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Mothered
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From the USA Today bestselling author of the international sensation Baby Teeth comes a claustrophobic psychological thriller about one woman’s nightmarish spiral while quarantined with her mother. Grace isn’t exactly thrilled when her newly widowed mother, Jackie, asks to move in with her. They’ve never had a great relationship, and Grace likes her space—especially now that she’s stuck at home during a pandemic. Then again, she needs help with the mortgage after losing her job. And maybe it’ll be a chance for them to bond—or at least give each other a hand. But living with Mother isn’t for everyone. Good intentions turn bad soon after Jackie moves in. Old wounds fester; new ones open. Grace starts having nightmares about her disabled twin sister, who died when they were kids. And Jackie discovers that Grace secretly catfishes people online—a hobby Jackie thinks is unforgivable. When Jackie makes an earth-shattering accusation against her, Grace sees it as an act of revenge, and it sends her spiraling into a sleep-deprived madness. As the walls close in, the ghosts of Grace’s past collide with a new but familiar threat: Mom.
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For many, the COVID-19 pandemic still feels very much alive and real. Massive shutdowns, halted travel plans, and isolation from those that you love. But what if there was something else lurking beneath our fragile and terrified society; something as close to us as our own mother whose sudden appearance causes the past and present to collide?
Mothered is a psychological thriller that you didn’t see coming. While the pacing was slower than I expected it to be, it does provide that edge-of-your-seat suspense that will keep you interested until the very end. Zoje Stage does a great job immersing us into Grace’s world while giving us the kind of slow-burn thrills that made me gasp at the end. Highly recommend to domestic psychological thriller fans.
Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review the book!
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