Only Daughter

Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra
On Sale September 20, 2016 by Mira
Rating: ★★★

She's been caught shoplifting food. She's hungry, homeless, dirty, and on the run. But she has a way out. She happens to look identical to a teen girl who went missing a decade earlier, Rebecca Winter. She assumes Rebecca's identity, using it as a get-out-of-jail-free card. Little does she know her new life as Bec Winter is its own kind of prison. Before she knows it, she's wrapped up in the mystery of her alter ego's disappearance, and it looks like the killer might be after her.

This story is told from the perspective of both the real and the impostor Bec (readers never learn her name). I didn't connect with either girl. The narrator, fake Bec, is a flat, uninspiring character who lacks human emotions. I give this book 5 stars for concept, but the execution is choppy, as is the writing. Loose ends were left hanging. The twists and turns were kind of ho-hum for me-- and I closed the book feeling a bit bored. This isn't a bad debut novel, but it didn't quite live up to its potential.