The Golden Child by Wendy JamesMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Beth Mahony is a stay-at-home mother of two daughters, Lucy and Charlotte. She's also a blogger, whose alter ego, Lizzie, paints a picture of a busy, happy life. Originally from Australia, Beth and her family have lived in New Jersey for ten years. When an opportunity to relocate to Australia arises, the Mahonys decide to return to their native country. The move comes at the perfect time: Charlotte, the youngest daughter, has been accused of being the ringleader of a clique of girls whose dangerous initiation rites leave a child in hospital.
But then things happen again in Australia that points again to Charlotte. 2 families that get a long and make friendships. 1 of the children is a bully and 1 ends up in the hospital. I would have given this a 4 but the ending kind of sucked for me. Yes there was a twist but really parents? Is this how you deal with your children?
I received this ARC from Edelweiss and Skyhorse Publishing for an honest review.
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Oh man, a bad ending get me all torqued!
ReplyDeleteGreat review, yikes a bad ending is never a good thing to end a really good book, thank you so much for sharing your awesome post.
ReplyDeleteGreat review. It's a pity the ending was bad because it sounded like the story had real potential.
ReplyDeleteLooked promising, what a shame about the ending x
ReplyDeleteGreat review! Too bad the ending wasn't great. I hate it when a good book ends badly.
ReplyDeleteGreat review. Stinks about the ending.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first read the title I was took back to the 80s and the Eddie Murphy film. Endings are crucial and must be done right or they spoil the whole book. Great review.
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