Wow! The Father She Went to Find is a grippy coming-of-age story of Penny - a 21-year-old who leaves her special school (for savants) in order to find her father.
Penny believes that her father left after her mother pushed her down the stairs and she ended up in a coma. What she learns along the way of her cross country journey are lessons about bravery, friendship, and family. And in the end, the discovery of what truly happened will leave you speechless.

I loved this book and the adventure and growth of the main character.

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for this advanced Audi in return for my honest review.

Pub date: 02 April 2024

welp, i hate to say it, but this book was a disappointment. It started out well. Enjoyed her abilities and what might become of them. BUt then, that entire Sebastian story line that added nothing to the story. The ending just made me sigh. I will read more by WIlson though. The writing was fine.

The Father She Went To Find was an engaging, non stop action packed read. Although it was very interesting there are certain aspects that did fall short for it to make a stellar read. It was definitely a super interesting concept, it lacked in terms of development and pacing. The author does have some great storytelling skills.

Penny was a very intriguing character, she has a special set of skills and it was interesting to see her thought process and memories. Although I would've liked to see more depth regarding her development to make me feel more for her. The side characters also lacked a little which made it hard for me sometimes to keep interested.

The plot and the story were interesting, but they did venture down paths that kind of confused me and that I did not truly resonate with. I loved the first half of the book, but halfway I started to find it harder for me to keep pushing through. The unexpected twist conclusion did make up for It.

🎧 The narration by Gina Rogers was good, she did keep me engaged and interested. I thought she did a good job with the storytelling and emotions.

✨️Thank you to @netgalley, @dreamscapemedia & @kayepublicity for my gifted copy & ALC in exchange for an honest review.

4.25⭐️

I had the audiobook of this psychological thriller by a new to me author read by Gina Rogers who does a good job.

Penny is a savant after an accident, she can remember every little thing, along with having other skills.
Penny decides to track down her father who left her while she was in a coma aged seven after receiving her annual birthday card from him aged twenty one.

So begins a road trip following the route she took with her father on their road trip. They buried letters that they planned to revisit at a later date. Her aim is to find these letters, and hopefully her father. She has a goal but no kind of plan, she has no experience of the world. The road trip soon becomes a wild ride.

Initially I thought it was going to a late blooming coming of age story, but it very quickly becomes a modern action thriller. It has short snappy chapters. It’s got plenty of interest ending with mini cliffhangers which kept me entertained. I can’t say that I engaged with Penny, I’m not sure why not.

This one was way much more than I anticipated. I flew through this in a day, there was so much going on I found it impossible to put down! Penny is kind of unreliable, thanks to her brain injury, but I found myself rooting for her so much. There were a lot of emotions going on, dread, anxiety, sadness, happiness, I went through them all! I liked the ending a lot, but I don’t know if it will be for everyone. Many thanks to Dreamscape Media for my advanced audiobook and to Poisoned Pen Press and Kaye Publicity for sending this my way! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 will be published 4/2.

Thanks to #NetGalley and #DreamScapeMedia for the book #TheFatherSheWentToFind by #CarterWilson. This book is about the journey and 21 year old woman goes on to find her father. Along the way there is so much chaos and murder, until she makes it to where she thinks her father is. This is a first time author and I would recommend this book.

Certain parts got kind of boring. But overall really kept my attention and had me on the edge of my seat the whole time.
I would relate it mare to a crime show then your typically thriller mystery. The end did feel a bit abrupt

I can't believe how much I enjoyed this one.

The description barely interested me and the vibes from the cover/title didn't entice me at all... Fortunately they were all off/not representative of the story.

For example, the MC drives a car for half a chapter (LMAO why is this the cover). Also, while it is true she's decided to go find her father, it's the barest backbone foundation to the story. This isn't a story about a missing father or a girl looking for her father. It's a "coming of age" story or an action-packed travelogue about a 21yo woman in 1986.

What I liked about this story was that it took place in 1986 and there is a lot of discussion around political things happening at the time and other social issues. I was a baby so I didn't know any of this,

Finally, I loved the ending but imagine most people will not. The narrator was TERRIFIC.

Thanks netgalley for my ALC.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the free audiobook in exchange for my honest review. THis is narrated by Gina Rogers who does a great job with the story and characters.

Penny is a savant, one of 71 people in the world who have an eidetic and photographic memory, sees colors assigned to numbers and has an IQ of 199. She was not born this way but through a fall down the stairs and a traumatic brain injury, she acquired all of these skills. She has been living at a boarding school for the gifted which is fine by her as her father abandoned their family and her abusive mother blames Penny for her father's departure.

But life for Penny goes sideways when she decides to head out on her own to find her father in California by going on the treasure hunt her father set up for her many years ago. Penny does find her father but also experiences life outside the institution. She and her new friends have some unusual adventures along the way.

This character driven novel is face paced, well written and darkly, a lot of fun to read. I really enjoyed listening to this tale and highly recommend it!

This upcoming release by Carter Wilson will be hitting shelves on April 2nd!

Penny’s got a brain like you wouldn’t believe, but the way she earned her smarts was definitely not normal or common, and just might be the key to unlocking the mystery surrounding her past.

Every year Penny gets a birthday card from her long-lost dad each time with a different post mark, but when she receives what seems to be the final correspondence she decides to break free from her sheltered life to try and find him. She quickly learns that life in ‘the wild’ is dangerous, difficult, and full of secrets!

During her journey, Penny finds new friends and lasting relationships even in the most unlikely circumstances. And even though she is an absolute genius, her venture into ‘the wild’ allows her to discovers the distinction between intelligence and true wisdom!

