This is a twisty domestic book.
I just couldn’t connect with the characters which spoilt my enjoyment.
I did enjoy the plot.

Sadly this book just was not for me. This sat on my kindle for quite some time - twice I have attempted to read and twice I did not finish.

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I feel this one is more od a domestic drama rather than a thriller but it had me hooked regardless. It's a slow burn that builds bit by bit, although I did have more than an inkling of the secret before it was revealed. There was another twist at the end though so it didn't feel as disappointing as it could have,

Well this book doesn’t fit into the genre which I like most. This is not a mystery thriller. To be precise, this is more of a family drama but with a surprise ending, kind of slow burn. I gave three stars only because of the way the plot has been delivered! What appears to be perfect in a picture perfect family with perfect famous son, loving husband, dutiful wife and a teenage daughter may not be so perfect when viewed through a magnifying glass! This story is about a family like this!! A mother daughter duo facing another mother duo unknown of their agendas!! In the end as the lioness protects her cub, similarly one mother takes that choice though how much tough and challenging it might have appeared for her!! A very common plot which has been presented with lucidity! I loved the style of writing, story telling and the surprise ending, though I guessed it beforehand!
Cheers

This was a middle of the road book for me. It's a decent family drama that peels back the illusion of a "perfect" family, but I failed to emotionally connect with any of the characters and therefore didn't really feel vested as the story unfolded. There were many clues to what was really going on...and I figured out the "secret" long before it was revealed. It all wraps up neatly in the end (which feels a bit unrealistic). This one was good for me...just not great.

Zara's new friend Bethany arrives at the Rossi home and things go off the rails. What will Emily do to protect her secrets and her family? This one is somewhat of a slow burn but its a good read.

Little White Secrets by Carol Mason was overall a well-written book with well-developed characters and a fairly interesting plot. The book took me a while to get into, kind of a slow burn. There was no huge twist, if there was I already figured it out, just kind of a meandering tale. Just an okay from me.

In my opinion, the publisher's description is misleading p- this is most of all the domestic drama, where main heroine Emily gets confronted with the little nice bubble where she lives her problem-less life with her family of two kids and husband. But when not one, but two life crises hit the bubble, Emily is to see what is real and what is pure fiction.

Carol Mason definitely can bring the interesting topics on the table and she writes with openness, even brutal honesty, about the life issues, what I welcome in my reads. But she also does not go all the walk- one of my critique points is that her female heroines always get pass. Emily never confronts the mistakes she did and the many blind spots she has evaded all her life. I would even go so far to even confront certain co-dependency angles. The other major heroine also goes from all lack to almost all cleared, without really taking responsibility for her life (sure, the mental health issues are not to be treated lightly, but the true healing also means to face the music). Men definitely are black and white here. And if we are to talk about alcoholism, lets not put it on the side as some red herring, lets take it into the light and deal with all the problematic issues.

Having said all that - I do believe this novel can make a very good read for a book club. I am brimming with opinions about it - and it is always a good sign of a food for thought being present. Because all of my critique points do not diminish the issues mentioned here - and they certainly need to be pondered and addressed.

Took me a little while to get into this book, but once I was in, I really enjoyed the story.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

Thank you, Netgalley and to the publisher for my advanced copy of Little White Secrets

This was my first novel by Carol Mason. I give Little White Secrets 4-4.25 stars! After reading several historical fiction and thrillers recently, this book was a nice palate cleanser, and an excellent family drama read. I enjoyed all of the characters in this book, and they were very well written, easy to get to know and quickly become absorbed in. We start off with a family having their picture taken for an article due to their son's all-star tennis career, seeing the picture perfect family. As things slowly unravel throughout the story, we learn that they are far off from being perfect. I enjoyed this book also because it was about a couple in their 40's. It was refreshing not to read about 20 somethings or 30 somethings for a change (being in my 40's myself). Not only did this book have the heavy drama that I love in a story, but you eventually realize, by the end, that there was a thriller twist. I loved the ending and didn't expect it coming in the least. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves women's fiction genre or family drama. Again, 4-4.25 stars!

