Week 32 Review: Daughter

From Goodreads:

Scarlet's life is pretty average. Overly protective mom. Great friends. Cute boy she's interested in. And a father she's never known – until she does.

When the FBI show up at Scarlet's door, she is shocked to learn her father is infamous serial killer Jeffrey Robert Lake. And now, he's dying and will only give the names and locations of his remaining victims to the one person, the daughter he hasn't seen since she was a baby.

Scarlet's mother has tried to protect her from Lake's horrifying legacy, but there's no way they can escape the media firestorm that erupts when they come out of hiding. Or the people who blame Scarlet for her father's choices. When trying to do the right thing puts her life in danger, Scarlet is faced with a choice – go back into hiding or make the world see her as more than a monster's daughter.

Kate McLaughlin's Daughter is a novel about trying right deadly choices that were never yours to begin with. 

My Review:
Man, this was such a great book! I've loved her books from the various names that she's published under, and this book sounded really great, so of course I had to read it! I loved watching Scarlet deal with the fact that her father is a serial killer, and everything that comes from that!

Scarlet had no idea who her dad was. But when she finds out he's a serial killer-and that he's dying, and will only talk to her, to lead the authorities to bodies that they're sure that he caused, it's an awful situation. There's a lot of guilt, and anguish-she, and her mom, didn't do anything wrong, but they're connected to him, and it sucks.

Her interactions with him, boy, were they creepy. It was a bit like jockeying for power. His methods of intimidation were graphic and awful, and the one time when he brought up her mom...yeah. A death like his couldn't have happened to a more deserving person.

Between all of that and the media being told about it, there's a lot of drama in her life. I really enjoyed those times where she was able to get away, with Luke, and with her close friends, the ones that didn't react badly to the news. Or when she got to meet these family members that she didn't know existed. There was a great balance of horror and comfort in this book. 

This was a fantastic read, and I can't wait for whatever is next! 

Author: Kate McLaughlin
Read: August 12th, 2022 
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2022 Book! 
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: March 8th 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

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