Rebecca Grey has been dealt a raw deal, but she is taking it in stride, one day at a time. Her husband was killed in a car accident a year ago and never got to meet their son, who is now 3 months old. On top of that, she has a degenerative eye disease that takes her sight a little more each day. She has to depend on things like bells on her baby's ankle, and counting steps in order to navigate even the smallest things in life. One day, after a fall in the park leaves her with a gash on the cheek and massive headache, her mom-friends send her to bed to rest, and insist on watching the baby for her. When she wakes hours later and goes to the baby she makes a horrifying discovery..... it isn't her baby.
This book was SO good. I could not put it down. It kept me guessing until almost the very end. I highly recommend this one!

This is the first book that I have ready by Rea Frey but it will not be the last. I really enjoyed this book. It is very different from the books that are out there now. After a while I feel like I am reading the same old thing but that is not the case here. Rebecca is blind. She has lost her husband and mother in a year. She has a new baby. Her world is spinning out of control. She realizes the baby she is holding is not her baby, feels like she is losing her mind and no one will believe her. They think she is coming undone and can't tell it is her baby or not because she cannot see. It is a gripping story and I could not put it down. #buythebook

Rebecca (Bec) Gray has made so many adjustments in the last year. Her husband died in an accident before she gave birth to their son, Jackson. She has a degenerative eye condition where she’s lost her sight and has learned to live as a blind woman. Her mother recently succumbed to cancer and she’s now alone to care for her three-month old son who is the center of her life. But recently, Bec’s suffering from extreme anxiety, particularly around Jackson, imagining something happening to him. She’s not sleeping well but she’s managing...until one day she wakes and picks up her baby and knows immediately he’s not her son. Trouble is, no one believes her. To her friends, he looks like Jackson though all admit they hadn’t many opportunities to see him closely.

One of the remarkable aspects of this story is being able to “see” the world through the eyes of someone with sight impairment. I’ve often speculated about how the sightless manage the mundane daily tasks and that was completely answered through Bec’s routines. She has a system, mostly using step counts to augment her own exceptional memory skills. But what was abundantly clear was how she identifies her own child. The descriptions and details leading up to his going missing were painstakingly outlined, even to the point where it slowed the pace of the story to a crawl. If you can hang in there, there’s a nice payoff because, unlike the people around her, there was no ambiguity in my mind about whether or not she was mistaken because I had been utterly convinced she could “see” her child.

I enjoyed the story after it shifted to the search for Jackson. It became a layered one about Bec’s efforts to get people to believe her, including law enforcement and her close friends, and following the clues to figure out the who, when and how of Jackson’s disappearance. Magnifying the situation was the fact her baby had been swapped with another so who was this child and why he was exchanged? It became a page turner where I then couldn’t put the book down. The resolution wasn’t anything like I’d imagined but it was consistent with the characterizations leading up to the climax. It was a slow burn but eventually got there, taking the time to develop Bec’s world so I could see it through her “eyes.”

A mother with degerative vision is missing her infant son; she says he was swapped with another baby. People around her do not believe her.
There were two POVs. Interesting plot, but so many questions left unanswered. Was Bec being followed? Who was in her house at the beginning?
Thanks to Netgalley for the privilege of reading this book.

Bec is a very strong character. I think the author did a great job of making the reader understand the complications of being a parent while being blind. This added another layer of suspense to the whole story. I suspected several characters incorrectly before the conclusion of the story. I thought the book was well written and and well paced. The book had a satisfying conclusion. The characters seemed real, like people we all know. I received an advance copy from NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Thank you Netgalley for an early copy for an honest review.
UNTIL I FIND YOU is a pretty good read. My only problem was the 2 POV weren't distinctive enough , sometimes I was sure whose point of view I was reading, probably my not paying attention enough . I enjoyed this book thanks again.

