Book: Every Mother’s Nightmare

Author: S.E. Lynes

Thank you, NetGalley and Bookouture Audio, for an advanced audio copy.

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Every Mother’s Nightmare is a grounded and engaging story about abuse told through three points of view. 

Melissa gets a phone call that her daughter was found in a confused state and is in the hospital. Based on the evidence given to Melissa over the phone, it’s easy to assume what type of abuse occurred. I enjoyed Melissa’s POV the best of the three. The others were from her kids, Casey, who is the victim, and Dan. 

This was a little different from most books of this nature. This one moved at a slower pace and was a little longer than most. Those are not negatives. The slower pace allowed for some nice twists and reveals. Some I saw coming, others caught me by surprise. I love it when books have more than one big twist, and that’s what we got here. 

I never really enjoyed Dan’s point of view, and his parts did seem to drag on more than those of Casey and Melissa. 

S.E. Lynes is a terrific author, and this is a well-written book, but if I were to recommend one of their books, this would not be my first choice. 

Final score: 3/5