My Perfect Family
Melanie Price
Genre:
Psychological, Thriller
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Publisher: Wendlebury
Date Published: 2024
Book Length: 282
Format: E Book supplied by Love Book Tours in return for an honest review
Star Rating: 4**** I liked it a lot and recommend
About Book: My mother is dead. I think I killed her. Growing up, I tried to fit into my mother, Suzannah’s, new picture-perfect family when she married Glenn. But I couldn’t compete with my new stepsister Zara with her bright blue eyes and angelic blonde curls. As soon as possible, I left to live the life of my dreams on the other side of the world. I’d wanted to start afresh. Away from all the mistakes of my past...But now I've returned home to repair my burned bridges. I'd hoped maybe we could finally become the perfect family my mother always dreamed of. Instead, I wake to a nightmare. My mother has been found dead after an accident. And I can’t remember where I was last night. But I’m covered in bruises and have hazy memories of a terrible scream... We’d had our problems, but I would never have hurt her. Would I? When I come face to face with my stepfamily for the first time in over a year I realise once thing for certain: it wasn’t just an “accident”. Someone wanted her dead. But why, and who could have gone this far? Whatever the answer I won't stop until I discover the truth. Because I can't trust a single person in this family of mine. All I know is that each of us has a secret. Every one of us is a suspect. Even me…
My Thoughts: My Perfect Family by Melanie Price starts with a dreadful event and then works its way through how that happened and who did it. The book races through at speed with twists and turns at every junction and it oozes with the emotion of the trauma and I was willing everything to be right for Emily Olsen.
A couple of areas of description in the book seem a little woody, but id did not detract from the overall readability of the book. The book had short chapters which helped build tension and made for a fairly quick read.
My Perfect Family was embroiled in twists and surprises all the way through.
In conclusion a mystery involving a blended family that is fast paced with a few unexpected surprises. If you like a good mystery then this book is for you.