The Perfect Mother by Caroline Mitchell #BookReview @Caroline_writes @BOTBSPUBLICITY @AmazonPub #BlogTour #thriller #thomasandmercer

Today I’m thrilled to be one of the bloggers taking part in the blog tour for The Perfect Mother by Caroline Mitchell. Anyone who follows my blog will know I’m a huge fan of the authors crime books. The Perfect Mother takes the author in a different direction, so I did pick up this book with some reservations. Read on for my thoughts…..

She thought they wanted her baby. But they won’t stop there.

Roz is young, penniless and pregnant. All she wants is to be the perfect mother to her child, but the more she thinks about her own chaotic upbringing, the more certain she is that the best life for her baby is as far away as possible from her hometown in Ireland.

Determined to do the right thing, Roz joins an elite adoption service and can’t believe her luck. Within days she is jetting to New York to meet a celebrity power couple desperate for a child of their own. Sheridan and Daniel are wealthy and glamorous—everything Roz isn’t. Her baby will never go hungry, and will have every opportunity for the perfect life. But soon after Roz moves into their plush basement suite, she starts to suspect that something darker lurks beneath the glossy surface of their home.

When Roz discovers she isn’t the first person to move in with the couple, and that the previous woman has never been seen since, alarm bells start ringing. As the clock ticks down to her due date, Roz realises her unborn baby may be the only thing keeping her alive, and that despite her best intentions, she has walked them both into the perfect nightmare…

The Perfect Mother is certainly different to Caroline Mitchell’s previous crime thrillers, described as a psychological thriller, it’s a book that kept me glued to my kindle screen. For me this book show cases what an accomplished author Mitchell is, whether it be a crime or psychological thriller it’s evident the author puts her heart and soul into her writing. Guess what? I absolutely loved The Perfect Mother, it’s creepy, chilling, and very dark. It’s a story of motherhood, and the lengths people will go to to protect those they love.

Roz is broke and pregnant and wanting the best life for her baby. A life she feels she can’t provide based on her own upbringing, in desperation she turns to an ‘elite’ adoption agency that connects her with a wealthy celebrity couple celebrity Sheridan and Daniel, they can provide the baby the sort of life Roz could only fantasize about. She moves into the couples opulent home, to await the birth of her baby, and here’s where things take a very sinister turn.

If you think The Perfect Mother’s plot isn’t an imaginative one, believe me once you pick up the book, you will realise it’s an unique plot. The Perfect Mother is a combination of plot and character driven, and what an eclectic bunch they turned out to be! Sheridan is a celebrity, she’s one of those characters that gets under your skin for all the wrong reasons, she’s cold, calculated and definitely deluded, she actually made my skin crawl and fear for Roz’s baby. Roz is naïve, a lost soul, wanting only the best for her baby. Her naivety puts her in a situation that turns out to be her worse nightmare.

I really thought I had the plot all worked out, but to my surprise Caroline Mitchell threw in a couple of brilliant twists that left me speechless, no mean feat! Whilst reading this book I was accompanied by an increasing sense of dread as the story unfolded. This is one of those books that’s addictive and before you know it you are half way through the book. With an enticing plot, twists and turns, an unlikable character, one chapter turns into another and another. The Perfect Mother has such an innocent title, but don’t be fooled, inside it’s pages there’s a dark and twisted tale lurking. A superb read full of suspense, mystery and plenty of drama! Highly recommended.

Format: Kindle Edition
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (14 Jan. 2020)

Buying link: Amazon UK 🇬🇧

My thanks to the author, Amazon publishing and Sarah Hardy at Book On The Bright Side for my ARC in exchange for an unbiased and honest review.

About the author

New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post and International #1 Bestselling Author. Shortlisted by the International Thriller Awards for best ebook 2017 and the Killer Nashville Best Police Procedural 2018. Over a million books sold.

Caroline originates from Ireland and now lives with her family in a village on the coast of Essex. A former police detective, she has worked in CID and specialised in roles dealing with vulnerable victims, high-risk victims of domestic abuse, and serious sexual offences. She now writes full time.

Caroline writes psychological and crime thrillers. The most recent, Silent Victim reached No.1 in the Amazon charts in the UK, USA and Australia and was the winner of the Reader’s Favourite Awards in the psychological thriller category. It has been described as ‘brilliantly gripping and deliciously creepy’.

You can follow Caroline on Twitter at @Caroline_Writes and www.Facebook.com/CMitchellAuthoror www.caroline-writes.com

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