This was a page-turner and I flew through it, I definitely wanted to know what would happen next and how everything was tied together.

Reading Between the Wines book review #89/130 for 2024:
Rating: 3 🍷🍷🍷
Book: Like Mother, Like Daughter
Author: Kimberly McCreight
Available now!! Released on July 30, 2024!

Sipping thoughts: This domestic suspense will leave you reeling. I felt so bad for Kat and her relationship with her daughter, Cleo. This story is told in dual perspectives and leads up from five days before Kat goes missing. I enjoyed finding out about Kat’s secret and Cleo’s plan to find her missing mother. The twists were good but not overdone.

Cheers and thank you to @KnopfPantheonVintageAndAnchor and @Netgalley for an advanced copy of @LikeMotherLikeDaughter.

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3 stars
I was excited to read LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER though it turned out a little different than I had expected. This was definitely readable but I just never really got as invested as I had hoped. I always enjoy a good missing person thriller but the ending was a little bit of a let down. It was an interesting read, and definitely engaging, but it was one of those books where I kind of didn't really remember what it was about once I was finished.
I really did like the mother / daughter dynamic and enjoyed that back and forth quite a bit! I liked that they narrated their own chapters with a before and after, and the audiobook narrators are (I assume from them sharing the same last name) a mother and daughter duo as well! Super fun.

If you liked this, I highly recommend Amber Garza. She has some amazing mother/child dynamics along with some great thriller vibes.

This was a really solid thriller, ​This is a character driven story following Cleo and her mom, Kat who are somewhat estranged when Kat goes missing. You hear from Cleo in the present day and Kat in the weeks leading up to her disappearance until everything merges together in a fairly satisfying conclusion. There is definitely a lot of emotional upheaval here due to their strained relationship and I thought the author did a fantastic job at examining their issues. There were a couple of loose threads in the end that I wish were more resolved but that did not take away from the overall enjoyment.

Like Mother, Like Daughter reminded me how much I enjoy McCreight's previous work and why I was looking forward to reading her new one. The first half of the story, I was completely invested on the Mom's "secret" and spiraling with ideas on which path this story may take. I enjoyed the backstory of how close the Mother and Daughter were and felt the added element of deceptiveness leveled up this storyline.
The second half of the story was slower but just as "shocking" and while it wasn't as dark as I thought it'd be, it definitely kept me entertained till the very end.

Kimberly McCreight's Like Mother, Like Daughter is a compelling and intricately woven mystery that delves into the complexities of mother-daughter relationships, told in alternating perspectives. This is a wonderful 4-star read and I enjoyed it!

Cleo is estranged from her mother. Things have been rocky ever since she was a teen and after an incident with a boyfriend she hasn't spoken to her mother in months. When her mother reaches out saying that she desperately needs to see her, she agrees to head home and she wants going on.

Cleo walks into her childhood home realizing it's eerily quiet and items are disturbed. To her shock she finds a large puddle of blood in the kitchen. Once the police are involved, she's now set on finding her mom since she feels like no one including her dad is looking for her.

Cleo is not ready for the secrets that she uncovers to find her mother. She learns more about her mother's life and childhood. She learns more about her parents relationship as well. Some secrets hurt more than others, but if that means Cleo finds her mother then she's willing to turn over a few more rocks.

This story follows Cleo's search and the five days leading up to Kat's disappearance in her POV. Also, there are snippets of articles of a legal case Kat is working on and sessions of Cleo and her therapist.

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a page turner of events and twists that will keep you guessing about what really happened with Kat. I was not expecting the last little twist.

Like Mother, Like Daughter was a fast read for me. Told in chapters, alternating between characters and timelines is a great storytelling concept. The closer I got to the end of the book the faster I read to find out what happened. The main characters all have flaws, but are still likable. I always enjoy books by this author. Please add this to your TBR. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

When Cleo is summoned to her mom’s house for dinner even though they’re not exactly on the same wavelength, Cleo shows up. However, when she gets there there are signs of a struggle and mom is nowhere to be found.
This dual perspective tale has Cleo and her mom fighting two different battles headed for the same outcome. The plot twists and turns will have you turning pages to find out how all of the pieces fall together from Cleo’s dad and his move for money and the cover ups in the pharmaceutical company. I would definitely recommend this emotional suspense read.

