Not a Mistake to Read It

Another thriller crossed off the TBR pile and it didn't disappoint!

Heidi Perks' novel, "Her One MIstake", centers around the lives of two women - Charlotte and Harriet. Charlotte is introduced as a woman who has it all, husband w/ a fantastic job, three children she has the day-to-day responsibility of keeping in line, a one-of-a-kind home kept up to date with cleaning and meals. Charlotte was everything Harriet supposedly aspired to be, considering she was a tip-top mother in watching her daughter, Alice. A single day in which Harriet decided to hand over the reins to Charlotte, with blatantly obvious reluctance, was not without fail - considering Charlotte lost Harriet's daughter in a matter of mere hours but had her children well in mind and sight.

Perks' novel is NOT what meets the eye within the first fifty pages. I plucked this novel out of the TBR pile in hopes of recognizing a simple snatched-child storyline, but OH NO. Perks unravels a storyline so much more relevant to not merely a missing child, but two women attempting to find themselves among what's deemed utter chaos or serene tasks.

5/5 stars!

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