What a brilliant read. This held me captive from beginning to end! Its a dark tale of friendship, loyalty and hidden lies. Thoroughly engaging. The characters are strong and believable. Will definitely be looking at Lucinda Berry's other books. Absolutely deserves the 5 stars and highly recommended.

Thank you Thomas & Mercer and Netgalley.

Three best friends, two gun shots and a whole lot of lies.

Dani, Kendra and Lindsey have been best friends for years. Sadly they become a part of every parents worst nightmare and a tragic accident leaves one their teenage boys dead, another in a coma and one that is so traumatised he cannot speak.

Their boys Sawyer, Jacob and Caleb are all best friends and have been since birth. They took turns at sleepover and grew up together. How did they happen?

Three mothers, each broken in different ways want to find answers, but uncovering the truth unravels a series of lies and has them questioning their friendships.

Lies, secret relationships, domestic violence and jealousy all lead to uncovering the truth. The perfect family isn’t always happy on the inside.

Thank you NetGalley for this gem. I really enjoyed the twists and turns. The last part really got me!

Such a great book! This is the first I am reading from the author. This book is a sad and intense story of three families that are best friends and a tragedy when their sons have a horrible accident. One lives, one is in a coma and one dies.

Slowly secrets from the families come out. Overall, it was very easy for me to follow as each chapter switched to one of the mothers. I did not see the ending coming, though some of my hunches were correct.

When three best friends have three sons, of course the boys grow up to become best friends. Until one night a terrible accident occurs leaving one boy dead, one comatose and one too traumatized to speak. The three mothers dig deep to discover what happened that night, and how well do the ones closest to them.

This book was WOW! From the beginning, I felt like I was peeking in the curtains of three families houses and learning their deepest secrets. I felt so invested in these characters and truly did not know how this book was going to end. Each chapter was seeped in emotion and suspense that made it difficult to put down. I’d highly suggest this book to anyone looking for a good psychological thiller.

2 stars DNF. I couldn’t finish this one. The basis of the storyline was good but there was just too much going on all at once with too many characters thrown in right from the start. I also
felt the characters were unlikable. I felt bad for not finishing but this one just wasn’t for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Starting off reading this book, I was intrigued by the plot, and buckled my belt for a nice thriller ride. The plot seemed worthy and I even liked the author's writing style. What got me was that there were SO many characters. We have 3 families with about 4 children each and 1 son from each family are the ones involved in a crisis. I hate to say that as much as I wanted to like this book, I just didn't because with every chapter, I had to force myself to remember who was who, who was married to who, whose son was whose. This got very old very quickly. I almost felt like I had to write it all down and reference back to it with each new chapter, but reading for enjoyment should not be that way. Sadly, I was not able to finish this book because of this one flaw. Otherwise, I was pretty engrossed in the story, but just could not continue due to the confusion with the characters.

Wow. This book was heavy and tedious and absolutely 100% readable. So, while many things are going on in this novel, I felt the main focus on the friendship between 3 mothers: Kendra, Dani and Lindsey after an incident that happened to their children. They are each mothers of high school seniors and we get the perspective of each of them in short chapters throughout the book. I am not a big fan of chapters this short and I would have liked more details in each section, but it did all work out in the long run. The author did an excellent job of unraveling the secrets in a timely manner and also building suspense throughout. I enjoyed how we really got the sense of how we never truly know anyone- not our friends, spouses, children- no one. I enjoyed this and I would read this author again. Thank you for the approval in exchange for my honest review.

Oh! Oh, I was not expecting this. What a tour de force! What a sensation. I stayed up until the middle of the night reading. What a story! This might be the best book I’ve read this year by far. Tragic and beautiful and heartbreaking and completely unputdownable. Each of the characters felt unique and their strengths and weaknesses were oh so human. I was really not expecting a book this good when I ‘picked it up.’ Sensational, simply sensational.

This book took me by surprise. It kept me interested throughout the story and I needed to see what was going to happen. I truly enjoyed the pacing of the story and the well written characters. I would recommend this story to all.

Thank you to NetGalley, Lucinda Berry, and Thomas & Mercer for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Three best friends, who have raised their three boys together from toddlers to teens, have their friendships challenged after a tragic accident involving the boys. Everyone is in shock, but when the shock wears off, questions about who is to blame begin to arise. The parents begin their journey towards healing, but along the way, discover there are things they never knew about their boys, their friends, and even about themselves. This is a tragic story that was a long time coming. Could it have been averted? Could the parents have been more aware and stopped the tragedy? Or, does life just happen? These are questions we would all ask ourselves in this same situation. This story will open the eyes of parents, coaches, and best friends; and maybe another tragedy like this one will not have to happen.

