Wow! This was such a great mystery/thriller! Penny is accused of murdering her biological mother Rachel, but she has no memory of doing so. Nor do any of her other personalities- Eve, Chloe, Ruby, and possibly a fourth. Penny suffers from DID, dissociative identity disorder. But not every doctor believes the diagnostic. Grace, Penny’s adoptive mother, is determined to help Penny stay out of jail and get to the truth. And the truth... omg absolutely shocking! I did not see the ending coming AT ALL! I thought I had it figured out pretty early on. I went back and forth with believing Penny and then thinking maybe she was making it all up. But the ending, never had that guess in the back of my mind. I definitely recommend for anyone that likes a good psychological thriller with a splash of court room drama!

Thank you NetGalley for an advance copy of The Perfect Daughter in exchange for an honest review.

Penny Francone was found alone in a park when she was about 5 years old. She was adopted by Grace and grew up with 2 brothers. Nobody knew her history and she Penny was unable to tell anyone her story. A few years after she was adopted, it was discovered that she had Multiple Personality Disorder. Eve, the roughest of the alters, takes care of things when Penny cannot. There is also Chloe and Ruby.

When Penny is 16, she is accused of killing her birth mother, Rachel. Shes is found in Rachel's apartment covered in Rachel's blood, holding a knife. Because of her age, she is placed in a mental health facility until her trial. Her adopted mother is doing everything she can to find out the truth about what happened, and when Penny begins being treated by Dr. McHugh, interesting things start coming to light. But can they get to the truth before it's too late?

This was a very interesting story and I did not see the end coming. Very thorough and the information on DID was very interesting.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read an advance copy of this book.

Let me start by saying this book has multiple glowing five star reviews and I knew this prior to starting it. It would seem I'm in the minority when I say I struggled to see past a 3 star rating so I think perhaps I had set my expectations too high?! 🙈

Whilst I enjoyed the storyline / subject matter and found myself drawn into the narrative rather quickly, The Perfect Daughter turned into quite the slow burner and felt rather repetitive in some parts. At times I found I was reading it simply because I wanted to know what the ending was going to be rather than because I was actually enjoying reading it, if that makes sense?!

The plot twist was a total WOW I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING and if I'm completely honest, I don't think ANYBODY could have actually guessed what was coming.. Game changer! 😱 Outrageous and probably hugely farfetched but rather enjoyable all the same. Just about pulled a 3 star to a 4 star by the skin of its teeth for me.

Thank you to NetGalley & St. Martins Press for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review 📖

I enjoyed the plot line of this book very much but just found it a bit repetitive. I never felt a huge connection to any of the characters either. Maybe if I would have know more about them before
Jumping right into the main story? And then the ending still left me feeling a bit blah? Although I am sure this will be a huge hit, it just didn’t do it for me.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️4.5 stars
The Perfect Daughter
DJ Palmer
Publication date 4/20/21
Put this one on your to read list!! DJ Palmer does it again with a thriller that will keep you up late at night to finish. I was hooked from the first page and was so intrigued with Penny - was she insane or does she really have dissociative identity disorder. There is Penny, Ruby, Chloe and evil Eve- could one of these personalities of killed her birth mother??? You will be guessing until the very end....

Sending a sincere thank you to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for an advanced copy of The Perfect Daughter for my honest review! Can’t wait to see what comes next!!

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I received an advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review

I loved this one. Very fast paced, had me turning pages as I tore through it – I had to see how it would end. The characters were well rounded and the narrative felt believable. Gave me chills. Solid five

Let me start by saying that I would really give this book 3.5 stars, but I rounded it up to 4 stars because of the interesting topic of DID. That was the most fascinating part of the book and I found myself getting pulled in when Penny's character was featured.

I was immediately pulled into the story at the very beginning, but it quickly started lagging after the first few chapters. It took me so much longer to get through this book than usual. I just never really found myself drawn to it so that I could finish it. Once I decided to do it and really commit myself, I had to plow through the middle third of the book. Finally, around that last third is when things started picking up again and I finished it in one sitting.

Similar to the author's last book "The New Husband" there is a startling plot twist. I am not going to say that I didn't see it coming but the way it's revealed was a big WHOA. I'm not going to delve into all that since I dislike reviews with spoilers, but it's pretty good. There are some characters that could have been left out entirely (angry brother alert), but the others were perfectly fine. While the mother Grace features prominently, I kept wanting more and more from Annie. She was way more interesting!

Overall, I think it's a perfectly fine read. There are a zillion books out there, but this one is a good one to knock out in a day or two. I look forward to more from the author and hope that the plot twists out of left field continue.

All of D.J. Palmer’s novels are excellent! This one kept me on the edge of my seat. The subject-matter (DID) was well-researched, and written about respectfully.

