It has always been just Rose and her Dad. Rose’s mum died shortly after she was born leaving her Dad to bring her up alone, so it is no surprise the two of them are extremely close.
It is the week before Rose’s wedding and her Dad treats her, and her best friend Cara, to a spa weekend.
However, when Cara is suddenly called away from the spa, Rose gets talking to a woman who is also at the spa alone. Their encounter leaves Rose questioning everything she has ever known.
The Daughter’s Choice is a journey to the truth. We all have heard the say ‘there are three versions of every story: mine, yours and the truth’. This is exactly how the book was structured, which I thought was very clever. We hear Rose’s story, we hear Cassie’s story, and then final section is ‘The Truth’. As well as truth telling, other themes touched upon in the book include families, single parenting, young parenthood, love, choices, forgiveness, and morality.
One thing I wish to praise S.D. Robertson on is how he really brought the characters to life for me. I wanted there to be a good person and a bad person, but ultimately all I could see was people who tried to do their best, by themselves and by everyone else. I felt that I could emphasie with each of them and felt their pain and the experiences they had to go through, and it really made me question and think about the moral dilemmas they had to face.
I would like to point out that I see a lot of reviews saying this book hasn’t got the shock factor or is ‘too predictable.’ Please remember this book is not a mystery thriller book, if you want that then this perhaps is not the book for you. If you want an emotional and thought-provoking family drama, then this is it, and that is exactly what the author achieves as he takes us on a this journey to uncover the truth.
Overall, an emotional and thought-provoking story, which reminds us of the lengths people go to protect their families, but also the pain which secrets can unravel.
Thank you NetGalley and Avon for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. The Daughter’s Choice will be published on the 30th September 2021.
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