Thank you Troubadour Publishing for a copy of The Place Where Love Should Be for an honest review.

The story of two mothers, both suffering from postpartum psychosis. I personally went through postpartum anxiety and this book felt like an accurate representation of how hard the newborn period is, and why and how these ladies sink so deep.
Evie is suffering when her baby boy Edward is born. Her family try to help but she wants to feel like she can handle it. She wants to be able to love her own son. Evie’s mother left the family when she was six after her baby sister Joanne was born. As she reconnects with her to find some connection with someone who knows the struggle she’s facing, more about why her mother left is revealed.

I enjoyed this book and it almost felt too close to home for me. Brought back a lot of the darker days of NICU time with my son and those first few months of anxiety. How they let you leave a hospital with such a tiny fragile little person is still a shock to me sometimes. I did see myself in Evie and liked following her story. The rest of the characters were exasperating at times but all in all, a very interesting read.