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"A compulsive read about a friendship and maternal instincts gone awry, with a twist you won't want to miss." --Karen Cleveland, New York Times bestselling author of Need to Know "Exhilarating, page-turning, shocking, this is one of those rare psychological thrillers that really is the whole package. An electric, raw, emotional story that will leave you breathless." --Christina McDonald, USA Today bestselling author of The Night Olivia Fell You meets Fatal Attraction in this up-all-night story of suspicion, obsession and motherhood. It all begins on an ordinary fall morning, when Kelly Medina gets a call from her son's pediatrician to confirm her upcoming "well-baby" appointment. It's a cruel mistake; her son left for college a year ago, and Kelly's never felt so alone. The receptionist quickly apologizes: there's another mother in town named Kelly Medina, and she must have gotten their numbers switched. For days, Kelly can't stop thinking about the woman who shares her name. Lives in her same town. Has a son she can still hold, and her whole life ahead of her. She can't help looking for her: at the grocery store, at the gym, on social media. When Kelly just happens to bump into the single mother outside that pediatrician's office, it's simple curiosity getting the better of her. Their unlikely friendship brings Kelly a renewed sense of purpose--taking care of this young woman and her adorable baby boy. But that friendship quickly turns to obsession, and when one Kelly disappears, well, the other one may know why.
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I don't always end up liking psychological thrillers like this, but I totally loved this one. It was sooo good!
Kelly Medina comes across as an unreliable narrator especially when you read that she's previously had mental health issues and is seeing a psychologist. It definitely made me question her, although I did feel sorry her.
Her husband worked away, but considering how he was always putting her down/finding something wrong with anything she did, I would've considered that a blessing! Honestly, he was awful.
With her husband, Rafael away at work and her son, Aaron away at college, Kelly seems to lead a very lonely life. That is until, another Kelly sharing her exact name turns up in her town, with a little baby boy in tow.
Kelly (1) becomes intrigued by her and decides to befriend her, but that soon turns into something of an obsession. Initially it seems like Kelly (2) is just a single mother struggling with a small baby, but it soon becomes more than that and you come to realise that all is not as it seems with her.
The book was brilliantly written and had me hooked from start to finish. There was also a twist I didn't see coming which made me go, what?! I honestly didn't see it coming!
This was brilliant and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves psychological thrillers!