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<p class="has-text-align-justify"><strong>5 STARS! EVERY STAR!</strong> This is the best thriller I have read in a long time and I am glad I did so . Do yourself a favor and read as little about it as possible before diving in.This is not one to miss, I predict it will be all anyone in the book world is talking about in April 2020!</p>
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<p><strong>Thank you to Jennifer Hillier, Minotaur Books and NetGalley for giving me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.</strong></p>
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What a crazy ride! I read this 350 page domestic thriller in less than three days, but it seemed to pass by in a flash. The author did such a great job describing the excruciating pain that a mother goes through when her child is missing, when she believes that it is her own fault. I really felt the immense anguish that Marin experienced, and it made me hug my toddler son a little tighter that night.

The pacing of the book is consistent and does not lag, definitely what I would call a page-turner. The mystery had me guessing until the last minute, and the storyline was both complex and believable. I do wish the supporting characters were a little more multi-dimensional, but we were not able to see into their brains like we were able to Marin's and McKenzie's. Overall, it is a riveting and exciting plot-driven thriller that I would not hesitate to recommend.

Marin had the perfect life. She owned a chain of upscale hair salons. She was married to the perfect guy and they had the perfect little boy, Sebastian. Then one day, just a few days before Christmas, as they were finishing up Christmas shopping in a busy marketplace Marin let go of his hand to text her husband where to meet them. That was all it took for her perfect life to shatter into a million little pieces.
This book was so good. I could not put it down. It kept me guessing until almost the very end about what happened to Sebastian. This one is definitely a must-read!

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC! For fans of Clare Mackintosh, make this your next read.

3.5 stars

What a page turner! The twists and turns in this story were sooo good. I usually have a hard time with stories that revolve around children disappearing, but this one was done very well. Marin was generally a likable (as likable a character can be for going through such a traumatic experience.) My main complaint is that the husband is utterly useless (but that's the point I guess lol).

A few days before Christmas, a young child is kidnapped from a crowded farmer's market in Seattle. Over the next year and a half, the boy's parents, Marin and Derek, struggle with guilt and their failing marriage. When Marin discovers that Derek is having an affair with a young woman named Kenzie, she focuses all of her anger and aggression toward her husband's mistress.

This book is psychological suspense at its finest. I couldn't put it down. The loss of a child is every parent's worst nightmare, and the author really captured the horror of not knowing what happened to your child. What would that do to a person? How far would it push them? One drawback for me was that I didn't really like any of the characters. I understand Marin and Derek are struggling with grief over the loss of their son, and thus acting inappropriately. But their extreme behaviors did keep me from connecting with them and truly caring what happened to them. Also, I'm not a fan of crass language/sexual content and wish authors would stop putting it in their books. Let strong writing and a good story speak for themselves, and stop alienating a good portion of your readers. Overall, Little Secrets is an intriguing story and it's well written, but I wish I could've connected more with the characters.

Finish Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier over the weekend and it was a great thriller I was hooked from the beginning, starts with a mother worst nightmare, a child being kidnapped and I’m not saying more because I feel like the synopsis of this book gives way to much of the story and it makes the book feel predictable so I would recommend skipping it and going straight to chapter 1.
I took a star and gave it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ because I was not a fan of the ending but the rest of the

I'm not going to lie, I'm usually disappointed by domestic thrillers lately. I want one that gives me the same "oh my god" feelings that Gone Girl did. So far, I'm still aching to find a thriller novel that gives me the same feelings... but I will say that this one comes close.

This book starts off with a bang. A kidnapping in a busy mall - every parents actual horror story. We jump forward in time to a broken mother and wife, a distant husband, and a little boy who has never been found. This was a WILD ride from the very start, and it didn't let up throughout the novel. I didn't find myself bored or wanting to put the book down to read something else. I needed to find out what happened; I needed to know what Marin was going to do in order to gain some control back in her life. She had lost her son - she's not going to lose her husband too.

Obviously, I will not be saying any spoilers but I will say that I truly enjoyed this novel including the ending. I'm interested in picking up other books by this author now (I think she has another book called Jar of Hearts). Do yourself a favor and pick up Little Secrets!