Great book to read. It was very well written. Great characters. Down to earth and realistic plot. Lots of twists and turns in the book to keep you interested

A thoroughly engaging story about a picture-perfect family with dark secrets. On the surface, Emily's life seems to be perfect. A solid marriage, tennis-star son and a successful career. But behind closed doors, the story is very different. Believable, relatable characters and a storyline that draws you in until the last page (with a few unexpected twists thrown in along the way) - all the ingredients of a great book.

I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book had me sold from the first page! It was so good! I loved it so much. There were so many hidden subplots within this book. Man… I just have no words. There was so much suspense and family drama rolled into this one!

Thank you kindly to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for this review copy.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* Well, called it from the start but still a pretty wild read ngl, better than i thought it was going to be too

Little white secrets centres around the Rossi family with the story mainly being told from the point of view of Emily the wife of Eric and mother to Daniel and Zara. Their smilingly happy family appears picture perfect from the outside but is crumbling from the inside. Things start to really go wrong when Zara makes a new friend in Bethany who seems to be a wild child, every parents nightmare. Her mum Janice doesn't seem to care all to much about her wild child and appears to know the family more than she's letting on.

I wasn't sure what genre this book fell in when I started reading it, but that really made no difference to me I really enjoyed it! The story really looks at family dynamics and how easily things can go wrong.
Its interesting that Emily tells the story because she is a university professor in communications yet ironically she seems very bad at communiticating. She has missed subtle hints throughout the years esp in relation to her husband. She at first doesn't seem to be the character who you want to tell the story, Zara is so central to the storyline it would make sense she told it. However after a few chapters it made sense why it was Emily.

The description is really well written sometimes a tad graphic for my liking however totally necessary..There are many times where you feel like you are there yet the narrative doesn't completely bombarded you with description.

Eric is a wet blanket! I cannot say much more about him without devoluging his storyline but believe me, you will agree.
Zara is isolated lost and just looking for a friend, this is why she so easily falls into the spell of Bethany Brown. She finds she is in over her head but she's a people pleaser. Although this doesn't seem to work out too well for her.
Bethany another lost teenager. Her mum appears to have little to no interest in her. She is left to her own devices. This lands her with an older boyfriend who is more than happy to ply her with drugs and alcohol.
Daniel is the success of the Rossi family a championship winning tennis player. The family celeb and adore by everyone it seems. But he seems so sad., almost like tennis is hid escape of his reality.
Janice is an interesting character I question her motives but they become clear.

It was a great book, one where all the characters bring something to the story. The book itself is well written and enjoyable. I found it hard to put down esp near the end of the book. There are a few twist one seemed extremely obvious from the get go, to be honest the title made mr guess that one. Then the second twist I suspected but was sad. The last twist again I had guessed I was waiting for a twist within it but that didn't come but its okay. I almost felt like I want to read a part time see how everyone is getting on.
Great read easy 4 stars.

Thank you Netgalley, C.Mason and amazon publishing for the APR in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book was only ok for me. It picked up closer to the end... but I didn’t really find it as gripping or interesting as I had hoped.

I volunteered to read this book, through netgalley in exchange, for an honest review.
An exceptional read with so many twist and turns, I couldn't put the book down. I became invested in the characters that had so many layers

What a brilliant read this was. Absolutely loved everything about it. This is the first book I've read from this author but I will certainly be looking at her other titles.

Couldn't put it down as it had me engaged from the very start. It just had everything in it, mystery, humour, drama. and was so well written. This is well deserving of 5 stars.

Thank you Amazon Publishing and Netgalley.

Thank you to Netgalley, Amazon Publishing and Carol Mason for the opportunity to read this e-copy in return for my honest review. I'm a big fan of Carol Mason, having loved 'The Shadow Between Us' and this book was no different. The story was filled with believable and flawed characters and the damage that secrets can do do relationships. Stunning!

Brilliant story although I found it a little slow in the beginning. I was relieved that as the story went on, I became more invested. I loved the complex relationships and I the twist at the end was unexpected.