What a dark, mesmerizing book this was.
I read this in one sit down.
Great thriller!
Worth the read Guys

Thank You NetGalley & Publisher for this ARC!

First of all, Lucinda Berry is one of my favorite authors. She always has a way to captivate you right from the start and she’s always super twisted. This is my fifth read from her and it wasn’t my favorite, but that’s okay! I was starting to think this woman was freakishly perfect 😂♥️ I had a hard time keeping the characters straight with who their husbands and kids were. My friend @misty had the same issue and was helpful and sent me a little chart she made! The story was tragic and heartbreaking. I couldn’t imagine going through this as a parent and I’m grateful I don’t have kids 😅 The little twist at the end wasn’t super surprising and I actually guessed that before it was revealed. I really wanted to see it all blow up, but that’s okay 🤣 I would recommend any of her books and she’s great 💕

Oh. My. Gosh. This could easily be one of my top favorite reads of 2020. Three best friends. One is dead. One is in the hospital with an alleged "self-inflicted" gun shot wound but he can't talk because he's comatose. The surviving best friend is too distraught to talk, traumatized by whatever he witnessed. Oh and the mom's of these boys are all best friends as well. Cheating, domestic abuse, and love beyond boundary is rampant. I am going to need a book two after that epilogue cliff hanger.

This book was beautifully written and a heart wrenching story that I loved!!

The story starts with a tragedy, three teenage boys drinking and one gets shot and killed, one looks like he tried to kill himself with a shot in the head, and the last boy is alive but goes mute. The story then goes on with the mother’s view points of the events that will unfold. The whole time you are trying to figure out what really happened that night with their sons but also the lies and secrets of the moms who have been best of friends for years. Pain, grief, anger, all start to set in and make for a beautifully tragic storyline. I figured out quickly what happened that night with the boys but the author threw in another little tidbit that you find out about later within the mother’s storyline that almost brought me to tears. I absolutely loved this book and would recommend anyone and everyone to read this!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me this wonderful arc.

As a mama of a boy, this book absolutely TERRIFIED ME. I want to just keep my little boy tucked tightly under my wing! The roller coaster ride these three moms go through in this book is heart-wrenching, and will truly shatter you. Lucinda Berry does an IMMACULATE job of developing her characters and pulling you in on each and every page!

Wow! Secrets destroy lives! Three best friends have three sons that grow up together as best friends. One night tragedy strikes the group as the one boy is killed, one is gravely injured and the other suffers from a psychotic break. Can Kendra, Dani and Lindsay unravel all the secrets to find out what happened that night? Can the friendships handle the secrets and truth that will be revealed?
I loved this book. It took me longer to read it than I would normally finished the book because I was so affected by the anguish the families were going through. A tough read based on subject matter but a gripping story!

Three lifelong friends suffer through a tragedy which involves their three teenage sons with an open-ended mystery. We've discovered the end result, but we're not sure what happened or wh, if anyone is truly at fault. The only surviving teenager is so shell shocked that he can't even speak about it. We see each family attempting to deal with the shocking turn of events to their lives, and at the center of the story are the various relationships - between friends, husbands and wives, sons and daughters and family members.

I found myself really caught up in this book and it read fast and flowed quite easily for me. Lucinda Berry did an excellent job with her character development and it was a good solid plot. This was my first book that I've read by her but it will not be my last. I definitely recommend this book.

I would like to thank Lucinda Berry, Thomas and Mercer and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I absolutely loved this book. I felt for all the characters and what they were going through. The ending had me completely blown away. I'm going to be telling all my friends about this one. Great job, Lucinda Berry! I can't wait for the next one.

One night changes everything for three teenage boys and their families. What is thought to be a tragic accident leaves one boy dead, one in a coma clinging to life and another mute, refusing to speak. The mothers band together and dig in to try and piece together the events of that night and what happened. Secrets upon secrets surface and shake the families to their cores. There were points in the book where there was palpable disbelief that their sons had done what they discovered. It was a heart wrenching story from beginning to end. The revelation revealed at the end was unexpected and sad.

I did have difficulty keeping the names of the couples and their kiddos straight, but eventually got the hang of who belonged to who. The plot moved along at a nice pace and I definitely got sucked in and wanted to find out what happened.

A big thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC. This was my first book by this author, and it definitely wont be my last.

This book for me was pretty good, lots of secrets, lots of lies, but so many characters and there wasn't one that really grabbed me and made the book real for me, so felt more like an observer rather than fully invested in the story. maybe there was just too much crammed in beside the main story.so while it was worth reading. it also left me a bit cold 3.5