First and foremost I must say, " Thank you" to Catherine McKenzie for going out of her way to provide me this ARC Widget from her publicist in record speed.
I was a bit anxious to read this having heard so much on the social media sites about this newest creation.
Upon reading this I got the sense that something was off not just with the characters but with the entire piece. It was a slow melting simmer until slightly after the midway point when things started to creep back towards a thrill.
It begins with a 48 year old mother of adult female triplets and two grandsons. If this wasn't enough on her plate, she's also in the midst of divorce from her husband Jake while processing the news that she only has a few weeks to live after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
Well, I'll be damned that's quite a full ball of mess but nobody seemed to really give a rat's bum what happened to this mother.
Everyone in this novel was stand-off-ish and drama filled to the point it began to rub me the wrong way. It's as if the mother was invisible and who dare say perhaps even making up her story for nothing more than sympathy, empathy, and compassion.
But, why would her soon to be ex-husband go to such great lengths to do her in and why is her bloodwork coming back with high levels of lead.
For the love of God - the adults are in the medical and science field so they should have some clue or inkling about how this is all going down right? They're her children why aren't they up to par on these events happening in their lives?
As if this wasn't enough to upset the conundrum we then realize that their may be a 'staging' of sorts and you'll never believe whose behind the issues at hand.
I mean how could the mother be so ill that she's on the verge of dying and the adult kids seem fine. I know in my case - I not only had what my parents suffered from but twice as bad and at a much earlier age. Perhaps not everyone's DNA takes a hit but in this case these are her biological kids so you'd think some part of genetics would be troublesome for them at their ages.
But, wait...there's more!
This mother named Jennifer is now claiming she's been poisoned! Oh, if only the shoes were turned. You know that old saying- Walk a mile in her shoes.... Why is that coming to mind.
Oh, forget about it as this continues to snowball out of control, the finger pointing begins, the drama heightens, the fury escalates, and the temper tantrums go full steam ahead.
Who has the problems here...Is the better question.
As many of us have come to learn sometimes it's not you that has the problem but the Ass-Hats you surround yourself with as stress, trauma, anxiety, etc. can wreak havoc on a body.
What if Jennifer isn't the one with the issues in the medical department? What if someone else is behind it all.
Or, think it this way-What if there's a mental/cognitive problem that went unnoticed all these years? Could that be possible? Can you raise kids to this level, with solid foundations in place, and still be deemed insane?
Well, folks that's enough of my teasers for now, but stay tuned for more reviews coming your way.
Thank you to Catherine McKenzie, Atria Publicist, NetGalley, and the all important Amazon Kindle for this ARC in exchange for this honest review.
I hope you give this one a try as it was a good, solid, piece of work.
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