Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am.
She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. Everything in Libby’s life is about to change. But what she can’t possibly know is that others have been waiting for this day as well—and she is on a collision course to meet them.
Twenty-five years ago, police were called to 16 Cheyne Walk with reports of a baby crying. When they arrived, they found a healthy ten-month-old happily cooing in her crib in the bedroom. Downstairs in the kitchen lay three dead bodies, all dressed in black, next to a hastily scrawled note. And the four other children reported to live at Cheyne Walk were gone.
My Review: I am a sucker for POV and short chapters and this book had both. I also books that flow easily from chapter to chapter (very short chapters=very quick read!). I felt for Lucy but rejoiced that she was finally able to escape that life and ended up with a happy ending. But did anyone else think that Libby was set up for a sequel? (Does anyone have any insight on this and if so, WHEN?!) But also, please tell me I am not alone in thinking that Henry really IS evil and reading his chapters felt like we got a watered down version of what his POV wanted us to see him as? The fact that the author gave me the creeps while reading her words is telling of her writing style.
Excellent book, I can't recommend it enough!
Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
