Wow! I absolutely loved reading about Jessica, Norah, and Alicia's time at Wild Meadows and how they united together to get through. Reading about them now and what comes out years later got me hooked and I loved every minute of this book. The twist at the end with Ms Fairchild left my jaw on the floor!

I want to thank Netgalley for a first shot at this book begore it comes out in April 2024.

Sally Hepworth did not disappoint from the beginning to the last page. The story is about Jessica, Norah and Alicia being raised in a foster home by the evil Mrs. Fairchild. They considered themselves sisters to the end although they weren’t biologically related. They stuck together like glue.
I couldn’t put this book down from beginning to end. I had to keep going to see how it ended. It was a big surprise on the very last page.
I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I did

Jessica, Alicia, and Norah meet in foster care and develop a sister-like bond after being put through the unpredictable things their foster mother, Mrs Fairchild, would put them through.
As adults they are still working through their troubling past. When the police let them know that human bones were found under the foster home, they are forced to look into the past to help figure out who the bones belonged to.
Darling Girls had me hooked from the start. I enjoyed learning the stories of the girls as the narrative altered between both the past and present. The book kept me guessing and wanting to keep reading to find out the truth.
Thanks Netgalley for the ARC!

I never pass up a Sally Hepworth book - and this one did not disappoint! It was definitely a page turner that I stayed up late into the night reading. I enjoyed the past and present narratives from multiple viewpoints and how everything was wrapped up in the end without any loose ends.

I think this was her best one yet, just when you think the story is done it throws a twist in there I did not see coming

The story of three foster kids that become sisters through the verbal and emotional abuse of their foster mom. Attention-grabbing and wonderfully written, Darling Girls is the mystery not only of how bones appeared under their old foster home, but who did the bones belong too? I would recommend this book to anyone looking for an emotional story within a thriller.

This book was amazing! The ongoing build of the stories of their pasts and how it applied to the current day situation was great! Knowing the POV of each character throughout the book and it was wonderfully written. So many twists that kept me guessing and towards the end when I thought it was done was the amazing ending that left me shocked again! Amazing book!! Loved the whole thing!

Omg!!
I can’t believe how much I enjoyed this! I have finished this in 2 hours and I couldn’t put it down. I’m definitely entering my thriller era as the weather is getting colder and this was the perfect book to keep me interested.
I knew i was gonna finish this in a day as soon as read the synopsis. And it was the perfect book for my 24hr read-a-thon.
Highly recommend as a light (kinda) thriller to start autumn with!

Another amazing thriller by Sally Hepworth! I couldn’t put this book and read it in one night! 3 grown up foster girls are taken back to their days together, growing up with an abusive foster mother. When the remains of a child are found under the house, the girls have to figure out who it was and if they were responsible for it. I gave this thriller 5/5 stars, I can’t wait for another book by Sally!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced readers copy.
Wow. This was a great book. Loved the characters and all of the surprises. It was a bit slow moving at first but that allowed you to get to know the three foster sisters and what their past had been like and what the present was like for them.
Most of the surprises came at the end, right down to the very last chapter. I really liked the foster sisters Norah, Alicia and Jessica. They were likable characters. Miss Fairchild was of course the most disliked character.
Really great book that was well written. I don’t give five star reviews often but this book definitely deserves one and earned it!

This book was such an emotional ride! Having never had siblings myself and enduring childhood trauma, I found myself relating deeply to the girls’ sister-like bond they formed through their troubled childhood. Reading it was heavy, and I felt like I needed breaks but at the same time I was compelled to keep reading to figure out what was going on. The author wrote it in a way that was heartbreaking but also driving, leaving you needing to know what would happen next. The back and forth timeline and multiple POVs were very easy to follow considering the number of them, and I thought this was very well done. I definitely loved the girls and was deeply invested in what would happen. My only complaint was how the detectives were portrayed—I found them not to be very realistic in some areas, but it wasn’t enough to disturb the main story. All in all, I would recommend this book with a side note that some of the content is a little heavy at times.