This was a quick engaging read that starts off with the kidnapping of Bash a few days before Christmas. As the days turn into a year, the PI Marin hired to find her son gives her something new to focus on; her husbands affair. While the affair with the younger woman with a penchant for older, married, rich men gives Marin something to fixate on and 'fix' she has no idea it will come to mean so much more to her life than she could have predicted. Around the 85% mark I finished one chapter and said "HOLY SH*T" there is no way ... Even though I finally understood who could be involved, the rational and what actually happened was something I could not predict. Another great read by Jennifer Hillier! If you liked this, you should read Jar of Hearts by her as well (and if you liked Jar of Hearts, pick this up next)!

hank you Minotaure Books and Netgalley for ARC of Little Secrets. First, I want to say the cover is SSSOOO beautiful. Second, I was hooked from the first chapter. Little Secrets is the first book I've read by Hillier and I must read more from her.

What I liked:
- I liked reading from the perspective of Marin and Kenzie
- Hillier did a great job showing the raw emotions of a mother who lost her child. I sympathized with Marin ( now I didn’t agree with all of her decisions). I don’t know what I would have done if my son went missing.
- I liked the characters build-up.
- The end was amazing, it was everything I like in a good thriller.

What I didn’t like
- The characters build-up. I felt like I got the background stories of people who were not important. Just a simple outline would have been enough. Which I also think contributed to me losing some interest in the middle.

If you are looking for a juicy book that is filled with money, lies, betrayal, and even heartache than Little Secrets is for you.

WARNING ⚠️ : missing child, thought of suicide or attempted of suicide.

To what extreme would you go to keep your husband after already losing your child? This story explores the depths of despair a mother finds herself after her child goes missing and a year later she discover her husband is cheating on her. She starts to lose grip with her stability and starts to go down a dark path.
The secrets that are revealed by many characters in this story pull together the questions that arise. I loved the main character Marin. She loves deeply and I can relate to her. 5 star ..great read

I don’t typically love books about missing children, but I’ll read anything Jennifer Hillier writes. I requested this book without reading the synopsis. I saw Hillier’s name and knew I would enjoy it. The first chapter had me hooked after describing the kidnapping of Sebastian. Then it took a completely different turn. I don’t want to give spoilers, but there for awhile I was wondering if we would ever get back to the missing child storyline. Don’t worry. We did get back to that storyline with plenty of twists and turns along the way. Overall, this was a highly enjoyable thriller that I recommend to fans of the genre.

If there is a book that makes the reader say “damn” repeatedly while shaking their head, it’s this one. The book begins with a major nightmare situation as a young child is abducted from his mother’s side. I was chilled to the core just thinking of the terror and despair I would feel in that situation. *shudder*

The circumstances of the abduction were strange, and the story continues to build upon that horrible day as the affluent parents struggle to come to terms with what happened. Tensions grow and twists arise as this story leads the reader on the Mother’s quest for answers. But the kidnapping is really just one component, because the real story is what happens after...and it’s gets pretty dark. No character is innocent.

Hillier really nails this thriller with her impeccable writing and kept me turning the pages all day long. Fans of books like Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty and authors like Lisa Jewell or Gillian Flynn will enjoy this novel.
4.5/5 stars rounded up to 5 for this review

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this ARC.

This book was hard to put down. 5 Stars!!
An awesome thriller not to be missed. Definately keeps you intrigued.

I loved Jennifer's previous novel JAR OF HEART, so I was super excited when I learned news of this book. Sadly, I couldn't get into this one. I can see why so many people are going to love this book, but sadly it wasn't for me.

Little Secrets is the first book by this author for me. The title does not truly reflect the book. Little Lies or something like that would be better. Regardless, I did enjoy this book. This thriller about the loss of a child kept pace and my interest. I have been reading a lot of historical fiction so this was a nice change.

Marin and her husband Derek suffer the loss of their son who was kidnapped as a youngster. Each tries to move forward with their lives but deception, theirs and others, sabotages this. Who is honest, who is who s/he says s/he is?

The book kept my interest and a good read for my Shelter in Place enjoyment.

