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Jennifer Roup (9 KP) rated Little Broken Things in Books

Dec 19, 2017  
Little Broken Things
Little Broken Things
Nicole Baart | 2017 | Thriller
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Great Character Development and Cliff Hanger (0 more)
Jumps around, hard to keep up sometimes (0 more)
Very Intriguing Family Drama
There is nothing better than a thriller that really makes you think. You're not just reading it, you feel like you are right there with the characters, trying to figure it along with them.

Nora and Quinn are estranged sisters with secrets that they are both trying everything they can to keep hidden. Across the lake Quinn and her husband are living, their mother is secretly watching them through the telescope of her deceased husband. She's trying to figure out why Quinn is acting so strange, coming and going in the middle of the night

When Nora shows up after a year, asking Quinn to take care of something for her, Quinn is floored when she realized that "Something" is a 6 year old little girl. Without giving any answers, Nora disappears again without any explanation. So not only must Quinn figure out how to take care of this silent, helpless child, she must also come to terms with the fact that she looks unmistakably like her sister or at least someone else in their family. The same eyes... but whose child is she?

This is twisted, with unreliable characters, hidden secrets, shame and still, the undeniable bond that holds families together even when they want nothing but to be apart.
  
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ClareR (5864 KP) rated The Anarchists Club in Books

May 9, 2019  
The Anarchists Club
The Anarchists Club
Alex Reeve | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry, LGBTQ+, Mystery
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Family secrets and murder in Victorian London.
I really enjoyed the first book in this series, and I think that this one exceeds the last in every way. Leo has become a much more 3 dimensional character here as we get to know him more. I love his inner voice, and while I don’t enjoy his inner turmoil, it’s written so well that you can’t help but feel for him. In fact all of the characters are written with care and understanding, so much so that you understand what drives them to act as they do.
This story is based around the murder of a woman in an Anarchists Club. Leo is implicated in the murder, and so feels compelled to try and solve the case. The murdered woman had children, and Leo for the first time, feels parental obligation and affection for them. Rosie, who was in the last book, works with Leo to solve this murder - she’s a great strong female character. A woman who runs a business and brings up her children on her own.
This is a dark story of poverty, family secrets and sibling rivalry in Victorian England. Reeve captures the atmosphere of London and the times so well. I love these stories and I’ll be looking out for more from Leo and Rosie.
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for another great choice!
  
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Laura Doe (1350 KP) rated The Legacy in Books

Jul 1, 2021  
The Legacy
The Legacy
Caroline Bond | 2021 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Completely different from my usual books, but extremely interesting!
It follows three siblings and their father’s partner after their father has died. He leaves a will, but in it his only instructions are that the siblings have to all agree on what to do with his estate or it all gets donated to charity, the only other person that is named in the will is his carer of the last few months of his life.

What follows is a weekend of arguments, sly digs and suspicion. And when the ex wife turns up, it looks like things could get explosive between her and her ex husband’s grieving partner. The family have never taken to her, blaming her for splitting the family up.

It was very interesting seeing the family dynamics, and trying to work out the secrets that the siblings are hiding from each other and what big things have been going on in their lives that the others don’t know about.

A very interesting concept, and something that I don’t know a lot about. Definitely one that I’ll be recommending to people who want something a little different.