Book Review: The Perfect Baby by Sam Vickery
Publication Day: 27th September 2024
Published By: Bookouture
I brought her home from the hospital. But she wasn’t mine to take…
All I’ve ever wanted is to be a mother. And as I look into the beautiful, bright blue eyes of this baby tucked up in her blanket, I can’t wait to bring her home with me. Everyone doubted me, but I know I’m ready now. I’m going to give this sweet child the perfect life.
Stepping into the cold air outside of the hospital doors, a shiver runs through me. I know my life will never be the same again. I slip off her little white medical bracelet and put it in the pocket of my jeans. She’s mine now, I smile, picking up the pace.
I know this little baby is safe in my arms. That I deserve her. That I should do everything in my power to keep her. Even if she wasn’t mine to take…
MY REVIEW
I wasn’t expecting this!! Ok, complete honesty here, I wasn’t sure where this book was going at first, and I wasn’t in the mood for it. I knew something was going to happen but wasn’t sure what. I even decided I might take a break as I felt I needed a break from reading. I then got the audiobook, and I started listening. (I LOVE listening to books!) I still wasn’t sure what would happen, but things got “strange, ” and I was hooked and wanted to know what would happen. I wanted to know how everyone was going to be linked.
Then!!!!
That twist!!!!
Jaw dropped! And my head was spinning, I had to pause the book to go to physio, but after I blitzed the last hour or so, what a way to twist everything up. I thought I knew what was happening, but I was wrong. The most delicious of unreliable narrators blew it out. I was shocked, I was like, no f-ing way! It completely floored me. Then the ending, I mean there surely will be a sequel, I need to know if we are about to have an explosive showdown. I think I know what I would do in that character’s position. The absolute gall that someone could do “that” and potentially be never found – WOW!!!
This book surprised me in the best possible way. I was itching for the narrator to hurry up so I could connect the dots, (although I couldn’t work out the timeline) I connected them, and boy oh boy, they were thrilling!
Hats off to Ms Vickery, she has written a final third to beat final thirds, to twist you in knots. To make you rethink how you felt and feel about people, and to turn everything on its head. Pure genius!
Until the next time xxx
Thank you so much to Sarah @ Bookouture for the tour invite and a copy of the book in return for my honest and unbiased review.
About Sam Vickery
Sam Vickery is an English author who loves gritty, emotional stories that can make you sob. As a child, she was forever getting in trouble for being caught with her nose in a book, and these days are no different. She lives on the south coast of England with her husband, two children and a cat that thinks it’s a dog.
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