Mixed review 2.5 rounded up for first book

I wanted to like this more. The narrator was annoying and, at times, downright ridiculous. The writing is fine, though it was much longer that it should have been. I found myself wondering how it was going to wrap up and then seeing I was at 52% done - ugh.

I think some of my hesitation comes from the fact that “Little Bones” was 8 when she was taking part in the crimes with her dad. Eight is way too old. A child of that age would easily understand that this behavior wasn’t right. It seems that throughout the story she is kept away from the most grizzly of the crimes yet claims to help her dad bury the “stalker’s kid” (when they used acid to decompose them so they could create art from the bones?!?). It was just contradictory and strange. And the nicknames - please make it stop. Less is more. Always.

On the plus side, it was a great concept. The characters as a whole were interesting. The twists were there. Some reviewers some them coming, me not so much. I definitely had to see how this would end. This is a solid first book. I will look for more from this author.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and Avon Books UK for a copy in exchange for a review.

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Wow! I enjoyed reading this so much. Haven’t come across this author before but the description appealed to me. So glad I gave it a try. One of the best books this year! Could very easily see this made into a TV adaptation. Highly recommend.

To say I was very excited to read this book would be an understatement. Little Bones by N V Peacock was my first approved ARC from the site NetGalley. Having only signed up earlier in the week I was over the moon to have a request approved so quickly. This book was the first to catch my eye of their endless catalogue of reads. The cover is utterly stunning and the brief description only intrigued me further. It sounded definitely like my cup of tea.

Little Bones follows mother Cherrie who is trying to lead a normal life. However, her life has been far from normal. Now living under a new name, the once Leigh- Ann, is desperately trying to keep the past where it belongs. This becomes exceedingly hard when a crime podcast reveals her true identity, claiming she is the daughter of notorious serial killer Mr Bones who killed 11 young boys back in the 80s. Now a local boy has gone missing and the finger on blame is being pointed at her ‘Little Bones’. After all, they do say like father like daughter!

The premise of this book hooked me with the first few pages. I read the entirety of this book in two sitting in less than 24 hours which is pretty impressive compared to the awful reading slump I’ve been in since the end of last month. A real page-turner that I just couldn’t put down, I needed to know what was going to happen next. The only thing I will say is that I would have loved to have seen more of Cherrie’s relationship with her father, both past and present, you see glimpses of this throughout the book but I just wished it had been delved into a little deeper.

Many reviews I have now read for this book claimed that it was too gruesome for them but honestly I could have handled a bit more. Maybe that’s the true crime/serial killer fanatic in me but I just wanted to know all the gory details about the original crimes. But ultimately I know that story was more based around Cherrie and her life now. Her dad’s storyline there to flesh out the plot.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this read and cannot wait to see more of what NetGalley has to offer. I gave Little Bones by N V Peacock ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5 stars and would highly recommend it to any true crime lover like myself.

Little Bones by N.V. Peacock is an interesting true crime thriller. I was intrigued since the beginning of the book.

Mr. Bones is a serial that has been in prison for 25 years. His daughter Little Bones played with his victims and helped make artwork out of his bones. 25 years later, Little Bones has legally changed her name and nobody knows about her past.

A young boy goes missing in Cherrie’s town. Then, a podcast announces that Cherrie is Little Bones and assumes she is following in her father’s footsteps. Cherrie’s past is coming back to haunt her, and her family isn’t safe. Will Cherrie have to tell her friends and family about her past? Will they find out on their own? What happened to the missing boy? Is his disappearance related to Mr. Bones or a copycat?

Little Bones was a good thriller. I was very interested in finding out what was going to happen next. However, I did not like Cherrie. I didn’t feel like she acted rationally. I know she wouldn’t be thinking clearly when she was in a stressful situation. In her head she would assume she know who was responsible and then ignore everything else and go after them. This bothered me. I did really enjoy some of the other characters. Tracy, Cherrie’s best friend and all of Cherrie’s friends were very supportive and loyal. Kylie is a very interesting character and really added to the story. Mariah, a psychic is also a unique part of Little Bones. I liked seeing how the different characters reacted to Mariah’s predictions.

Little Bones really opens up the concept of villain versus victim which was very interesting.

I recommend Little Bones to True Crime Thriller fans as long as having likeable characters is not important to you.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon Books UK for Little Bones.

A great book, Cherrie is one bad ass mam who has had the most awful childhood being accomplice to serial child killer Mr Bones. When her child disappears she takes matters into her own hands and will do anything to get her baby back. Gripping read thanks to netgalley for the advanced copy

A great thriller with multiple twists and turns! I really enjoyed the red herrings and I kept thinking to myself "no way!" each time the main character (Cherrie/Leigh-ann) thought she had figured out what had happened to her son. I enjoyed the darker elements of the novel - the meeting with Mr Bones in particular. The addition of the psychic and the link to the supernatural was also something that really encouraged me to read the book.

I did find the main character extremely hard to like and this made reading some sections of the novel quite tiresome. She seemed to jump from feeling relatively calm to punching the person closest to her without much build up in-between! I also found it difficult to stay on track with what age Robin was as his dialogue was child-like in parts and then very adult in others.

