Great premise for a book. Started out great..ended just ok. The book is mostly written from the father-Dans- point of view. While it would have provided @ better story if we knew the motivations behind the other characters. More fleshing out needed.
That Saks, it’s a quick read and extra points for no language.

Dan and Holly Nebel, on their way to see a midnight movie, find a barefoot three-year-old girl by the corner stairwell in the parking garage. When the authorities are unable to find the child’s family, Dan and Holly adopt her.

Fifteen years have passed. Ally is the light of their lives, but those lives have taken different directions as Dan and Holly divorced and Holly remarried. Ally has moved into an apartment with her best friend; she has a job in a local coffee shop and is looking forward to starting college in the fall.

Then the letter arrives. The letter from her birth father. The letter that asks Ally to meet him.

Dan tries to dissuade her from rushing into this, but Ally sets up a meeting without telling her parents.

And then she disappears.

The tension ramps up as the narrative unfolds in this quick-read, fast-paced tale of a family in crisis as desperate parents struggle to find their missing daughter. The main characters are believable, although Dan seems rather stereotypical as a “quick-to-lose-his-temper-and-solve-things-with-his-fists” dad and Holly’s officious manner may make it difficult for readers to feel completely empathetic toward her.

Some secondary characters and their stories need a bit more fleshing out; it is unclear why Ellie chose to rant about Ally’s sloppiness in the middle of an urgent search for the missing girl, but her mini-tirade is likely to leave readers wishing they knew more about the relationship between the two young women.

Nevertheless, the suspense builds as the story unfolds with some interesting reveals and plot twists that keep the pages turning.

The mostly-satisfactory ending nicely wraps up the preponderance of the story, but leaves a significant question unanswered, suggesting the possibility of a sequel to the narrative. Or perhaps the reader is, by the author’s choice, left to decide what will happen after the final page is turned.

Readers may question some of the attitudes, both spoken and implicit, toward the mentally ill; nevertheless, they are likely to be satisfied with the denouement that ties up most of the loose ends.

Recommended.

I received an e-book copy of this book from Bookouture and NetGalley.
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Ally was found alone in a parking lot .
Her dad called Dan tried to help her when she was lost after she got a letter from her real father .
She was left a letter to read and doesn’t tell us what it says .
I got an ARC from Bookouture

Someone took your daughter. And nobody believes you...

Keep Her Close by Erik Therme is a story about every parents worst nightmare, losing your child.
When Ally goes missing when she is fifteen, who do you believe? Where has she gone? Did someone take her? So many questions, so little time. While I enjoyed this story well enough it wasn't my favorite. The ending was eccentric and a little bizarre.

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Pub Date: 05 Dec 2018

This was slow getting started but it picked up speed and delivered a punch at the end. Dan and Holly find an abandoned 3-4 year old child one evening and after a year with no one claiming her, they adopt her.

Ally, now a high graduate longs to find her biological family and her friend Cal tries to help. Many dominoes fall before the novel wraps it. I appreciate the publisher and NetGalley allowing me to be an early reader in exchange for my fair and honest review.

Much ado about nothing. Parents spend a few days searching for daughter who went out but is not responding to messages, I'm shortening the plot, but basically it's unrealistic and doesn't have much substance. If you are desperate for something to read to pass the time, the.n this okay novel should fit the bill. However, can't really recommend it.

2/5

Keep Her Close should be renamed as Taken: Keep Her Close. Or something similar.

Couple Dan and Holly found a three year old Ally abandoned and after a long process adopted her. Fifteen years later, Dan and Holly had a divorce, Holly remarried, Ally moved out from her parents' houses and suddenly received a letter from her real father. Ally wanted to meet the sender, but Dan disagreed. And one day, Ally disappeared.

I love me a mystery/thriller/whodunit/secrets fiction, but this book isn't it. It started out so good too so imagine my disappointment when it turned into a race with time thing. Then again, it's all in the mater of opinion.

I like how Dan and Holly would give a good home for Ally. I rooted for them. Dan, fifteen years later, was a disappointing character with a motto of something along the line of 'hit now talk later'. While Holly was just kinda... there.

Many unnecessary characters that I didn't bother to get to know. What's up with Cal and Ellie's convo about Ally's 'real character'? It didn't add anything to the story. It could be if there's some mystery that needs to be revealed (ex: Ally is secretly evil or something), but there wasn't any.

Also, the usage of 'mentally disorder people do bad/crime things because they're mental' needs to stop asap.

Keep Her Close by Erik Therme is a fast paced thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat. I read in in one day as I did not want to put it down.
Dan and Holly find a three year old child abandoned in a parking lot. After the authorities fail to find her parents Dan and Holly adopt her and bring her up as their daughter.
Fifteen years later their daughter now called Ally has left home to start college.
She has always wondered about her birth family and when she receives a letter from a man claiming to be her birth father she sees this as the chance to find out why she was abandoned. Her adoptive parents warn her not to do this but Ally goes to meet this man and then she disappears.
Her adoptive parents are now frantic and will do anything to find their daughter.
I found that the pace of this book grew more and more frantic and the story more suspenseful as it neared the end.
I would like to thank NetGalley and Bookouture for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

I found this book difficult to read and skipped from about 30% to the ending. Just too much character viewpoint switching and convoluted plot line to get into it. Once you get to the ending it was pretty bizarre what had actually happened also.

3.5 Stars

Ally was found alone in a parking lot, dirty, barefooted, in the middle of winter. She was 3 years old. A short way away was the body of a woman. She had jumped or been pushed off the roof. Her mother? Aunt? Her father was never found.

A young couple who found her ended up adopting her. She's been the light for both her new parents.

It is now 15 years later. Ally is well-adjusted .. living away from home for the first time .. and she's just received a letter from her 'real' father. He says he's dying from cancer and wants to see her just once before he dies. Her adopted father scoffs at the genuineness of the letter. How did he find her? Why hasn't he contacted her before?

Days later, Ally disappears.

This is the rapid race of parents trying to find their daughter. No one really believes she has been abducted... not her supposed boyfriend they know nothing about .... not her roommate who harbors a deep resentment of her friend. There are plenty of other suspects to keep an eyes on. Secrecy and lies abound. Who can they trust? Where is their daughter?

This was a quick read ... suspenseful ... questionable characters. I didn't find it entirely credible ... but it is called fiction for a reason. The ending was not what I expected ..and either the author is planning a follow up book or this is one of those books you make your own ending.

Many thanks to the author / Bookouture / Netgalley for the advanced digital copy of KEEP HER CLOSE. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

This was a very quick read and the storyline set over just one day, the plot was interesting but somehow I just failed to connect with the characters. especially the father who I found to be very annoying. The book held my interest but at time seemed a little bit too contrived but maybe that was just me as I read a lot of thrillers. All in all the book was a solid 3 stars and others many enjoy it more than I did. My thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for the chance to read the ARC.

Keep Her Close by author Erik Therme is a simple yet great book filled with uncertainty. It’s not totally predictable and the characters were well thought out as well as the plot.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an arc copy of Keep Her Close in exchange for an honest review.

Highly unbelievable and just all over the place.

Ally is probably one of the most gullible characters I have ever read about. The whole story could easily have been prevented.
I finished this book because I am not a quitter, but I did not enjoy it at all.