I received this book for free from the publisher (egalley) in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Published by Simon and Schuster on March 17, 2020
Genres: Fiction, Psychological, Suspense, Thrillers
Pages: 320
Source: the publisher (egalley)
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For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts spent the majority of her life in doctor's offices and hospitals. She received a feeding tube when she was just days old. She was bound to her wheelchair, her hair fell out, and her teeth rotted. Despite all the tests and doctors, no one could determine the cause. Her neighbors held fundraisers to pay for her care; hundreds of people prayed for her recovery. Unfortunately, however it turns out the very hand that feed her was the one causing all the pain.
Her mother, Patty Watts, served five years in prison. Rose Gold's testimony was the key that lead to her sentencing. Up until the end, Rose Gold refused to visit her. However, in a shocking turn of events, Rose Gold opens her home to her mother.
Patty says she forgives Rose Gold, but Rose Gold is no longer a naive and weak child. She's grown and matured in the last few years. She's ready to face her torturer. Even more, she's ready to even the score.
What a completely twisty read! The format (alternating chapters from the point of views of Patty and Rose Gold) really add to the tension, for the reader follows both women from the past to the present, Patty focusing on repairing the tarnish on her name while Rose Gold delves into what transpired the five years her mother spent in prison. The challenge is knowing whose point of view you can trust (if any) in a completely astounding series of twists and turns.
As an avid fan of thrillers (I read quite a lot of them) I tend to pick up on things quickly, not very often shocked or surprised by what I read. Yet every time I turned the page, I gasped or was completely astounded by what was transpiring. I was completely captivated throughout the read, staying up far too late to finish.
One of the challenges of a twisty read is the conclusion. Do you leave it open ended? Or try to wrap it up neatly, everything “solved” in the last few pages? What Wrobel did (yes, I’m being completely vague here), left me turning the last pages, gasping, the only word I was able to utter was “Wow!”
Highly, highly recommended.
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