My thoughts on this book are going to be very hard for me to articulate. This book contains MAJOR content warnings that I think a lot of people, especially mother’s, will have a hard time digesting. Central themes in this book include motherhood, postpartum struggles, and suicide. It was very hard for me to connect with June since I am not a mother, have never experienced postpartum disease, and have thankfully never been suicidal. Not being able to connect with June made it hard to ‘like’ this book. I flew through the first 50% because I was very intrigued by what was happening, but after that, it lost me and I was no longer interested. I also had a hard time caring about any of the side characters. I felt like a lot happened but none of it was “deep”. I didn’t feel connected or like I understood anyone in a way that other books with the same themes have.

I can see why this will work for people and would still encourage those who are okay with the content to give it a try.

I was very invested in this book! I definitely think it would make a great book for discussion or a book club. The family dynamic is easy to relate to. I liked the characters. They pulled on my heartstrings and I found myself routing for them. I would recommend this to readers. Thank you for the ARC.

Sorry I couldn't care less about these characters. Wasn't for me.

Thanks to publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for free, it has no bearing on the rating I gave it.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, Harlequin Trade Publishing and by #NetGalley. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

A good pick for a book club read. It plays well on family dynamics, mystery and general fiction.

My favorite book is Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. This book reminded me of a modern day version of that in a lot of ways—particularly regarding a mother who loves her children but after having given up dreams to have them, doesn’t think motherhood is enough. I didn’t love this as much as that book (but that’s an extremely tall order) but I did enjoy it a lot and recommend it to those who enjoy domestic dramas.

This is the first book I have read that did not have a cover from NetGalley. Now I'm curious to how many great stories I have missed out on. This book takes a hard look at what can happen to a relationship after a baby is born into the family. I thought it was going to be a mystery story when I first started it but the more I got into it I realized its about how family and relationships change after a baby is born. Great read! I feel this book will be a hit with a number of different genre readers. Also this would be a good book for a book club to read too.