I was looking forward to reading another Caroline corcoran book and it was good although it reminded me of a book I recently read called "The Cows" by Dawn O'Porter. Same set up. Sex tape but Cc's book was concentrating on finding who posted it rather than just dealing with the fallout like in "The Cows". It's obvious of the outcome but why is another story.

It does keep you interested and some of the banter that the 4 friends have as new mums is priceless. Maybe life experience? It's great to have it reduced to choosing from 3 friends to find out who did the deed. I was totally wrong with my guess, so that must be good writing!

I did much prefer "Through the Wall" though but I'd still not hesitate if I see any future books by CC.

The premise set up with the yummy mummy clique felt a little hollow, but the Cheshire wives were spot on!
The mystery kept me reading the title, but the ending did appear incongruous.
However, it was a entertaining read.

The Baby Group is a gripping, one sitting read! The premise reminds me of movies like The Simple Favor, the 'mum with secrets' trope and I really liked how the author fleshed out the frustration, fear, hopelessness, joy, and fulfillment of parenthood! The book makes POINTS about slutshaming and social media use and I only wish our heroine could've had a scene where she gets to blast everyone, but alas, life rarely works that way! I liked that the heroine- Scarlett often comes across as unlikable. She was a very real character, flawed, annoying, sometimes loveable, you'll pity her and find yourself uncaring, but you'll also be reminded that women deserve dignity and respect irrespective of their 'likeability'. My one wish w this book (and w thrillers in general) is that the motivations of the antagonist were stronger. The reveal of their reasons felt anticlimactic to me and had me say "isnt this an overreaction"- but the book still had me glued and I finished it in a matter of a few hours! I'd easily recommend it to those looking for a fun thriller!

Thank you so much for the chance to read this prior to it’s pub date !
Loved this one and since I go into most of my books blind i was shocked to discover that the title is not necessarily what the main theme of the book is and I love it !
Scarlett’s life seems perfect. Fancy house, handsome husband, adorable daughter and successful blog on motherhood !
Of course this can only mean one thing - everything comes crashing down as a arc take of her younger self is set out to everyone she knows -
Almost everyone ! Her new mommy friends from her ante natal classes have been spared the tape! That made me suspicious 😒
Scarlett’s marriage quickly falls apart as she is desperate to find out who did this to her ?
At one point - I suspected every single character and hated on them 😩
I felt for Scarlett and appreciate the parts with Scarlett’s inner monologue ! The mommy group’s characters were relatable in some ways and it really made me question how do we really know who our true friends are !?
Amazing twists, secrets, lies, decrepit and the ending left me satisfied! I’m not an easy person to please with my endings so this was a win ...
If you are looking for a family filled drama read that you won’t be able to put down - grab this one ! Can’t wait to read more by this author !

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books for an E-ARC of this book in return for an honest review.

Having read Caroline’s excellent first book, Through The Wall, I jumped at the chance of reading her second book.

I was not disappointed! Kept my interest from the first page to the last.

Ed and Scarlett decide to move to a small village after their baby daughter is born, out of the city. Scarlett has a very popular blog about being a mum and hopes to start earning money from it. She meets three new friends at her NCT class and life is looking good. Until she finds out video of her in a compromising situation made many years ago has been sent to her family, friends and her work colleagues.

Totally devastated, she has to find who has done this; who has ruined her life.

There are many twists and turns which will keep your guessing!

I would recommend this book to fans of psychological thrillers.

I saw good things about this book on twitter so I was ecstatic when I was accepted to be able to review it!

Such a good story! It was clever and So relatable. As a mum, I could really put myself in the mums shoes! Caroline describes mum life perfectly, I found myself agreeing and sighing along at some of the things the mums would do.
(Relating to mum life)

As for the actual storyline it was thrilling and I couldn’t stop reading to find out the ending! Throughout the whole book i was questioning each character and changing my mind after each chapter. It’s the perfect ‘who done it’ read!

Thank you for the opportunity - if you like a good ‘guess who’s the culprit’ read this is the book for you :)

Who do you trust? In this book .. no one! MC Scarlett's life was perfect until someone sends a shocking video of her to everyone she knows. The only people who claim they haven’t seen it are the friends in her new mothers’ group. Scarlett is determined to find out who is out to get her. This is just horrible, which makes it very real and relatable; some characters you hate and some you like. Thank you to Avon Books UK and NetGalley for an ebook ARC. This is my honest review.

A thoroughly enjoyable, nerve wracking psychological thriller where more and more is revealed through the viewpoint of Scarlett and the anonymous voice of the person out to destroy her.

This was a domestic thriller with lots of twists and turns and fu!I of surprises with characters who were believable and life like. The story showed just what can happen.when jealousy can get out of hand a d how things can take a turn for the worst and how you think you know who your friends are but in reality you don't know what's reAlly going on behind closed doors this was my first book by this author and will definitely read more

This book surprised me at how gripping it really was! I didn’t expect it to be quite so thrilling and chilling! Books, especially thrillers, are either hit or miss with me when they involve children, but this was definitely a hit! A great domestic suspense, which was well written, unique, and compelling! Unputdownable throughout! If you are like me and are not much of a kid involved thriller, give this a try, I promise you’ll love it! Predorder today, highly recommend this very well written, chill inducing, tense story!

Thank you to Caroline Corcoran, Avon Books and NetGalley for this ARC.

This was a decent story about a mommy blogger who has a sex tape that gets sent to basically everyone she knows. The characters are likable, but somewhat predictable. What isn't predictable is the ending. I thought I knew who the villain was, but I was completely wrong.

