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A review by danaleelin
Little Whispers by K.L. Slater
3.0
Thank you to Bookouture and Netgalley for my honest review of Little Whispers.
Even the highest gates and shrubs can’t buy you privacy.
When Janey moves to an elite neighborhood she thinks this is the perfect opportunity to start anew after the death of her mother that burdened her with a deathbed secret. There’s just one catch. No matter what she does, it’s never enough for the judging eyes and her mother’s voice repeating in her head to be careful.
That is until she’s taken under the wing of the head of the mom clique, Janey finds the female friendship she’s always wanted but never had, which is especially needed when things are tense and secretive with her husband.
This was a nice read, though the beginning seems very slow in the drawing out in the cliquey “we’re rich but we have problems too” vibe. There was no push or drive with the “weighty secret”. While it picked up in the second half with the urgency of the mystery unfolding it still didn’t feel like a proper payout to me. It seemed like too much was wrapped up in the span of the last 10 % than the pace of the preceding buildup. If there had been more twists earlier and scattered throughout then I would have called this a stellar thriller. It was still enjoyable and I wanted to know the secret which we don’t find out till near the very end, so I was invested.
2.5/5
Even the highest gates and shrubs can’t buy you privacy.
When Janey moves to an elite neighborhood she thinks this is the perfect opportunity to start anew after the death of her mother that burdened her with a deathbed secret. There’s just one catch. No matter what she does, it’s never enough for the judging eyes and her mother’s voice repeating in her head to be careful.
That is until she’s taken under the wing of the head of the mom clique, Janey finds the female friendship she’s always wanted but never had, which is especially needed when things are tense and secretive with her husband.
This was a nice read, though the beginning seems very slow in the drawing out in the cliquey “we’re rich but we have problems too” vibe. There was no push or drive with the “weighty secret”. While it picked up in the second half with the urgency of the mystery unfolding it still didn’t feel like a proper payout to me. It seemed like too much was wrapped up in the span of the last 10 % than the pace of the preceding buildup. If there had been more twists earlier and scattered throughout then I would have called this a stellar thriller. It was still enjoyable and I wanted to know the secret which we don’t find out till near the very end, so I was invested.
2.5/5