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Watch Her Run
Jennifer Moorhead
Jade St. James, a glamorous influencer, is living the dream: a high-profile wedding to an LSU quarterback, a life meticulously crafted for the public eye. But one glance at a scarred bartender, a glimpse of a nosy reporter, and her world shatters. She flees, only to wake up injured and disoriented in a secluded cabin, deep within the Louisiana swamp.
Her self-proclaimed protector is a mysterious woman, whose claims unravel as Jade’s fragmented memories resurface - threatening DMs, a deadly fire from her past. The more Jade pieces together, the clearer it becomes: her 'savior' is a captor. Stripped of luxury, forced to fight for every breath, Jade faces a terrifying choice: escape the woman who holds her hostage, or succumb to the unforgiving wilderness that surrounds them both.
Jade's picture-perfect life concealed untold terrors. Now, the swamp reveals them all.
I love a character I can love to hate, and Virginia fit the bill from the moment she couldn't even be bothered to answer her phone while her own daughter was missing. Her bizarre, frustrating reactions gave the story an entertaining hook early on, and the alternating timeline helped build that initial momentum. Jumping back to the videographer’s perspective in the past was especially effective, giving solid insight into the eerie reality that someone was actively targeting Jade.
Jade herself, however, proved much harder to connect with. While I understood why she didn't want to go home, her logic fell apart the longer she chose to stay with Lucinda despite constantly suspecting her of shady behavior. Jade’s thoughts were rooted in paranoia but her actions did not align with them as she shrugged off red flag after red flag. Paired with long chapters, that lack of urgency made the final third drag significantly. Moorhead seemed caught in a loop of false reveals toward the end, constantly serving up the "real" truth only to take it back a chapter later. Several odd details also felt completely abandoned - like whether there was an actual chain around Jade’s leg, or why Lucinda stole her engagement ring.
If you like messy family dynamics, and dual-timeline mysteries, then you will enjoy this book.
158 days
Someone Else's Daughter
Andrea Stewart
Ellie Campbell's life was a public spectacle, every intimate moment from her first period to her first love monetized by her influencer parents. She was a product, her childhood sold in snippets online. So she changed her name, severed ties, and vanished from the digital stage, desperate to reclaim a private existence.
But old habits die hard. From a distance, she still watched. When a chilling detail in her parents' latest video coincides with the disappearance of a family friend, a cold dread forces Ellie back into the spotlight. She rushes home, compelled by a single, desperate need: to protect her younger sister, Olivia.
What she finds is a perfect family facade cracking under pressure. Olivia is gone. Her parents claim she ran away, but Ellie knows better. Olivia would have come to her. As secrets unravel and the search intensifies, a grim discovery shatters any illusion of safety. Ellie must now confront the true cost of her online childhood, where the curated perfection hides a darkness far more sinister than she ever imagined.
Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for an advanced copy of this title.
Someone Else’s Daughter is told through Ellie's perspective as the story bounces between past and present. The setup hooks you early on with a promising premise, but once the initial intrigue settles the pacing hits a wall and struggles to regain traction. The central mystery gets buried under repetitive flashbacks that fail to move the plot forward, making the midsection feel like a chore to navigate. Instead of building tension, the timeline jumps feel like stalling tactics rather than deliberate narrative choices.
Subplots that should have enriched the character development ended up feeling disconnected from the primary arc. Digressions into Ellie's shoplifting habit and stories about her dog added extra noise without offering any substance or payoff to the core tension. While the eventual twist was solid enough to briefly spark interest, the execution fell flat due to an abrupt conclusion that wrapped up the who and the why far too quickly.
If you like dual-timeline structures and slow-burn mysteries then you may enjoy this book.
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