Narrators 5 stars

Story 4 stars

I never want to have friends like these!
So many secrets and lies! A really quick but enjoyable listen.

Whoever feels that small town life would be boring needs to read this book.
   There are so many intertwined lives it’s no wonder that any secrets can be maintained at all.
   The author presented the characters in a manner that has the reader wanting to jump into the scene and either scream or lash out….especially those teenage sons who certainly need a big dose of tough love.
   Lies upon lies is the foundation of this thriller that never seems to stop shocking the reader right to the end.
   The narrators, while the back and forth allows for a mental change of face of the characters, did not express well the emotions of the characters in their delivery of the book.

Kiersten Modglin doesn’t disappoint! As usual, it is fast paced. The minor characters annoyed the S—t outta me but it is just a reflection of how true those behaviour is in real life.
I think this year is my KMod year because I have read so much of her books and this is my first audiobook of hers.

This book took some time to warm up too. The accents and the narrators were a bit much to get used too. But! It was a fast paced book where the reader is constantly guessing what these "secrets" are. It was a bit much with the open ended question at the end of each chapter. But then, holy smokes. THINGS GOT DARK. Those two twins brothers are the absolute worse, no one is what they seem. The last 20% of the book totally sold me and made me bump it to 4 stars. Solid domestic thriller with some pretty disturbing characters.

This is a book about small town secrets and the lengths people will go to keep their secrets.

It starts off with a bang - a car has driven into the river and the characters want to avoid having the river dredged. What happens next is a story of murder, intrigue, psychological thrills, lies, and loyalty. The story is told from different points of view throughout the book, so if that is your jam, this book is a good fit for you.

Overall, interesting, fast paced, and well written.

Some twisty suspense in this one! I had several "wait, what?!?" moments.

So many secrets and lies. It seemed like everyone in this neighborhood was lying about something. The characters were not particularly likeable. Hardly any of them. Yet I found myself invested in the story nonetheless.

I liked that it was told from three points of view and you got a little something different from each of them. The narrators were both great and made the book all that more enjoyable.

I wasn't sure what in the word happened right up until the very end!

Thank you so much OrangeSky Audio and Netgalley for providing an advance audio copy in exchange for an honest review.

So many twists and turns in this audio. Loved the narration. Must read! 🌟🌟🌟🌟1/2 rating from me. Thank you Orange Sky Audio, Kiersten Modglin, and Netgalley for this audio in exchange for an honest review.

How many secrets can a small town conceal? How many bodies can be sunk in a lake that is only 21 feet deep at its center? Secrets, lies and family ties all come together in this multi-mystery story told from different viewpoints that meander along, scattering details like breadcrumbs to culminate in a shattering finale.

Thank you Netgalley for the audio copy. This is my first Kiersten Modglin experience and it definitely won't be my last. Carson Glen seems like a quiet subdivision but it is a town full of lies and mystery. First a man goes missing and then someone is murdered. Is anyone telling the truth? A beautiful setting, great characters and unpredictable storyline.

I enjoyed listening to this book. About a small town neighborhood where everyone knows everyone -- but do they really? Lots of secrets have been kept and the ending was definitely a shock!

Thank you for the opportunity to listen to this audiobook. I just couldn’t get into it. I didn’t particularly care for any of the characters. I found myself thinking what?! Where did that come from!? A few times. Just not for me!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

• domestic suspense
• multiple POVs
• great twists and turns

All of the stars!! So I'm probably the last person to have discovered this author... this book was so good and it looks like I have a LOT more to read from her. So exciting!

The narrators were excellent and kept me engaged with the story. If you could turn the pages of an audiobook, well that's what I was doing! 😂

🗣️ Thank you so much to NetGalley, OrangeSky Audio and Kiersten Modglin for the opportunity to read and review this book via audiobook. All opinions are honest and my own.

2.5 stars

A missing persons case, corrupt town officials, secret love affairs, & sinister secrets made this a decently compelling premise. The writing is not the best, unfortunately. And none of the MC’s are sympathetic or admirable; in fact, I think a few of them are sociopaths 🤷‍♀️

[What I liked:]

•The intrigue does start early on, & I was interested to find out what secrets everyone was hiding. The set up is a pretty good hook.

•The tension keeps up throughout the book, with the secrets slowly coming to light without happening all at once or being drawn out too long.


[What I didn’t like as much:]

•The dialogue & prose aren’t great. Not terrible, but awkward at points. Also, it’s not very nuanced. There are very on the nose & unnecessary declarations of cliché statements. That especially made several passages feel clunky & a bit cringeworthy.

•It was odd for this audiobook to have 2 narrators, each doing 2 different characters, especially since both women characters sounded the same & both men characters sounded the same. It got confusing for me to tell which character’s POV I was listening to. I would have much preferred a single narrator for the whole book.

•At 20% into the story, I had no clear idea of where this island subdivision is located, what season it is, etc. Having only fuzzy setting details annoys me, because I can’t immerse myself into the story as much as I’d like.

•Oof, Enzo is a jerk. His affair partner’s husband has been missing for 4 months, & he demands the role of being a stepfather to her teenage children. What? How does he think that is at all realistic or appropriate?