What would a 30 some year old woman do, when her past comes back to bite her, from something she did over a decade ago?
Welcome to the life of Scarlett, popular Mom blogger, who has it all, a handsome husband, a year old daughter named Poppy (sorry, I thought of "Trolls" when I saw this name), a beautiful house, and a successful marketing job after 18 months worth of maternity leave. She meets a small group of women at mom classes and they become her best friends. She is the city mouse moving to the country and not knowing anybody as well as she thinks. Someone, somewhere, wants to ruin her life after she's supposedely ruined theirs. She starts loosing it all, one thing at a time, after a sex tape is leaked from a long time ago when she was at a partying, self destructive, time of her life.
I wanted to feel sorry for and like Scarlett, but the truth is, I could not. It's like she never grew up, and she remained naive and selfish most of the time. It took most of the book for that light bulb to go off over that pretty blonde head of hers. I got halfway through the book and wanted it to end already. Who wants to read about lots and lots and lots of fighting with someone's spouse? It seemed never ending and got boring fast.
The conclusion was pretty good and not something I suspected. Overall, it was an okay read, but definitely not something I ever got fully engrossed reading. Thank you NetGalley for giving me another free book for an honest review.

This book was a 4.5 star read for me and kept me hooked throughout most of the novel.
This novel took many realities of people that create a career on social media and how people interpret these people constantly. I loved the characters of the book because they were made to connect with every person in some manner.
The only reason that this book did not receive a 5 star for me was that I was able to guess most of the ending and then thrown in randomly was another "plot twist" that I found confusing and misplaced for the novel. I found myself asking why? Although I felt like it looked at the theme of not judging a book by the cover, which something a lot of people forget when getting to know others around them.
This novel made me excited to pick up more books by this author and I am excited to see how much more from her!

The Baby Group by Caroline Corcoran

Wow! Watch out for what you do in your younger years because it can come back to bite you! Social media can be used as a good thing, but it can be the devil as well. I know that social media has become the communication gateway of our time. It is sad to say our younger generation don’t know how to play outside or look up into your eyes when talking or walk into a room without everyone’s head down. I wonder if it’s not going to be true that our bodies will not start to curve unlike that of apes because we do look down so much and have our arms and elbows curved? Oops of topic! The book for me was too drawn out and slow. I actually skipped chapters. I can’t say it’s not well written, others may like this type of suspense drama book. It just needed something else for me.
I received an advanced copy from NetGalley and this is my willingly given thoughts and opinions.

Scarlett has the perfect family life... or does she??
This book is edgy & gripping, I loved it! There were times when I thought I'd worked it all out, then thought I was completely wrong. I suspected almost every character at some point, which is unusual for me, so I enjoyed the suspense. I couldn't put it down once I got past the first couple of chapters, sat up late reading & then got up early to get a bit more of the book fix. Definitely a book that I'd recommend.

Relevant and nerve wracking thriller.

The book is well written with two perspectives which makes it a gripping read. One is the protagonist and the other is an anonymous person with less than good intentions.

Great psychological thriller.

“The Baby Group” was well written and drew me in. I did figure out many of the twists and turns of the story but I still had to finish to see if I was right. The writing style was different than I am used to, but the book was enjoyable.

A subject that’s very out there at the moment. Everyone’s worst nightmare. The book was fantastic to read. It was exciting and thrilling. I couldn’t put it down. Was desperate to find out who done it . The book was very enjoyable and very well written

I’d like to thank Avon Books UK and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘The Baby Group’ written by Caroline Corcoran in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Scarlett has a beautiful home with husband Ed, adorable one-year-old Poppy, her blog ‘Cheshire Mama’, and a job she loves working for an up-market digital marketing agency. On her first day back following maternity leave she can’t understand why her colleagues aren’t speaking to her until her boss Felicity shows her a sordid video detailing something in Scarlett’s past that she thought no one knew about. Ed, her family, friends, colleagues and clients have all been sent a copy, everyone except her three friends, Cora, Emma and Asha. As everything she holds dear starts to unravel, Scarlett has to decide who hates her enough to want to ruin her life?

‘The Baby Group’ is the first novel I’ve read by Caroline Corcoran and when I started reading I thought it was going to be another in the chick lit vein, but I was so wrong! The further I got into the story the more I realised it’s a very cleverly written thriller with a strong plot, intrigue and twists and turns, culminating with a dramatic and unexpected ending. This is a thoroughly enjoyable novel and one I can definitely recommend.

The Baby Group by Caroline Corcoran- Scarlett’a golden life suddenly unravels when someone sends a shocking video of her to everyone she knows. The only people who claim they haven’t seen it are her friends in her new mothers group: Cora, Emma and Asha. Scarlett is forced to delve into her past to discover who is out to get her, she has to ask- are her friends as innocent as they seem?

I was given this book as an arc to read courtesy of Netgalley . As a new mum I found parts of this story extremely relatable and I really enjoyed the story. The story’s characters are very well developed and very real and relatable. I found this story really reflects the ups and downs of being a new mum and also how quickly your life can be turned around. This book had me hooked as I really wanted to find out who the culprit was and why. The story switches between two narratives (Scarlett and the anonymous person who is out to get her). There is lots of drama, secrets, twists and turns throughout the story which kept me gripped and made me struggle to work out who the culprit was. I found the ending of this story quite unexpected and would give this story a 4 ⭐️ rating.