It was OK, not my favorite. I absolutely LOVED "Because You're Mine." Unfortunately, I couldn't get into the story and found it very unbelievable. I wanted to find out what happened to Jackson and when I finally got to the ending it was a bit of a let down. I still have so many questions that were unanswered. Was Bec really being followed? Was there someone in her house? Did someone really move stuff around? Who put the knife in the fridge? Where did Crystal get the thousands of dollars for the cello? Didn't love any of the characters. Bec was frustrating. She wouldn't let anyone help her. She would call her friend Jess at all hours of the night and then reject her help. Her ex-boyfriend shows up after years of not communicating with each other and is there to save the day. The cops would have gotten involved or at least gotten Bec a mental check. Why didn't she go to the hospital and get a blood test? It's hard to believe Saviors was ten years old. She definitely needed help. All her actions were extreme. Didn't Crystal think she needed help after the fire incident? I'm pretty sure the people behind Jackson's kidnapping would have been arrested even without Bec pressing charges. I think all involved would have needed a psych exam. There were obvious mental issues. Those aren't behaviors of normal people. I didn't suspect who was behind everything, which makes me believe Bec was never followed or had anyone in her house.

Give the book a try, it just wasn't for me. I look forward to reading more books by the author. I love the cover of the book.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from St. Martin's Press through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Since Rebecca Gray was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease, everything in her life consists of numbers. Each day her world grows a little darker and each step becomes a little more dangerous.

Following days of feeling like someone’s watching her, Bec awakes at home to the cries of her son in his nursery. When it’s clear he’s not going to settle, Bec goes to check on him.
She reaches in. Picks him up.
But he’s not her son.
And no one believes her.

One woman’s desperate search for her son . . .

In a world where seeing is believing, Bec must rely on her own conviction and a mother’s instinct to uncover the truth about what happened to her baby and bring him home for good.


My Thoughts: From the first moments that Rebecca realized that her son had been switched for another, the intensity of her search and her frustration at not being believed kept me rapidly turning pages. Until I Find You is this quest for her son, battling those who would not believe her while following clues as they arose.

I didn’t trust any of Rebecca’s friends, especially since they were so dismissive of her feelings and instincts. I decided that one of them must have been the culprit, but as much as I did believe that, it was almost impossible to find the truth until one day something totally unexpected happened.

How did Rebecca and her ex-boyfriend Jake finally zero in on a way to prove that the baby in her crib was not Jackson? I liked the cleverness of this action, which ultimately helped the truth come out.

An engaging read that earned 5 stars.

***My e-ARC came from the publisher via NetGalley

I won't recap the book as the publisher's blurb does a fine job of it without spoilers that might lessen your enjoyment.

Until I Find You is a compelling read that will wrench your heart again and again. I am rating it 3 stars because overall the story seems uneven to me. The main character, Bec, is quite well drawn and it is easy to feel empathy for her. Most of the other characters are not as fleshed out and sometimes seem stereotypical. I also had a hard time believing the premise of the book. The ending is quite a surprise however. Mixed feelings about this read. Looking at the other reviews for this book, I realize that I am in the minority, so please read several of the reviews and decide for yourself whether this would make a good read for you.

My thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for allowing me to read an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest, unbiased review. All opinions expressed here are my own.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced e-copy of "Unitl I Find You" by Rea Frey in exchange for an honest review.

"Until I Find You" is the second book I've read by Rea Frey and it won't be the last. Overall, I enjoyed the plot, characters, and theme, but I found myself questioning various scenarios throughout.

Rebecca, "Bec" Gray is a widowed mother of three month old, Jackson. Having lost both her husband and mother within the last year, Bec is on her own navigating motherhood. Bec also has a degenerative eye disease that has left her blind.

Being blind is one of my greatest fears. I read a lot, I do crafts like diamond painting and cross stitch, and am learning the art of brush lettering. I can't fathom doing any of those activities without my eyesight. Frey does a fantastic job giving readers a glimpse into the challenges a visually impaired person might face in a world where seeing is believing.

After fainting at the park, Bec thinks her son Jackson has been swapped with another child. The problem is, no one else believes her. Her friends think that she's overwhelmed with grief and exhausted from being a new mom. I found some parts of the story to be repetitive and maybe even a little unrealistic. I love the positivity and independence that Bec has for being able to take care of herself and her child as well as teaching music lessons.

Without spoiling anything, the story takes readers on an up and down journey with Bec trying to figure out the truth of where Jackson is or if he's even missing.

