Skip to main content

HER PRETTY FACE



SYNOPSIS


Frances Metcalfe is struggling to stay afloat.

A stay-at-home mom whose troubled son is her full-time job, she thought that the day he got accepted into the elite Forrester Academy would be the day she started living her life. Overweight, insecure, and lonely, she is desperate to fit into Forrester’s world. But after a disturbing incident at the school leads the other children and their families to ostracize the Metcalfes, she feels more alone than ever before.

Until she meets Kate Randolph.

Kate is everything Frances is not: beautiful, wealthy, powerful, and confident. And for some reason, she’s not interested in being friends with any of the other Forrester moms—only Frances. As the two bond over their disdain of the Forrester snobs and the fierce love they have for their sons, a startling secret threatens to tear them apart.

Because one of these women is not who she seems. Her real name is Amber Kunik. And she’s a murderer.


Title: Her pretty face
Author: Robyn Harding
Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press
Publication date: July 10, 2018


REVIEW

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐💫

Having read and loved Robyn Harding’s latest books, The Swap and The Perfect Family, I knew I had to go through her backlist as soon as possible, and Her Pretty Face was my first stop. Once again I got so engrossed in the story that I listened to it in a couple of afternoons. The author really has a knack for making the stories flow, making it hard for the reader to stop reading (even when you have more pressing matters to attend to!).

Frances doesn’t fit with the moms of the elite Forrester Academy her son attends until she meets Kate, a beautiful, confident and wealthy mom that shows an interest in her. Both of them will bond until a secret one of them is hiding threatens to break their friendship.

And what a secret it was! One of them is a murderer (not a spoiler, it’s right there on the synopsis), so I guess that could be quite the deal breaker. I hadn’t read the synopsis first so it was a surprise for me.

With three POVs, Frances, Daisy (Kate’s daughter) and a young boy from a past timeline, it kept me guessing what kind of secrets these suburban mums could be hiding.

As details from the past started being revealed I found the story more disturbing, as a new face about one of the main characters was unveiled and it was quite dark.

While I liked it, I think it lacked some stronger mystery element or big reveal at the end, although I still was surprised when the identity of one of the characters was revealed. I found really interesting the way the murderer reacted when her past was made public and think it was a good representation of how a true sociopath would react (despicable and unsettling as it was).

The audiobook was really well narrated and all three narrators really captured the essence of the characters.

A well-written and pretty good domestic suspense that will make you second guess yourself. Now, onto my next Robyn Harding!




 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

AN ESCAPE TO REMEMBER

  SYNOPSIS When Louise surprises her boyfriend by returning early from a work trip, safe to say she wasn’t expecting to see him in flagrante delicto with another woman. Heart-torn and vowing to stay away from men, when Louise’s next project involves restoring an ageing hotel in Italy, she leaps at the chance to get away. Managed by a crew of sextagenarians, the Grand Hotel del Monferrato needs all the love and care Louise can give it. But it’s hard to stay focused on the job when her thoughts keep straying to Vito, the reclusive and mysterious owner of the hotel. With his tragic past and her no-romance policy, Louise knows they can’t have a future. Yet something keeps pulling the two together. Title: An escape to remember Author: T.A. Williams Publisher: Canelo Publication date: March 24, 2022 I’m a man. And a pretty old man as well. I did languages at university a long time ago and then lived and worked in France and Switzerland before going to Italy for seven years as a teacher o...
Post a Comment
Read more

TERROR DE ESTADO

SINOPSIS Terror de Estado sigue la trayectoria de una secretaria de Estado novel que se incorpora a la administración de su rival, un presidente que llega al poder tras un mandato que relegó a Estados Unidos a un segundo plano en el tablero internacional. Cuando una serie de ataques terroristas dinamita el orden establecido, esta mujer será la encargada de aglutinar al equipo que descifre aquella conspiración letal, un plan calculado al milímetro para sacar provecho de un gobierno estadounidense débil y desconectado de la realidad. Título: Terror de estado Autor: Hillary Rodham Clinton & Louise Penny Editorial: Salamanca Fecha de publicación: 4 Noviembre 2021 RESEÑA VALORACIÓN: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gracias a Salamandra por el envío del ejemplar. Nunca había leído nada de Louise Penny ni de Hillary Clinton, y el thriller politico no es de ni de lejos unos de mis géneros habituales, pero “Terror de Estado” llamó mi atención desde que leí la sinopsis por primera vez, y tenía mucha curiosidad por ver...
Post a Comment
Read more

A ROYAL MURDER

  SYNOPSIS At the royal boat race there are beautiful barges, plenty of bunting, a handsome prince and… is that a body in the water? Lady Swift is on the case! Spring, 1923. One-time adventurer and now amateur sleuth Lady Eleanor Swift is attending the annual royal regatta with her new pal Tipsy Fitzroy. Tipsy has Eleanor trussed up like a debutante in a new dress, determined to turn her into a proper society lady. Even Eleanor’s favourite companion, Gladstone the bulldog, has a new outfit for the occasion. But the sparkling prize-giving ceremony is interrupted when the devilishly handsome host gulps his glass of champagne on stage and collapses to the floor. The victim is none other than the king’s cousin, Lord Xander Taylor-Howard. He was rumoured to be entangled in a rather dubious gambling ring, but did someone kill him instead of collecting his debt? Or was this simply an ill-timed tragic accident? Either way, a right royal scandal is afoot… Sir Percival, the head of the royal...
Post a Comment
Read more