3/5 stars!

Attention! This book contains: pigeons, babygrows, renovations, nurseries, Internet searches, swimming pools and a lot of lies.

Naomi seems to have everything. A beautiful daughter, a gorgeous house, a perfect life. Behind the scenes, though, she and her husband are drifting from one another and struggling to conceive their second child.

Then Naomi meets a parent at her daughter’s nursery. Sean understands her, or so she thinks. Looking for a connection, for a friend, she joins him at a swimming lesson with their children. That day, Naomi makes a terrible mistake.

Weeks later, when Naomi attempts to contact Sean, he has disappeared without a trace. But as she begins to piece her life back together, it becomes clear that someone else knows her secret. Someone who wants to make sure she never forgets what she did at the pool.

An intelligent, searing and addictive thriller about family, desire and the lengths people will go to for the ones they love the most.

I don’t have a lot to say about this book. For me, it wasn’t a bad reading experience, but it wasn’t a very memorable one either.

In this story we follow Naomi, who appears to live a perfect life. She has a husband, a nice house, a nice job and even a cute two-year old. She then meets a good looking man named Sean at Prue’s nursery, and makes a terrible decision. Her life quickly spirals out of control and a series of bad events start to happen.

The characters weren’t likable – all of them, to be exact – and I struggled with caring about them. Naomi was annoying and too demanding, and Charlie was always trying to run away. I still felt sorry for him at times, but I still think he should step up as a father.

The writing was okay. It was an easy book to go through for the most part, but there were a few confusing moments here and there – and I don’t think I understood the ending? The start was a little slow, but the pace picks up a little going forward. And even though there’s a creepy guy in this story, there weren’t a lot of creepy moments – I was expecting a little more. There were also a few twists here and there, but I was only surprised by one of them regarding Uggy and her relationship… if you read the book, you probably know what I’m talking about.

I would say this is more of a soft psychological thriller. To be honest, if I were to recommend a thriller, I wouldn’t even think about this one. For a mystery/thriller, it was a little underwhelming.