A girl is forced to uncover her family's dark secrets when her mother dies and leaves her with more questions and answers, however will the answers she find be worth it? Harlow has lived a life on the run with her mom for as long as she can remember. Her mother always moving them from one place to the next, telling Harlow to never look back and that "they" were after her. Yet when a fatal car accident kills her mother and her mother's dying words are telling her to go to a mysterious lockbox and get help from her family, Harlow is baffled because she assumed she never had family other than her mother. Harlow now is lead down a path going through her family's history, moving into a home and town she never knew, and facing the secrets her mother has kept hidden all these years. Yet the more Harlow learns the more she begins to question whether or not this is the family she had been hoping to find. Sometimes the answers you seek are not the ones you want but they're the only ones there are. This one is a small town mystery read and it felt really slow. Unfortunately I was expecting more thriller or spookiness to it, and the book absolutely starts off with a bang and intrigues you, but it just got slower and slower and I found myself getting bored with the mystery. Sadly, this one missed the mark for me and I just found myself not caring that much. The final twist and reveal left a lot to be desired and I just couldn't care for the outcome, I was just glad to have made it to the end of the book. Overall, if you like slow family mysteries then this one is the perfect one for you!

*Thanks Netgalley and Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, Margaret K. McElderry Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

Big thank you NetGalley and to the publisher for the chance to review this book pre-release. I absolutely DEVOURED this book within 12 hours of opening it. It was really good, and when the story progresses, it was not at ALL what I expected it to be. I really loved this authors approach to trauma and how each person's approach to dealing with it is different. A review will be available on my IG/TikTok and Goodreads.

Rebecca Barrow does a great job in creating this mystery novel. It had a great story going on and was everything that I was hoping for. I enjoyed trying to figure out what happened to Harlow’s mother and what was going on in this story. I’m glad it worked well with my expectations and left me wanting to read more.

Another exciting and twisty read from thriller powerhouse Rebecca Barrow! And Don't Look Back tells the story of Harlow, a teen girl, who has been on the run with her mother for her whole life. But when her mother is killed in an accident and Harlow is left with a mess of clues, she must decide whether to keep running or face her past--whatever that past may be. A great thriller for teen and adult readers alike featuring compelling sapphic characters and an intriguing plot!