Grace is devastated when her daughter, Penny, is accused of the brutal murder of her birth mother. Grace is convinced that her daughter is innocent, but it's not looking good for Penny - she was covered in blood and holding the murder weapon. Penny claims that she can't remember anything from that night.

Grace has always been protective of her daughter. She found Penny abandoned in a playground. From that moment on, Grace and her now deceased husband vowed to give her daughter a better life. As Penny got older, she began to have spells of strange actions - she would not remember people she'd met, begin speaking in a British accent, and refer to herself as other names. After Penny spent some time with psychiatrists, she was given a diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder (also known as DID).

Dr. Mitch has been assigned to Penny's case while she awaits trial. Will Dr. Mitch agree with the past DID diagnosis? Dr. Mitch has been able to access Penny's different personalities, also referred to as alters. Each alter has seemingly been accessing memories that may be pertinent to the case. Will anyone be able to put the pieces together of that ill-fated night? Could one of Penny's alters actually be capable of murder?

I've read DJ Palmer's other books, so I knew I had to read The Perfect Daughter. For me, this was a bit of a slow burn to finally get to the reveal at the end. Details were provided to the reader little by little. At times it felt like a tease, but I get that - it wouldn't make a good book to reveal all your cards right away. I'd finish a chapter and want to move on to the next chapter to figure out what was going on. I honestly couldn't figure out where this was going and really enjoyed how everything came together in the end. If you like a good psychological thriller with some twists, I'd definitely recommend this one!

Thrilling scary and crazy ride!!! This book literally kept me on the edge from page one !!! The outcome is so not what I expected and threw me completely!! The characters were awesome and the suspense was INTENSE!!!

Thank you NetGalley, & D.J. Palmer for this great ARC.

The Perfect Daughter is a mystery thriller about a girl who struggles with mental issues and she finds herself the suspect of the murder of her mother. The story explores her mental issues and whether or not she is guilty of murder.

The story was a interesting read. If you’re familiar with DID, I would definitely recommend this book to you.

A very interesting mystery kept me on the edge of my seat. I am unfamiliar with DID so it was fascinating to read about a character with this mental health problem. The amount of research that went into this book must have been so much!

The Perfect Daughter tells the story of Grace, the mother of Penny who has 3 alters and suffers from DID. She has been framed for the murder of her mother since she was found covered in blood with the murder weapon in her hand. What follows is Grace and her family trying to prove that Penny has DID and if possible her innocence. The story is told from 3 perspectives. Grace, Jack (her son), and Mitch (the psychiatrist at the institute where Penny is kept till the trial).

I couldn't put the book down. The characters were likable. I was satisfied with the ending if a bit farfestched.

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. A mystery page turner, featuring a girl with Dissociative Identity Disorder. This is a fascinating mental illness that has gotten a lot of coverage in books and movies, but not always accurately. This author said he did his homework researching the disorder in order to portray it properly. Regardless, it is a solid novel that kept me reading past my bedtime

This book is great! Would definitely recommend. Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

A thriller from beginning to end! Just when I thought I had it figured out, there was a new wrinkle, or perhaps a new perspective is a better way to put it, is introduced into the storyline. It kept me riveted throughout. A Big thanks to NetGalley for the early read.

Fairly compelling mystery that is a good beach read. The basic story is that a woman is dead and Penny is found at the scene of the crime, holding the murder weapon, with blood all over her. The catch: Penny suffers from having multiple personalities.

Suspense ensues as we learn Pennys story and that of her multiple personalities in the process of trying to solve the murder. It's a decent premise and decently written. If youre a huge fan of suspense, it's worth a read. A solid B+ of a book.

This is another great book by D J Palmer! Within the 1st ten pages, you don't want to stop reading. I had to slow myself down a few times while reading. I thought for sure the daughter committed the crime in the beginning however the book had a few twist and you wonder who really did. The ending catches you by total surprise, you don't see it coming.

DJ Palmer did it again, he completely and utterly blew my mind! He had me thinking the book was heading in a certain direction and cleverly steered the plot into another. I seriously thought every character was guilty at one time or another as I read. Books like this are pure perfection, a readers dream! My mind kept picking up the clues and trying to piece them together, but the author didn't give us all the pieces until the end and the last piece connected it all together perfectly. DJ Palmer is the new psychological thriller king! I can't wait for his next gripping thriller.

I wasn’t loving the DID portion of the storyline so the book was kind of dragging for me and then BAM!!!! I didn’t see that twist coming. What a rollercoaster of a story and the DID totally makes sense!

The Perfect Daughter is a psychological thriller about a teen girl with Disassociative Identity Disorder (multiple personalities) who is accused of murdering her estranged birth mother and her adoptive mother's desperation to prove her innocent. I really enjoyed this one except for the ending and in thrillers like this the "twist ending" is really make or break for me. Unfortunately this one just seemed too farfetched for me and soured how much I enjoyed the first 90% of the book.