Review: Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book was messed up!  I wasn't sure where things were headed for quite a while.  Once I figured out where things were going, it was fairly predictable.

I always find it hard to review thrillers because I don't want to spoil them.  I did receive and ARC of this via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.  This book was published on March 17, 2020.

This is a very dark thriller.  It doesn't lean on the gory or grisly side (no blood and guts) as far as thrillers go, but the premise is child abuse.  I'd steer clear if you can't handle that.  Some of the stuff they did was pretty out there, and as a mom it is unthinkable.  Patty, the mom, was sent to prison for abusing Rose Gold for 18 years.  Patty maintains she is innocent and that Rose Gold was actually sick.  When her 5 years in prison are up, Patty has nowhere to go, and Rose Gold agrees to take her in.  Patty wants them to be the best friend duo they were when Rose Gold was a child, before Rose Gold testified against Patty and sent her to prison.  Rose Gold has a child of her own now, and agrees to let Grandma Patty help out while she is at work.  Patty wants to get her old life back, but what she doesn't know is that Rose Gold has plans of her own for Patty.

As the story unfolds we learn that Patty had a trouble childhood, which led to Rose Gold's troubled childhood.  You aren't quite sure how Rose Gold is going to turn out as an adult, but as things play out we get to know her better and realize that the years of abuse have broken something and she just isn't quite right. 

Like I said parts of this are pretty dark and messed up, but for the most part I enjoyed it.  The pace is pretty decent.  The timeline jumps around from current day to the past so we get some of the back story as well as what is going on present day.  This isn't my favorite type of timeline, but it works here.  Overall, this if you are looking for a new thriller, and you can handle some of the crazy stuff these ladies do then give this a go. 

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