Book Review: Things We Never Say by Caitlin Weaver

4.25⭐
Genre ~ psychological fiction, domestic drama
Setting ~ Georgia
Publication date ~ book ~ September 27, 2024, audio ~ November 12, 2024
Publisher ~ Dreamscape Media
Est Page Count ~ 394 (63 chapters)
Audio length ~ 11 hours 30 minutes
Narrator ~ Jesse Vilinsky
POV ~ multiple 3rd
Featuring ~ secrets, family drama, domestic abuse, infidelity

My review:

Anna, Maggie & Rhea are three very different mothers with very different secrets that come together and form a friendship after discovering a scandal at their children’s school. I really enjoyed how they slowly became great friends that could rely on each other. And they rely on each other until the satisfying ending.

But it’s not just the women that have secrets, it’s the men too. One hub needed a dose of his own medicine, one you just want to shake with his stupidity and the other I wish was honest sooner.

Overall, a solid read. I found the pace steady and while the storyline was not unique the way it unfolded kept me engaged throughout. I’ll definitely read this author again.

Narration notes:
She did do a wonderful job giving each character their own voice, but I really think there should have been 3 narrators.

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Book blurb:

Three mothers. Three secrets. One devastating scandal.

Anna has always been the quiet one, the soft-spoken mother who kept her head down and her secrets close. But when she’s thrown together with Maggie and Rhea on a PTA project, they begin to bond over wine and gossip, and slowly share the truths behind their picture-perfect lives.

As a relationship therapist, Maggie is struggling with the painful, embarrassing reality of her floundering marriage. Rhea, despite her wealthy appearance, admits her troubled past could resurface and shatter her perfect world. But it’s Anna who harbors the darkest secret, hiding the reality of her home life to protect the reputation of her husband – the school headmaster.

When the three women stumble upon a scandal the school has gone to great lengths to bury, Anna is caught in an impossible dilemma. With the centennial gala approaching, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to expose the truth. Because doing so could wreck all of their perfect lives in one instant…

In this gripping tale of scandal, deception, and female solidarity, three women discover the steep price of perfection and the unshakable strength of friendship. A riveting, emotional story that will captivate fans of Big Little Lies, Lucinda Berry and Jodi Picoult.

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