There seem to be a lot of good thrillers coming off the presses this summer. This is one of my favorites so far.
Title: Baby Doll
Author: Hollie Overton
Publisher: Redhook
Release Date: 7/12/16
Version Reviewed: digital ARC courtesy of NetGalley
Rating: ★★★★★
This is the thriller after the thriller. Most books end with the hostage escaping her torturer's clutches, but that's where this one starts. This is about what happens when a victim returns home to people who have changed in her absence and how they adjust to how she's changed. This is what happens after the prayers are answered: bring my daughter/sister/friend home. Because it's never just as simple as coming home.
Lily spent eight years trapped in a basement by a sadistic pedophile. The only things that keep her going are her daughter and the knowledge that somewhere out in the world her twin sister, Abby, waits for her to return. Lily's disappearance has been hell on her family. Her father couldn't make it through the pain, her mother cycled into promiscuity, and her sister battles addiction. When Lily returns, it should fix everything. But it doesn't. Because it can't. How will this family go forward? And will Lily ever see true justice?
This book pulled me in from the beginning and never let me go. Sometimes I just "click" with a certain book, and that was the case with this one. I did think there were too many narrators and sometimes I had a hard time swallowing unrealistic character behavior (Lily being too calm in the beginning, Rick's "trade" with Lily given how he felt about his daughter). But, overall, I recommend it.
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