This book is an exciting read from start to finish, but just a warning, the ending will definitely leaving you wanting more!!!

Penny has savant syndrome and after years of being tested in a facility, decides to runaway and search for her absent father

As a savant, she has incredible, almost superpower-like talents but she quickly realizes in the real world, her talents only take her so far

This is a fast paced, exciting, amusing and endearing suspense. I quickly fell in love with Penny and her mixture of genius and naivety

Gina Rogers did an excellent job with the audiobook narration, especially with Penny’s father - I grew to love his appearances as much as Penny did

Penny’s luck, although awful is also incredible and she manages to get acquainted with a random number of engaging characters

As well as an action packed road trip, there’s also plenty of surprising reveals and by the end I knew I was gonna really miss Penny - so good 🥹

Thanks to Netgalley and Dreamscape Media for access to this audiobook ARC in exchange for my honest review

The Father She Went to Find written by Carter Wilson and narrated by Gina Rogers had me completely and utterly captivated. The synopsis had me intrigued but actually listening to the story blew me away and Carter Wilson is immediately on to my favourite authors list

Gina Rogers' performance was fantastic, from the curiosity and vulnerability of Penny, through her character development, all the way to the assassin from Ecuador, each character was clearly defined with nuance and authenticity. A stellar performance

Penny is unique, so unique, she has been in an institute for the intellectually gifted since she came around from a coma. Penny has an idetic memory that goes beyond the usual understanding of the term. She remembers every single iota of every single event, and everything she has seen or learned about for her entire life. Just not about the accident that landed her in a coma. The accident for which she blames her mother, and which caused her father to disappear

All Penny knows is the institute. It is safe there, with her Doctor, until he calls her one day, letting er know he has a new job. This is at the core of a chain of events, whereby Penny decides to break out of the institute, just before she turns 21. The real world however, is a total eclipse from the institute and when Peny is witness to a double murder in a comedy club, life gets even more complicated than it already is

This book is as unique as Penny is. The characters within are not those we would usually encounter, but that does not detract in any way from their plausibility in the context of the storyline and with their connection ot real events in history. Carter has written a compelling novel that isall at once action packed, but is also empathetic. This is very clear with Penny's introspection and storyline as well as the stories of each of the supporting cast (my favourite scene has to be either the conversation with the assassin in the diner which gives a fantastic perception of intelligence vs wisdom) and the final chapters, which are brief, but beyond a plot twist, a plot spiral and splintering shards that are so very well written.

WHether audiobook or print, I absolutely recommend this book, stunning

Thank you to Netgalley, Dreamscape Media, the author Carter Wilson and narrator Gina Rogers for this incredible ALC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own

Super smart Penny has always wondered why her father left when she was in a coma at 7 years old. When she receives a birthday card in the mail from him with a return address, she decides to leave the safety of her mother's house and ventures out on a road trip to find him. Along the way, Penny is confronted with many different characters and some seriously dangerous situations. Will Penny find out why her father left all those years ago?

Holy moly. This book was such a wild ride. I kept thinking things couldn't possibly get any worse but then situation upon situation were added to Penny's journey. There were so many twists in this fast paced story, combined with the short chapters it made for the exact type of thriller I enjoy. Narration of the audiobook was incredible too and I guarantee you won't be able to stop listening to this one!

Name of Book: The Father She Went to Find
Author: Carter Wilson
Narrator: Gina Roger
Format: 🎧
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Publisher: Dreamscape Media / Poison Pen Press
Pub Date: April 2, 2024
My Rating: 2.5
Pages: 361

When Penny was seven she fell down the basement stairs when she comes out of her coma two things happen ~
1. She becomes a savant—(one of less than one hundred in the world!)
2. She hasn’t seen her father since.

Now on her twenty-first birthday, she receives a card from her father just as she has every year since he left. This birthday card is different.as there is a return address. As well as note saying this would be the last one, as she clearly doesn’t need a father.

She begins a road trip to California; she doesn’t remember much from before her head injury, but she had a snippet of a dream about a road trip with her father. He made a treasure map, and she’s going to follow it to the address written on his final card.

I love the idea of this story but Yikes! I couldn’t get into it! – I didn’t love the narrator nor the nasty language.

This was my second Carter Wilson; I really liked the first story so I will give this author another read!

Want to thank NetGalley, Dreamscape Media and Poison Pen Press for this early Audiobook. Publishing Release Date scheduled for April 2, 2024.

This one kept me engaged throughout! The twists were quite as good as I'd hoping they'd be, but still were not predicable. The writing style was clear and concise--It was easy for me to follow along. In addition, loved the narrator for this one!

3.5 stars

Penny is brilliant, but she isn't exactly lucky.

The most exciting aspect of this thriller is engaging with Penny's perspective. She's a savant, and Wilson compellingly represents her thought processes, memories, and unusual skills (and I even want to suggest *powers* in some cases). I really enjoyed seeing the world and especially problem solving through her eyes.

While Penny does have many talents, she also has a personal mystery locked within: having no idea where her absent father is. She receives a letter from him every year on her birthday and has periodic flashes of familiarity, but her lingering questions send her on a quest for answers. That quest ends in some surprises, but nothing is quite as surprising as the way this book ends.

In the interest of TW, readers who prefer to avoid content about sexual harassment and assault should note that there is some of that here. If that's not your jam, you'll get a good indication of when it's coming and can proceed accordingly.

This was an intriguing concept, but I could have done without the aforementioned content in the TW note, and I don't think that was necessary to forward the plot or character development, which makes me like it even less. For me, it was just distracting. Minor qualms aside, I'd come back to this author.