I would recommend this to someone who enjoys darker thrillers with hints at more disturbing themes. Thank you to Netgalley and Avon Books for the e-ARC in exchange for my honest review!

The synopsis drew me in and I'm so glad it did.

This was a great book for escapism, you won't (I hope) relate to the characters but it was a perfectly observed book about a child who grew up around abhorrent violence and who she bacame.

A must read for the fans of serial killer genre but definitely expect more as Cherrie narrates for us.

There is a woman named Cherrie. She was formerly known as Leigh-Ann, daughter to a serial killer of young boys. She sought to separate her past by changing her name and starting a new life. She has a live-in boyfriend and a five-year-old son named Robin. Her father was caught when she was eight years of age so she should have been able to bury her past.

However, there is a new podcast about her father and her identity is leaked. What is more, and far worse, is there is a new disappearance. The public is calling her Little Bones again and suspect her of killing the missing child. She feverishly searches for the child, all while trying to avoid the finger pointing and stares coming her way.

What a chilling book, especially when it came to Cherrie's internal dialogue. I never liked Cherrie. Not from page one. Of course, I didn't judge her by her father's crimes, but there were things about her that ate at me while I read through the pages of this book. I was only able to give this book 3 Stars.

Many thanks to Avon Books UK and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.

I liked this book .. it was a little bit predictable though. It was definitely a page turner but nothing spectacular. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free copy In return for a fair and honest review.

Excellent book. The tension buildup continued right to the very end. Dark subject matter, but handled sensitively, Kept my interest all the way through. Found it hard to put it down, finished reading it in one weekend. Highly recommended.

Little Bones is a thriller revolving around a protagonist named Cherrie. The reader quickly discovers that Cherrie has dark family secrets and she may not be the person her current friends and family believe her to be. She fights to prevent her secrets from creeping into her current life.

When a psychic warns Cherrie that her family is in danger, and a podcast threatens to reveal the skeletons in her closet, her world begins to spiral out of control.

About halfway through the novel, Cherrie starts to come apart at the seams. The reader begins to question her sanity and if her childhood nickname of Little Bones is more appropriate than originally thought. Is Cherrie falling victim to the unimaginable stress and fear over her missing son, or is it her true nature finally coming to light? Does Cherrie’s imprisoned father hold the key to the truth about what happened to her son?

This thriller is full of twists and turns. I thought I had the villain figured out, but I was wrong! This is an entertaining work of fiction that is perfect for spooky fall reading.

Thank you NetGalley, author, and publisher for granting me access to this e-book in exchange for my honest review. I really enjoyed it!

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This took a while for me to get into, but once I was hooked into the story, I really wanted to keep going and find out what really happened. There were a number of very plausible "solutions" through the story and it was well done. The book has a lot of darkness in it and is very grim. The central mystery is interesting and I think the story could have worked well without needing to go into all the gory details. Sometimes leaving just the implications are better than giving all the details!

I think this is a first novel and I would definitely give a second novel a chance - a good first start!

I received an e-ARC from the publisher and Netgalley in return for an honest review.

This book was a bit of a disappointment for me. The narrative was a bit jumbled to me. It was an okay book.

Excellent thriller, perfect for a Halloween release!
I liked the way the main character was presented. She wasn’t perfect, she wasn’t the usual victim type you can get in thrillers. There was a hard edge of steel running through her that fit in well with what she had gone through as a child.
Enough subplots to keep you guessing and a fantastically twisty ending - I look forward to recommending this to people on publication.

An excellent read with endless twist and turns. N.V. Peacock does an outstanding job at leading readers astray with minimal foreshadowing and multiple plot twists. Character development is minimalistic but made up for with a well established plot. Highly recommended for book clubs everywhere with boundless discussion points.

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An enjoyable thriller, with a really interesting take on the current vogue for True Crime podcasts and what it would mean to be the subject of one. Dark and escapist.

Ok so this was like amazing! It immediately drew me in from the first chapter!
This was packed with page turner after page turner!
I mean who wouldn't love a good suspense about the daughter of a serial killer?
I was really excited about this one.
The storyline was good.... Could have been better I thought.
The characters I enjoyed pretty well.
There was some parts I thought to be boring but it soon picked back up

Thank You NetGalley Publisher and author for this gifted ebook!

Rating 3.5

Little Bones was a fun Thriller from the perspective of the daughter of a serial killer as a new true crime podcast uncovers her name change and her son goes missing.

I loved the mentions of Mr. Bones and definitely thought I knew who took Robin and was surprised to be wrong! For an avid Thriller reader that was pretty neat.

A great debut for Thriller and murdery book fans! TW: child murder.

Excellent thriller and very creative story! There are all kinds of books about serial killers nowadays and this was a creative perspective that kept me entertained.

Brilliant! I found this book from N.V. Peacock gripping, exciting and utterly compelling. You are sucked into Cherrie's life from the outset. All of the twist, turns, and ups and downs of emotions. It takes you to parts of her life as the daughter of a serial killer Trying to distance herself from her past, but being constantly dragged back and down whilst trying to find the kidnappers of her son.
Well done on an amazing thriller and thank you to Netgalley for giving us the opportunity to read it.