3.5 ⭐
Genre ~ psychological fiction
Setting ~ NYC
Publication date ~ July 30, 2024
Est Page Count ~ 322 (p+ 47 chapters +e)
Audio length ~ 10 hours 42 minutes
Narrator ~ Olivia Campbell, Cassandra Campbell
POV ~ dual 1st, present and past tense
Featuring ~ multiple timelines all over the place, gas lighting, mentions of rape, infidelity
My review:
Katrina (mother) & Cleo (daughter) don’t have the best of relationships, but when Cleo comes home and discovers Kat is missing she’s on the hunt for answers.
Cleo is 20 so she pretty much knows it all still. She was a little crazy at times with the things she did. I remember the days I knew it all, and now I’m living them with my own daughter 😂 hope she doesn’t come home and find me abducted one day. The author does a good job of showing how mother/daughter relationships are not always roses, cute puppies and sunshine, but one thing is for sure a mother’s love is deep.
I can’t say it was a super surprising play out. It did give me a smidgen of an ick factor, but I enjoyed it for the most part. Hated the hub, of course. Overall, I’d recommend it for slow burn suspenseful psychological fiction lovers.
Narration notes:
So happy there were 2, especially when the characters ages vary greatly. Both did pretty good. Cleo’s narrator sounded age appropriate, however she was a bit monotone. I could go for a little more excitement during certain sentences, such as when one is frightened.
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Book blurb:
A daughter races to uncover her mother’s secret life in the wake of her disappearance in this thriller.
When Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother, Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom’s bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened.
But what? The polar opposite of Cleo, whose “out of control” emotions and “unsafe” behavior have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the essence of Park Slope perfection: a happily married, successful corporate lawyer. Or so Cleo thinks.
Kat has been lying. She’s not just a lawyer; she’s her firm’s fixer. She’s damn good at it, too. Growing up in a dangerous group home taught her how to think fast, stay calm under pressure, and recognize a real threat when she sees one. And in the days leading up her disappearance, Kat has become aware of multiple threats: demands for money from her unfaithful soon-to-be ex-husband; evidence that Cleo has slipped back into a relationship that’s far riskier than she understands; and menacing anonymous messages from her past—all of which she’s kept hidden from Cleo . . .
Like Mother, Like Daughter is a thrilling novel of emotional suspense that questions the damaging fictions we cling to and the hard truths we avoid. Above all, it’s a love story between a mother and a daughter, each determined to save the other before it’s too late.
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