This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, from Boldwood Books and #NetGalley. Thank you for the opportunity to preview and review. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

Quick and easy read with simple characters.

Oh dear... I sense that "The 3am Shattered Mum's Club" was supposed to be an uplifting novel about an unlikely female friendship. What I found frustrating, however, is that Nina Manning created three characters who seemingly come from lack of social privilege (council housing, broken home, losing parents early in life), but somehow seem fall very privileged and highly unrelatable.

I think trying to write the story from three very different characters' perspectives was too much of a challenge to be complex and believable, especially when portraying characters who are Black, which made me cringe. A lot.

Does "The 3am Shattered Mum's Club" fulfils its mission to be an easy, uplifting read, maybe as something for new mums who find parenting challenging? Well, yes. After all, it all ends well. But it's definitely not my cup of tea.

The title says it all. This is a story of female friendship, the anxieties of being a mom, with a driving undercurrent of suspense. Recommended for moms or those who long for these kinds of close female-friendships. Thanks to netGalley for the ARC!

The opening of this book jolted me awake during my own late night baby feed and then held my mind hostage for days until I finished it. If I didn't have the baby to take care of I think I'd have finished it in one sitting.

Amazing writing. From the cover and description I was expecting a more cutesy story about the 3 moms, their chance meeting and their lives, instead I was hit with the reality of new motherhood and I loved every second of it. It's not often that I'm able to read my own raw, hormone induced, judgy, desperate and angry thoughts in a book instead of the usual saccharine sentiments about birth and motherhood as these magical periods of a woman's life where you have no right to complain. The paragraphs are visually dense and long, but they flow so well, the thoughts and words connect and paint the inner worlds of these 3 women in such a rich and palpable way, I could see them and relate to them to tears.

I looked up the author at some point and realized she usually writes psychological thrillers and it made so much sense. It read like one at points, with my heart skipping beats. Motherhood is often intense like that and I thought the tone was absolutely fitting and refreshing to see.

My one gripe was the ending, I thought the story wrapped a bit earlier than the actual book ended but I wanted nothing more than to see these women win and so I must leave all the stars.

If you're a mom who needs reassurance that you're not going crazy, this is the book for you.