📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚 Just Like the Other Girls
AUTHOR: Claire Douglas @clairedouglasauthor
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐1/2 + 🐰
Published: January 11, 2022
The Review 📚 Just Like the Other Girls
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- I am not sure what drew me to this book, to be honest. The premise sounded really intriguing and just the sort of thriller I would enjoy!
💜 What I liked:
- This story definitely kept me guessing and pointed me to a lot of false leads. This story is told from a few points of view as you try to discover what happened to these previous girls who wind up dead. The end will take you by surprise (unless you are like me who suspects everyone).
😱 What I didn’t like:
- This book lagged a little and didn’t really take off until about halfway through. Also, the characters weren’t ones I really felt like I could get behind, except one. However, the payoff is surprising, even if it did take awhile to get there.
🚦 My face at the end: 🤓
💭 3 Reasons to Read:
- 1. Surprising Plot twists
- 2. Dangerous job
- 3. Family secrets
🕧 Mini-Summary:
- Una goes to work at a house as a companion. But what happens when she learns that previous girls have wound up dead?
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.
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📘 Summary 📚 Just Like the Other Girls
“A chilling novel showcasing Claire Douglas’s trademark brilliantly claustrophobic settings and tightly plotted twists. Impossible to know which of the well-drawn characters to trust and very hard to put down.”–Gilly MacMillan, bestselling author of What She Knew
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Do Not Disturb, an electrifying tale of psychological suspense in which an unsuspecting young woman finds herself trapped in an increasingly sinister web of mystery and lies.
CARER/COMPANION WANTED FOR ELDERLY LADY
YOUNG FEMALE PREFERRED
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She thought she was safe. So did the others . . .
At loose ends after the devastating death of her mother, Una Richardson responds to an advertisement for a ladies’ companion, a position that leads her into the wealthy, secluded world of Mrs. Elspeth McKenzie.
But Elspeth’s home isn’t the comforting haven it seems.
Kathryn, her cold and bitter daughter, resents Una’s presence. More disturbing is evidence suggesting two girls lived here before her.
What happened to the young women?
Why won’t the McKenzies talk about them?
What are they hiding?
As the walls begin to close in around her, Una fears she’ll end up just like the other girls .