Magpie

My favorite read this year! I had just devoured Elizabeth Day's non-fiction “How to Fail” and have never read her novels. This one was exactly what I was looking for - domestic thriller with themes about pregnancy and motherhood.

I'm currently going through a rainbow pregnancy after a missed miscarriage, and everything both female narrators are going through – a shared yearning for motherhood – was so well expressed from these very different perspectives. Having read about Day's personal struggles with fertility, she clearly drew from her experiences as the heartrending details on the hopes and disappointments of going through infertility treatment was so well captured. The character development was so elegantly crafted.

As for the plot twist, I normally dislike when authors use this certain theme (won't spoil it!) as a plot twist device, but in this case it was so cleverly written I actually didn't mind.

I'd give this one more than 5 stars if I could. Got through this in a day and simply could not put it down.