🎧 Book Review: I Let Her in by Maria Frankland

3.5⭐
Genre ~ domestic thriller
Setting ~ Yorkshire, England
Publication date ~ March 19, 2024
Est page Count ~ 320 (p+ 50 chapters +e)
Audio length ~ 8 hours 44 minutes
Narrators ~ Emma Swan, Kristin Atherton
POV ~ mostly dual 1st with extra POVs towards the end
Featuring ~ 6 parts, controlling husband, old secrets, revenge

My review:

Cassie & Jon have moved into his childhood home, along with 4 year old, Teddy.
Amy inserts herself into Cassie’s life by offering to dog sit while Cassie begins a new job.
Becca lives next door and is not too happy when she sees John is back in town.

It’s obvious Jon, Becca and Amy know each other and the author does a good job of building up the suspense of what happened 10 years ago.

It’s books like this that I’m happy I never have any strangers in my house watching my child or dog. You never know what someone will do when no one is watching. I’d probably install a camera if it were me. All characters were pretty unlikable, except for Suki the dog, of course. Jon was the worst. It’s weird, but they all seemed older then 28, not sure why, maybe I expect controlling husbands to be older.

Overall, a solid, fast paced domestic thriller. The twists weren’t overall thrilling, but there nonetheless.

Narration notes:
I thought they both did a wonderful job. They were properly frantic was necessary.

*Thanks to the author, Bookouture Audio and NetGalley for the audio copy. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*

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Book blurb:

From where I stand in the shadows of Cassie and Jon’s garden, it’s easy to spot little Teddy in an upstairs window, playing alone in his room. So many parents don’t appreciate what they’ve got. It can take a threat to their child’s safety to make them realise how blessed they are. I wonder if it will come to that…

I was so excited – so relieved – to be moving to Cherry Tree Lane. I needed somewhere new, where I could start fresh with my husband Jon and toddler Teddy. Somewhere far away from the fear that came before. I felt so lucky to meet Amy on our first trip to the local playground. Immediately welcoming, warm and kind, she quickly became the friend I’d always wanted.

How wrong I was.

Because today, I turned up at Teddy’s nursery to find him gone. He’d been picked up an hour ago by Amy. She’s disappeared, taking my precious son with her. And it’s terrifyingly clear I never knew her at all.

Now the threats have begun. I let her in to my life, but she already knew everything about me, about my family. The one thing she doesn’t know – and the only leverage I have to get Teddy back – is what really forced us from our last home. But revealing that means destroying the perfect life I have now…

I have no choice. I’ll just have to live with the consequences. If I can survive the fallout…

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