•Also, Enzo’s motivation for having done the thing that he’s keeping a secret is pretty thin! Or delusional.

•Both Stephanie & her teenage sons have sexist views about sex. Ie, girls feel emotional about sex & boys don’t, boys can’t help themselves from being manipulative sex addicts, etc.

CW: infidelity, sexism, child abuse, murder, sexual assault

[I received an ARC ebook copy from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Thank you for the book!]

But really what did I just listen too? This book blew my mind I was all over the place and that twist at then end. Easily five stars because I had no idea what was going on at all.
Who doesn’t like a small town setting where everyone thinks they know everyone and what was going on. Cause it this situation they were all wrong no one knew anything.

Thanks NetGalley for this great audio book. A small town can hold lots of secrets. A missing husband, a dead wife, an affair. Jude is the sheriff and his wife is the town busybody. She knows where all the bodies are buried. They are hiding their own secret. Stephanie’s husband has been missing for only four months but that doesn’t stop her from having an affair with the mayor, Enzo whose wife was killed after a robbery. Read this book to find out who did what to whom and why.

This just wasn't for me. There was a lot of drama and a lot of angst. I get it, but it was just bored me. I didn't find much in the characters to like and mostly felt sorry for them. What a depressing little place to live.

The story was twisted in ways I couldn't've imagined but the ending/revelation didn't give me the satisfaction I was expecting. I disliked every single one of the characters, maybe excluding Sophie. The writing felt a little repetitive in a way that the characters were continually insinuating that "they had a deep dark secret that shouldn't be out" and so on. yes, I know something sinister has happened and you might've had something to do with it but I needn't be reminded about it every 2 seconds. The plot twists were well played out and some of them were surprising but there were so many plot twists and turns that I had to pause in between to collect and organise my thoughts to understand what was actually happening. This can be a plus point, yes, but it got just a tad bit confusing and tiring for me. As I said I didn't really like any of the characters, I wasn't rooting for anyone or felt sympathetic with anyone for things they did throughout the book. But if that was what the author wanted the reader to feel, then she totally aced it! the plot was fantastic and the ending was surprising but somehow it wasn't as rewarding as I was hoping it would have been.

all-in-all I gave this book a 3.5 /5 rating.

I have read all of this author's books. This one was just off for me. I found most of the characters to be annoying. The teenage boys were seriously the worst.

The narrators were great though!

Our Little Secret by Kiersten Modglin is a well paced, domestic mystery/suspense that I found entertaining and unputdownable, because well, I needed to know the damn secret!

Cason Glen is a picture-perfect slice of small town suburbia, it’s residents bound by their children, their work, and their illusion of safety in their perfect little community until one of their own disappears, releasing a menace that skulked just beneath the surface of this exclusive enclave, revealing an underbelly of secrets, lies, and deceit that leaves no one unscathed.

I couldn’t help to not be pulled into this twisted tale of secrets. Having lived in a small town much of my life, I’ve experienced first hand people having to know everyone else’s business and gossip that spreads like wildfire. No matter how well you think you know someone, everyone has secrets or something they want to keep private, and it’s a well balanced push and pull between secrecy and exposure, that the author creates a perfect tension with this one. It’s a small town filled with secrets, and I knew those secrets were going to come out, but like a train wreck, I found it to be hard to look away, as unlikable character after unlikable character became enmeshed in the tangled web of bad decision, lies, and deceit, each taking great pain to keep their secret hidden, unaware everyone else around them was keeping secrets too.

I listened to this audiobook narrated by Mandy Kaplan and Wyatt Baker. Both did a great job voicing multiple unique, easily identifiable accents for the different characters, bringing them to life. At just under 6 hours, it was the perfect escape for a rainy day.

Thank you to NetGalley and OrangeSky Audio for the opportunity to listen to this audio ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Is #murdermonday a thing? I guess it must somewhat be since almost 6400 #bookobsessed #bookstagrammers have tagged it so.I have claimed it ..Kiersten Modglin is new to me but I see thriller readers with very good taste like her so when @netgalley offered me to listen to her latest audiobook I pushed play.

#ourlittlesecret
@kierstenmodglinauthor @orangeskyaudio
10/5/21
3.5 🌟🌟🌟💫 rounded up to 4⭐

Let me say this ..if you review on Netgalley this is an autolisten.. thank you so much for my ALC!
You will enjoy this if :

🎧 You like mysteries with.multiple unreliable narrators
🎧 You like TV dramas that are soap operas..were you a fan of Dallas , Dynasty or 80s classic shows with murder in a small town I remember my Mom glued to the TV to find out who shot JR.
🎧 You like stories with a serial killer who buried their dead in a lake .
🎧You like stories that anyone and everyone had a motive to kill.

This book I kept listening even though the narator sounded like she was a cast member of King of the Hill, I may finish reading on KU since I am now home from work.I am thoroughly invested in finding out who killed who..
Let me just say..the bombshell at the end you will never see coming.


It is a fast paced book, you can almost finish in a work day.



I will definitely go read her backlist titles!