Cherlynn | cherreading's Reviews > Mothers' Instinct

Insanity 🤯🤯😱😱

Holy smokes!!! It's been ages since I was so engrossed in a book. This was simply unputdownable - there's always a sense of dread, tension and foreboding even when there's no apparent conflict. You just know that something's gonna implode.

I love how the cast, writing and setting are all so minimal and frills-free, but yet the novel is nothing short of gripping, suspenseful and explosive. In fact, I don't think the exact location is ever mentioned but it's so vivid and atmospheric regardless.

And that ending!!!! Can't decide if I love it or hate it, but it certainly made my head spin and left me slack-jawed.

Thank you to HarperVia for the Netgalley ARC.

Favourite quotes:

✨ "Real life isn't about straight lines. Life is one vast expanse of rugged terrain, riddled with obstacles, twists and turns, and deviations. A maze full of pitfalls with no straight lines in sight. The shortest path between two points is the one you know best."

✨ "When silence launches its attack, whispers become rumors, running wild, out of control, spreading breathlessly from loose lips to eager ears."

✨ "When words and numbers are gone, tears are all that remain. And silence. Now and forever. The silence of a missing presence screaming in your head, your heart, deep in your gut, leaving no peace, no respite, only the damp misery of regret."