This was a very unique book - a blind woman becomes convinced her baby is not her baby anymore and no one believes her. The element of a visually impaired mother makes this slightly more believable, but it is still a pretty absurd plot. And the ending/twist was even more absurd, in my opinion. However, it was interesting and I did want to keep reading to see what happens. If you can suspend belief for a few hours, this is an entertaining read!

Thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Rebecca Gray wakes up from a nap and the baby in the nursery is not hers. No one believes her. A baby disappearing -- possible. A baby swap -- impossible. What I appreciate about Rea Frey is her ability to take something that is barely plausible and make it into a compelling narrative. It is a new level of challenge to write that book with a blind mother. It is brilliant, actually. Even the reader finds it difficult not to side with the majority on this one. The deck is really stacked against Bec, but she powers through. There are, however, some plot holes that I just could not make excuses for. Thus my rating is between three and four stars. I am rounding up to four as I have found Rea Frey to be consistent in surprising me with inventive plots through all three of her thrillers. This was not my favorite, but was most certainly worth spending the time reading.

Thank you to St. Martin and NetGalley for a DRC in exchange for an honest review.

Overall, I'd call this an edge-of-seat read; it's hard to resist the horror of going blind all by itself. Throw in a switcheroo of your infant son with a different one, and, well, yikes.

Rebecca Gray is a recent widow, trying to care for a three-month-old baby her late husband never got to meet. If that weren't enough, she has a degenerative eye disease that's quickly moving toward total blindness. She gets around - far better than I'd have expected of anyone given the circumstances - with help from her near-photographic memory and the requisite white cane. Always, she keeps her son Jackson near, with bells tied to his tiny legs to alert her to his presence. She's also plagued with the feeling that she's being watched or followed and that someone may have been in her house.

Bec, a former professional cellist, has a few close friends with whom she socializes; one of them has a 10-year-old daughter, a musical prodigy Bec has taken on as a student. One day, Bec nearly collapses - and agrees to one of her friends' suggestions that she take sleeping pills and get some rest while the friend hangs around in case the baby wakes up. Bec gets a much-needed rest, all right, but the walls come crashing down when she goes to the crib to get Jackson and finds a baby there that isn't him.

She panics, understandably, and becomes even more agitated when her friends - even the one who stayed with her and Jackson - that the baby is the same one she's always had. Immediately, she concludes no one else will believe her - especially not the police - so instead of seeking professional help, she turns to the ex-boyfriend she loved with all her heart but who left her to take a job in another part of the country. He's found a new job here now, it seems, and they recently reconnected. Jake's actually a homicide detective, but he frustrates Bec because he emphasizes that while he'll do what he can to help, he has to follow established department rules.

With barely a little help from her friends, then, Bec pretty much sets out to investigate on her own - along the way bumping into walls both real and imagined. Finally, there's a breakthrough - and Bec realizes the truth doesn't live far from home.

Admittedly, I wasn't able to sympathize with Bec as much as I would have expected given her predicament. But fairly early on, she lost me when she refused to even consult the experts - rationalizing that they "won't believe me." Trust me, if somebody gave me the wrong baby, you'd have to pry me out of every police station and social worker's office in the state with a crowbar. When I got to the end, I also realized that Bec's concerns about being followed and the home invasions hadn't been addressed. So were her suspicions accurate or merely figments of an overactive imagination?

Still, the book was hard to put down, especially as Bec gets closer to finding her baby (or at least finding out what happened to him). All told, it's an engaging, fast-paced tale. Thanks to the publisher, via Netgalley, for allowing me to read and review a pre-release copy.

I liked Until I Find You, but I didn't love it. I was lukewarm for the main character, never caring for like I wanted to, and the plot is one of those "suspend-all-disbelief and don't-ask-too-many-questions" type ones, and I don't care for them as much as other mystery/thrillers that have a stronger narrative. Still, I think Rea Frey can be a great writer (her first novel, Not Her Daughter, is amazing, daring, and powerful) but Until I Find You doesn't live up to her potential.

Well, Rea Frey has done it again! She created a story that kept me on the edge of my seat and wondering what the heck is going on until the end!