Thank you to NetGalley, St Martin's Press and Minotaur books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This was just the gripping story I needed to break my recent reading slump! A fast paced story about a couple whose son is kidnapped and the husband’s affair a year later. One can only imagine the horror of losing their child in this way and how you would (or wouldn’t) cope. I highly recommend this thriller!

"Contrary to popular opinion..." seems to be my epithet.

This book is being praised by almost all early reviewers. I didn't like it.

Maybe I'm just contrarian by nature. I feel those rotten tomatoes you're all virtually hurling at me.

From the synopsis, we know Marin's young son was kidnapped and never found, her husband is now having an affair, and she fixates on that affair as something to which she can direct her rage. I wanted to empathize with Marin's situation. I wanted to care about her. But I found her to be unlikable and, worse, the kind of woman I want to slap upside the head.

Here's the thing: When a woman finds out her already-distant, also unlikable husband is having an affair, I absolutely can't empathize when she rages about the [insert all vulgar words here] other woman, while vowing to do whatever it takes to keep said cheating husband. Please. Have some self-respect.

Then we take a huge leap into crazyland, as Marin crosses way beyond a place where I can feel even minimal compassion.

This book is drama times ten. We have plot holes and large leaps in plausibility. None of the characters have much in the way of redeemable personality traits, much less likability. They all deserve to live in one big commune, annoying each other for eternity.

Then again, if you love revenge fiction, regardless of whether the revenge is directed to the most deserving, you might be with the many readers who loved this book.

I'm now off to join Witness Protection, where I'll be safe from rotten tomatoes and angry readers.

Little Secrets is a mystery/thriller. It is my first book by this author.

I went into this book completely blind. So I was probably much more unsettled when the events at the start of the book happened (than people knowing what this book was going to be about). That said, after I read a book I always look at the book blurb. This one made me mad. The last paragraph is full of spoilers from the end. And the first paragraph ends with a line that is not really true.

This was a very difficult book for me to rate. The beginning was upsetting/disturbing/shocking. The middle was not that great for me (the main narrator was doing something that I did not care for at all). But the end was thrilling/riveting and had some things that completely shocked me. The ending was so strong that I decided to give this book 4 stars.

The book is divided into 4 parts. The story takes place in Seattle and has two 3rd person female POVs. The first narrator is Marin. She owns some salons, is married to Derek and has a 4 year old son. The second narrator is 24 year old Kenzie. She is a struggling art student and a barista. These two women could not be anymore different.

The book starts with a frightening and upsetting beginning. This made me so anxious. My stomach was in knots. I wasn't sure if this was the right book for me to be reading at this time. But I was very intrigued. So I definitely kept reading. Part one and chapter two move to 16 months later. And we see the aftermath of what occurred in the first chapter.

This book was sexier than I was expecting. So at times it seemed like a romantic thriller.

The premise was good. And I was very invested in the story. There were some very interesting characters, although many of them were quite unlikable.

Overall, this book had some great reveals that I maybe should have seen coming. The last part of the book was extremely strong. And I honestly could not put it down.

I would give this 10 ⭐ if i could! There is no slow build up with this one. It starts off with a bang in chapter one and will leave you holding your breath until the end. This was my first book by Jennifer Hiller, but I'm now intrigued and would for sure read more by her. I've always been fascinated by missing person stories. My brain cannot comprehend how someone goes missing. This book dlves in to different aspects of missing persons, kidnap, sex slavery, drug abuse, etc. It touches a lot of heavy story lines, i.e. infidelity, suicide, grief. But at the end, it was one of the best psychological thrillers I've read in awhile. Thank you to netgalley, st Martin's press and minotaur books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Marin was doing some shopping with her son Sebastian at Pike Place Market when she loses track of him and he goes missing. Over a year later she is struggling to forgive herself and her private investigator reveals that her husband is now stepping out on their marriage. She can't imagine losing her husband too. All of the little secrets she finds out about leaves her willing to go as far as it takes to save what family she has left. ⁣
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Wow! I did not see that coming. Each little secret really came together to create a great story. My emotions were touched. This is a must-read.⁣