Darling Girls

I just finished Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth and here are my musings.

Jessica, Norah and Alicia couldn't be more different but their sisterhood bond is unbreakable...Unshakable. The tragedies they suffered in their childhood has them bonded for life. They aren't biological sisters but foster sisters. Miss Fairchild seemed like the perfect foster mother on the outside but she has rules and you don't ever cross her or you will pay.

Even after they have grown and moved on they have stayed close and they have all put their time in foster care behind them. That is until a body is discovered under the house they grew up in... The only question now is are the witnesses or suspects?


This book was so good I could barely contain myself reading it. I don't often speak while I read but I found myself saying things outloud and the gasps were heard by my whole house. My husband was so intrigued he asked me about the book. He never does that.

All three sisters are so different. Not only in who they become as adults but how they coped with the things that happened to them as children. Norah is the one that seemed like she didn't have herself all together but at the same time she really was better off because she never hid how she was feeling, no matter how angry she was. The fact they stayed so close made you wonder what happened to them to make them almost trauma bond together. It was mesmirizing to watch their characters unfold the way they did.

They are all called back to the house by police all these years later to answer questions about their time in foster care and the going ons of the house. We got the POV of all three girls in the past and the present which made for a really well rounded story but we also got the POV from an unknown person talking to a psychologist which really added depth to this thriller.

Total page turner and the ending was a real shocker. You kinda thought you knew then you find out the truth and it's a HOLY NUGGETS, jump out your seat, mind blown ending. You won't regret grabbing a copy today!

Thank you @netgalley and @stmartinspress for my gifted copy

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