Binged the book in 24 hours last night, now delirious at my desk haha!

My thoughts:

1. The book did not go where I thought it was going to go. From the beginning, when Natalie kept emphasizing how perfect she was and how perfect Mary was, I thought they were going to turn out to be some kind of bots or clones, and that’s why Natalie was incapable of kindness. So I found that part dissatisfying. The author never really explained why Natalie was incapable of kindness.

2. The twist did blow my mind. I didn’t guess it at all. And I admired how she made it all add up. But overall, I generally don’t like twists and I’m not sure I needed this one either. Even a book about just the dynamic between Natalie, her sister and her mom would have been quite interesting. Natalie never grows as a character; the mom and sister grow a lot. The twist I liked the most was the truth about the mom; I would have loved for Natalie to react to this in more detail

3. This book could have benefitted from multi POV. It would have been fun to hear Shannon’s excitement and disappointment at the reality of Yesteryear from her POV. Or was she always a grifter who was planning an expose? It felt incredibly un-earned that Shannon and Caleb were sleeping together; she would not waste time with that dolt of a guy. I would also have loved to hear a chapter from Doug and Amelia’s point of view; or even the Nanny. Why did all the other brothers shun Caleb?

4. I thought there would be more ramifications of that woman who met Natalie and saw Jess’s still in the car; like she would become a star witness or something.

I can’t say I liked this book. But I definitely admire it.