Crystal, also recently lost her husband unexpectedly. She bonds with Rebecca in a grief support group and tries to help the new mom while managing her difficult ten-year-old daughter.

I couldn’t imagine going blind and having to protect myself when out in public, let alone be responsible for a newborn. More than once I was curious why Bec didn’t put her son’s welfare ahead of her desire for independence when she thought she was being followed or that her house had been breached. I had a hard time putting myself in her shoes because I’d accept all the help offered.

Capgras syndrome is a psychological/neurological disorder where people believed a loved one has been replaced with an imposter. Though relatively rare and most often occurring in dementia patients, I wondered if the syndromes causing Bec’s blindness could have affected the neuropathways that can sometimes cause the disorder. I was surprised none of the professionals suggested that. I also wondered why professionals didn’t do a blood test for DNA, these days DNA doesn’t take long to process. Additionally, certain blood types can’t produce other blood types, so in some cases maternity could have been quickly dismissed.

UNTIL I FIND YOU starts slowly and feels a bit repetitive until Jackson’s (possible) disappearance. I was initially more interested in Crystal’s chapters, curious why she employed a nanny who seemed to triangulate mom and daughter. Young Savi ran that household, which was never addressed. Crystal chalked the behavior up to grief, but never set limits.

Rea Frey created lots of red herrings, very possible suspects if Jackson had been switched. I assumed he had been, as the book would probably be less interesting in the end, but I was never really sure until the end of the book.

UNTIL I FIND YOU is a great choice for mystery, thriller and women’s fiction readers and would also make a good beach read.

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In Rea Frey’s latest psychological thriller we meet Bec, a sight impaired mom who faints, only to awaken to a baby she’s convinced is not hers. We immediately get sucked into Bec’s world, learning just how far she will go to find her son. I could not put this book down.

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