It was a treat to read through the eyes of a visually impaired narrator - things I had never thought of were discussed and explained - and it terrified and educated me. I didn’t want to stop turning the pages. It was so intense!

It’s one thing to have a baby stolen, but when Rebecca believes her baby has been swapped, it gets really insane. I’m telling you, this is a crazy story - one that reminded me of Little Darlings just a bit, but without the mythological premise.

You may be able to guess the who (I did), but you will NEVER be able to guess the why!! And you won’t want to put the book down until you find out.

So this was a quick, suspenseful page turner about a blind woman who was also recently widowed dealing with the terror of someone taking her baby & leaving another in it’s place. It was interesting but I didn’t love it. I think I would have liked the story better if I’d sympathized more with main character, but she just seemed to do a lot of ridiculous, inexplicable things that didn’t help her situation, like literally charging out of her house at all hours of the day & night with no thought to her or her baby’s safety. The lack of belief from everyone (all she had to say was her baby had a notch on his collarbone & this one doesn’t—easily verified by a dr) seemed unlikely as well. I really had to work hard at suspending my disbelief for this one.

Good premise but just an ok read for me. Slow first half of book but picked up about half way through. Unbelievable in parts especially the ending. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to review it

Until I Found You by Rea Frey opened my eyes to the life of a blind mother and how different life would be. Bec Gray has had a very hard year. He husband dies tragically, he mother passes next, she gives birth to her son, all dealing with life on her own. Her blindness has made her more aware of the world around her, especially her photographic memory. She has learned every single inch of her son's body and face, down to the single patch of eczema behind his one ear. One day, after passing out at the park, her son is not the same. When she tells her the authorities and her friends, they all chalk it up to Bec being stressed and a new mom. But Bec knows her child.
As a mom, I found this story frightening! It absolutely could happen! Overall, Frey writes a very suspenseful story that keeps you guessing. I will be recommending this book to others and looking for additional works by Frey. Special thanks to NetGalley, Rea Frey, and St. Martin's Press- St. Martin's Griffin for the advance digital copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

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This is Frey's third American release, and I know one thing for sure - old and new fans alike will not be disappointed.

Now, a warning - the beginning of this book is sloooow. But it sets the scene thoroughly. I found myself waiting impatiently through the first 20-25% for something...ANYTHING...to happen. And then it did. And then my Kindle literally didn't leave my hand until I finished the book. I was reading while walking through my house; I legit stepped on my cat about three times (sorry, Ajax!). I was doing that thing where your eyes skip down the page because I needed answers - and when I got them they were completely unexpected. So if you want a thriller that will rock your world, grab this one. You can thank me later. 5 stars!

Rebecca Gray is a recently widowed new mother who has coincidentally also just lost her own mother. In addition to these losses, she has also endured the loss of her vision to a degenerative eye disorder. As the mom of a newborn, Rebecca tries incredibly hard to convince everyone that she doesn't need help, that she has everything under control. However, she thinks she's being followed and things seem to be out of place in her home. After fainting in the park, her friend forces her to get some rest. When she wakes up and goes to check on her baby, she finds another baby boy in his place. Almost no one takes her seriously because she's blind, but a mother would know her own child... wouldn't she?

"I've memorized every square inch. I could pick him out of one hundred babies."

You know that feeling you get when you are telling the truth but someone doesn't believe you? That's the feeling I had this entire book. I didn't even know if Rebecca was telling the truth or not, but I believed and felt her indignation. This was a quick read for me; I read the majority of it in one day with my heart in my throat the whole time. I felt for Rebecca, having lost everyone close to her and being blind and being a new mom... how much can one person take?? A lot of reviews criticize Rebecca's refusal to accept help, and I'm usually one to be annoyed by things like that, too, but here I felt it was completely justified. She went from having people to lean on to having literally nothing but her instincts. It made sense that she would want to try to find her own way at that point in her life. This book would be great for book clubs because that ending demands to be discussed. This was my first Rea Frey read. I've had Because You're Mine on my shelf for quite some time now. BRB while I go grab it and move it up in my TBR...