I really wanted to love this book, I loved her others in the past but I felt like I wasn't interest in what the characters were doing so that made me not want to pick up my kindle to read it. I will definitely give it another shot later.
Thank you

While I’m fairly new to Sally Hepworth’s writing, I am loving what she has to offer! DARLING GIRLS was no exception to this experience, and I really enjoyed it. The characters felt so real and well fleshed out, and I loved the route the plot took. The adoption/foster parent storyline was incredible engaging and felt well-handled. My one concern for this book is that the description includes that Jessica has “a little OCD” when this is never explicitly mentioned in the book. As someone with OCD, yes, some of Jessica’s mannerisms and actions read compulsive. But if you’re going to include it in the description, it needs to be mentioned in the book explicitly and treated with care. The OCD description felt trivial and unnecessary in the face of the book as a whole. P.S. OCD doesn’t just mean you’re organized and good at cleaning!!! A sensitivity reader would greatly help shape that part of the story.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

3.5/5 Trigger warning for child abuse and neglect in the foster care system. Jessica, Norah and Alicia are linked together by their foster mother Miss Fairchild. As adults they think of each other as sisters especially since they survived childhood and the wrath of their foster mother. When each of them receives a phone call requesting them back to the farmhouse they lived in while in foster care because human bones have been discovered, all their memories from the past will come to the present to haunt them. The story being told in alternating chapters of past and present kept me turning the pages. The child abuse is a lot to read so know that going in. The twist in the final chapter definitely upped the ante for me.

This was my first Sally Hepworth and definitely won't be my last!!

I thought I'd figured out this twisty psychological thriller maybe mid-way but then that twist at the last two pages!

This was well-written and had me so engaged I could barely put it down. Quite a few typos but I enjoyed the book enough to ignore them

Thank you St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the ARC.

This was the first book I've read by Sally Hepworth and it did not disapoint. It is a quick ready that draws you in from the start. The book follows 3 foster "sisters" growing up in Wild Meadows, a home with an abusive foster mother. Present day is 25 years in the future from when they left the foster home and human bones have just been discovered under the home. The book changes viewpoints between the girls from present day and when they were in foster care. It displays the true connection that can be established from awful cicumstances and the bonds you can make with family, even when they aren't related by blood.

As the story comes to a close and you think everything is solved and there will be no more surprises, Sally Hepworth provides a satisfying twist you won't expect and will leave you thinking about the ending even after you've finished the book.

Thank you for this arc Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth I could not put it down! Five stars!!!!
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Sally Hepworth does it again!! WHEW! I devoured this book in less than 24 hours. It was so fast paced and each chapter left me wanting more and more.

Darling Girls tells the story of three sisters who grew up in a foster home… from hell. The story flips between past and present to tell the twisty tale of these three and their foster mother.

I couldn’t put this book down, and it should be on everyone’s TBR. Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this ARC. Darling Girls will go on sale on April 23, 2024.

Darling Girls
By: Sally Hepworth
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Miss Fairchild is a foster mother who takes in children. Some are treated differently and that can bring them together or pull them apart. She is loving, controlling, unpredictable and horrible other times. The children each deal with her in different ways.

This story follows Alicia, Norah and Jessica. They are now grown but share a past with Miss Fairchild at her farmhouse. Bones are found at the infamous farmhouse and they all gather to find out who their bones belong too. They are known as her Darling Girls!

What could these girls know about the bones? Are they responsible of Miss Fairchild? Or is there more to this story.

Hepworth has written another twisty tale. She is an auto-buy author for me. Thank you Netgalley and St. Martins Press for an advanced copy. This novel is available April 23, 2024, which I have already preordered.

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Sally Hepworth does domestic suspense so well and Darling Girls is no exception.

The Darling Girls of the title are Jessica, Norah, and Alicia. They are sisters in their 30s forever bonded by their time in a foster home under the care of Miss Fairchild. All 3 have lasting memories and nightmares from that time in their early childhood and are trying to overcome that trauma to be successful members of society. When news comes of bones found beneath Miss Fairchild's home, the sisters are called back to the place where they met and confronted with some serious truths about themselves in Miss Fairchild.

The story is narrated by Jessica, Norah, and Alicia in the past at the foster home and current day and we experience their trauma in the past and just want they may know about the bones under the house. There are also excerpts from someone telling their story to a psychiatrist and is not clear until the end who it is (but you can probably guess about halfway through). The story is well paced and just enough is revealed little by little to keep you on your toes until it is revealed exactly what is going on.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.