{"id":27746,"date":"2021-09-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=27746"},"modified":"2021-08-15T08:20:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T13:20:05","slug":"review-the-perfect-child-by-lucinda-berry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=27746","title":{"rendered":"#REVIEW – The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A Washington Post<\/em> and Amazon Charts bestseller.<\/strong>
A page-turning debut of suspense about a young couple desperate to have a child of their own\u2014and the unsettling consequences of getting what they always wanted.<\/strong>
Christopher and Hannah are a happily married surgeon and nurse with picture-perfect lives. All that\u2019s missing is a child. When Janie, an abandoned six-year-old, turns up at their hospital, Christopher forms an instant connection with her, and he convinces Hannah they should take her home as their own.
But Janie is no ordinary child, and her damaged psyche proves to be more than her new parents were expecting. Janie is fiercely devoted to Christopher, but she acts out in increasingly disturbing ways, directing all her rage at Hannah. Unable to bond with Janie, Hannah is drowning under the pressure, and Christopher refuses to see Janie\u2019s true nature.
Hannah knows that Janie is manipulating Christopher and isolating him from her, despite Hannah\u2019s attempts to bring them all together. But as Janie\u2019s behavior threatens to tear Christopher and Hannah apart, the truth behind Janie\u2019s past may be enough to push them all over the edge.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This book was insane!
I kept messaging a friend, losing my mind over this story. I tried predicting things and for the most part, I was wrong.
This book left me enraged at parts. I have to say that I haven\u2019t had an emotional response to a book like this in such a long time, it was nice and definitely needed.
The story follows Hannah and Christopher who foster-to-adopt a little girl. Janie had been neglected and abused to the point you feel sorry for her right? Yeah, keep telling yourself that.
Without giving too much away, I have to say that this is one of the best books I\u2019ve ever read. Yes there were parts that made me mad, I yelled at the characters, had to put the book down at times to collect myself and was ripping my hair out (not literally) trying to figure out what was going to happen next. I couldn\u2019t read fast enough.
This book is one that will stick with me for a while. So much so that it even gave me nightmares, which has only ever happened one other time while reading.
If you have triggers, please please please go into this book with caution. It\u2019s not light and fluffy. It\u2019s not a romance. Things happen and things are mentioned in detail, so please be careful while reading this book.
My only beef is how it ended. But I\u2019ve come to learn that most of Lucinda\u2019s books end in a certain way. I\u2019m still so used to romance books that I find that I\u2019m always looking for an epilogue. So that\u2019s just me and it doesn\u2019t change my love of this book at all.
If you\u2019re looking for an unputdownable read, a book that will have you guessing and unable to turn the pages fast enough, pick up this book.
My mind is still reeling from it.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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