This was my first Sally Hepworth, but it definitely won’t be my last.

We have three grown women who grew up in the care of Mrs. Fairchild and what happened within the walls isn’t all roses. Told in third person and first person for alternating chapters, I enjoyed watching this unravel.

Thrillers no longer really surprise me and I saw most things coming, I still felt the story was compelling and the characters were really fleshed out. Each girl had to work through their own experiences with their foster mother and their past trauma.

I enjoyed the touch of looking at ways of healing and how these experiences affect people into their adult lives and subsequent relationships.

There are some pretty dark themes, so be aware of that going in, but this one you’ll have a hard time putting down.