Thank you Knopf and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I always enjoy Kimberly McCreight’s stories, and this one is a page-turner like the others. The added tension from the mother-daughter relationship heightened the suspense. Trigger warnings for abuse against women.

Part murder mystery, part family drama, Like Mother, Like Daughter will have you on edge until the very end. Told in alternation points of view, there are lots of twists and turns and I found the characters to be compelling. Enjoyed this, maybe not quite at much as A Good Marriage, but this would be a great thriller to pack in your beach bag.

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for this ARC.

Kimberly McCreight writes domestic mysteries really well. I loved both character's POVs and learning more about their complex relationship. As the story progresses, you learn more about what each is hiding from the other, the intricacies of their relationship, and what happened in the months and days leading up to the mother's disappearance. The story just reads more like a YA mystery as the teenage daughter is playing detective to unravel the clues.

I received a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book had a lot going on to keep track of, so know that from the start. There were also a lot of characters to keep track of. The dual timeline was a little hard to master at first but made sense in how it all came together. I thought it moved a little slowly at times, but there were a couple of big twists at the end that I didn't see coming. Overall, a pretty good read.

3.5

I love me a good POV story. Kimberly McCreight does an immaculate job of weaving together the story of a mother who will do anything to protect her daughter and a daughter who will stop at nothing to find her mother. The dual timeline POV is thrilling and difficult to put down. There were so many twists and turns that kept me guessing the whole time. Like Mother, Like Daughter is an exciting, fast-paced thriller about the intense bond of mother and daughter.

"Desperate people can have very long memories.”

Cleo's mother Kat has gone missing. Kat is a business attorney who has recently separated for her husband. She has a strained relationship with her daughter.

Cleo comes home for dinner to find her mother missing and signs of a struggle. We follow Kat before her disappearance, and Cleo as she tries to solve the mystery. There are also court records and therapy sessions. It's a fun puzzle to put together

This was a fun and interesting read.

What a tense, twisty domestic thriller! It's creepy and the characters are very well described. Their motivations make sense. It's what i expect from a very good thriller.

I absolutely loved this book! McCreight has such a way with words, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Cleo and Kat were such a good way to bounce POVs off of each other, and I had no idea what was going on the entire time. Will be buying my copy ASAP.

It is a known fact that daughters will hide secrets from their mothers when they are in their teens/twenties. But it is not always known, or discussed, that mothers will hide secrets about their own years of being a teen/in their twenties from their daughters. Most daughters don't ask and even more mothers won't tell. And that's a huge part of <i>Like Mother, Like Daughter</i>.
The story is told between the POVs of both the mother, Kat, and the daughter, Cleo. The time frame between chapters also jumps a bit. Essentially starting with a week in the past and moving forward.
While I appreciated the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Kat, I was not as thrilled with the super sleuthing of Cleo. She discovered a lot more about her mom's past and her dad's current state than she bargained for. There were some enjoyable twists and levels of deceit threaded throughout.
For a family drama with a little bit of mystery and whodunit, this was ok.

Katrina McHugh has been abducted. An attorney at a prestigious firm with clients who often needs problems to go away; Katrina is the one who handles their secrets. But no one knows this. Her boss and his wealthy clients want plausible deniability, and Katrina gives that to them. Few know that she and her husband are divorcing but hiding this news from their college-aged daughter Cleo who had dated a wealthy but unsavory guy and resents that Katrina forced a breakup. Cleo’s father plays the good parent, but he isn’t as good at hiding his shady side as he thinks. With so many in Katrina’s orbit that have something to hide, it’s impossible to know who might have wanted her gone. It is up to Cleo to did deep and become the fixer like her mother before there is nothing left to fix.

Fast paced, high stakes, lots of twists. A good read.

Many thanks to Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor—Knopf and NetGalley for this eARC.

When Cleo arrives home for supper, she finds the meal burning in the oven, and her Mother missing. While she finds out that her Mother has been avoiding telling her the truth about her job and marriage, she tries to sort out the truth. This is a roller coaster of a story that keeps you interested from the first page to the last.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in return for my honest review.