About the Book

Little Darlings

Little Darlings

Author: Melanie Golding
Pages: 312
ISBN: 1683319974
Genre: Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Thriller
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Released: April 30, 2019

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Synopsis

“Mother knows best” takes on a sinister new meaning in this unsettling thriller perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Grimms’ Fairy Tales.
Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they’re right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she’s never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room, a woman tried to take her babies and replace them with her own…creatures. Yet when the police arrived, they saw no one. Everyone, from her doctor to her husband, thinks she’s imagining things.
A month passes. And one bright summer morning, the babies disappear from Lauren’s side in a park. But when they’re found, something is different about them. The infants look like Morgan and Riley―to everyone else. But to Lauren, something is off. As everyone around her celebrates their return, Lauren begins to scream, These are not my babies.
Determined to bring her true infant sons home, Lauren will risk the unthinkable. But if she’s wrong about what she saw…she’ll be making the biggest mistake of her life.
Compulsive, creepy, and inspired by some our darkest fairy tales, Little Darlings will have you checking―and rechecking―your own little ones. Just to be sure. Just to be safe.


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Our Review


Lauren is a new mom to twin boys, exhausted from the sleepless nights and endless feedings. When someone tries swapping her babies with their own un-human creatures she begins to obsess over their safety. Except no one saw an intruder and changelings aren’t real. Did she imagine it?

A few weeks later, Lauren takes the babies to the park for an afternoon outing. It’s a good day for Lauren until the twins suddenly go missing. When they are finally found everyone is relieved for their safe return. Everyone except Lauren, who insists the identical looking babies are not actually her babies after all.

What follows is a haunting tale of a desperate mother questioning her reality and the length she’s willing to go to save her sons.

Inspired by dark folklore and paranormal fairy tales, this ominous and creepy story is quite the page turner with some Brothers Grimm vibes.

This book was used for prompt #1: A book by a debut author, in the BOTM 30/30 – Summer 2019 Challenge.

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