When Cleo, a student at New York University, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother, Kat. Then she discovers her mom’s bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened. But what?

A solid mystery with lots of tension and some good twists and turns. Well done!

3.5 stars. This book was captivating and kept me guessing from the first page. I loved that Cleo and Kat's relationship wasn't always easy and that Cleo learned so much about her mother through the book, it made it feel much less dramatic than it would have been if they had been on better terms. The second half of the book felt like there was too much happening with the sole purpose of throwing the reader off and then the ending just felt rushed and was a bit of a letdown. Overall, an easy thriller that will keep you interested.

Thanks to the author and publisher for the opportunity to read the ARC!

Just, why? McCreight puts so many potential suspects and storylines just to throw readers off that this thriller gets more and more convoluted and less believable by the second. The beginning will grab you: missing mom, estranged college-age daughter, shady past, intriguing secret job. But then toss in a greedy husband, a possible murder in the past, a possible murder of a current love interest, a drug dealing boyfriend, a pharmaceutical company scandal cover-up, blackmail, spying, secret identities, laptops, burner phones, inheritance money, sexual affairs, nosy neighbors...it's A LOT. I really wanted to like this one because I like the fraught mother-daughter relationships in McCreight's writing, but this got semi-ridiculous by the end.

Great book if you have all the time to not put it down. Love love love! It was the first book I read from the author, but definitely will no be the last.

Kimberly McCreight writes a compelling mystery of secrets kept and a past not spoken about in this page-turning thriller. I kept guessing until the end as the story easily goes from the past to the present with no confusion. The mother-daughter relationship is realistic and the emotions are raw. As Cleo searches for the truth about her mother, it takes her on a roller coster ride and she is faced to realise she didn't know her mom. A great novel and I look forward to reading more by McCreight.

I think this book just didn’t capture my attention by dragging on and on. It wasn’t a bad story it was just too slow moving for my taste. Thanks to Netgalley for the early release ARC.

Thanks to NetGalley for the arc!
This book started off great - the mystery of what happened to Cleo’s mother when she goes home and finds her missing. There was so much promise of a great story, unfortunately, this went downhill for me. I found it to be slightly confusing at times and felt like so much random stuff was written in the middle to take up space that didn’t fully apply to the main storyline. The ending was interesting, but overall, this book was not a hit with me.

This is a well written book that tells the tale of a mother/ daughter relationship. I was expecting it to be more of a suspense/ thriller novel which it is to a point. But the book also explores the sometimes complicated mother / daughter relationship. When a daughter comes home from college she discovers that her mother is missing. Dinner is burned on the stove and she discovers a bloody shoe. She soon discovers a lot about her mother that she didn’t know. Her mother grew up in a foster home for most of her life. I don’t want to give away any spoilers so I’ll say it’s good book that explores lots of different aspects. Thank you to net galley and the publisher for an ARC of this book

Have you ever just wanted to lay in bed and read until you finished a book because it’s that good? Well lucky for me I was sick and cuddled in bed all day to tear through this book with no excuses.
Once I started this book I just couldn’t stop. I loved the storyline and characters… I really feel the more I read Kimberly’s books the more she becomes the master of diversion. I always get caught looking the wrong way…. Her storylines are so intense that you can’t put them down.

Thank you, Netgalley for the ARC! Definitely a page turner!!! I’m not sure if this was my own issues with comprehension but I found myself confused about who was talking and what time period they were in. Oftentimes there were stories mentioned in the POV from another time that confused me. Overall, a great thriller.

Chloe goes to meet her mother, who she’s been keeping her distance from, but finds her mother missing. The only clues are signs of a struggle and a bloody shoe.

I enjoyed the mother daughter relationship plot to this one, but it was frustrating for me. Why was Kat so overbearing? I felt for Cleo. I found the mystery with the pharmaceuticals a bit slow and wasn’t very interested. I did want to find out what happened with Kat so I kept at it. There were a lot of different components to the story that came together.

“Every daughter is a monster in her own special way.”

Like Mother, Like Daughter comes out 7/9.

This book took me longer to get through than usual. It was good, and had a twist, but I was suspicious of the plot from about midway. Overall, I did enjoy this book and would recommend to others. I did like the emphasis it put on how turbulent mother/ daughter relationships can be.

Oh my goodness!!! 🤯🤯 This book had me sucked in from the first few pages & kept a hold of me until the very last sentence. I loved everything about this book!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I received an advance copy of this book from Netgalley.. Kat is a wife and mom with a teenage daughter, they don’t have the best relationship, Kat also has a past that is somewhat of a mystery. I did enjoy the book, but I felt there were too many different storylines in the book to follow. Some over lapped but I felt they were never fully explored. I didn’t like the ending. I am hoping to read another book by Kimberly McCreight.

I've read two other books by Kimberly McCreight and both were 5 star reads for me - so I was thrilled when NetGalley and Knopf approved my request to read her new one in exchange for an honest review. And I am happy to report that it's another 5 star read that I could not put down, and I would say it's my new favorite of KM's books.

Cleo is a college student with a strained relationship with her mom, Kat. The story opens with Cleo arriving at her childhood home in NYC to have dinner and a tough discussion with Kat, only to discover the food burning in the stove, broken glass and a large pool of blood in the kitchen, and her mom missing. The story unfolds from there, told from both Kat's perspective in the days leading up to her disappearance, diary entries from her teen years, and from Cleo's perspective as she searches for her mom and discovers all the secrets she was hiding. There are also therapy session transcripts between Cleo and her therapist that reveal Cleo's secrets, too. This worked very well to move the story along, and to fully develop each character. McCreight is a wonderful writer, and I always wanted more of whichever perspective I was currently reading, but was also happy to return to the other one. Things were revealed at just the right times to keep me turning the pages quickly, and other than one or two minor details, I mostly did not figure everything out of time.

It ticked so many boxes for me: a good character study while also being fast paced, a mother/daughter relationship that was complicated, high stakes that had me wondering what I would do in that situation, a few twists and surprises revealed at just the right moments, a New York City setting. I did not want to put this one down and also didn't want it to end. I highly recommend adding Like Mother, Like Daughter to your TBR list for it's release this summer.

Super twisty, mother/daughter relationship focused thriller! With the how far would you go for your family trope. Super enjoyed!

Like Mother, Like Daughter is Kimberly McCreight's newest novel. The relationship between Cleo and her mother Katrina has been rocky lately. When Cleo was young, she and her mom used to get along wonderfully. Things became tense as Cleo got older and became interested in boys. Most recently, Cleo got roped into drug running for her rich NYU drug dealing boyfriend. When Katrine, a fix-it lawyer in NYC, heard about what Cleo has gotten herself into, she went to extreme lengths to make sure Cleo stayed away from this boy. Now, Cleo is barely speaking to her mom.

One day, Kat begs Cleo to come home from NYU for dinner and asks if they could sit down and have an important conversation. When Cleo arrives and opens the door, she sees blood on the floor and her mother is nowhere to be found.

Things I loved about this book: The real, raw relationship between a young adult and her mother. The way her mother always did everything with Cleo's best interest in mind, but Cleo never saw it that way. On the flip side, Cleo felt unheard by her mother and that is understandable as well. Both characters have depth and you can understand that while they deeply care for each other, their relationship is tenuous for a reason. I loved the atmosphere of the book as well-- wealthy family in NYC and a missing family member. This book sucked me in from chapter one. McCreight's writing style is fabulous and keeps things interesting.

I will say that towards the end of the book I was getting a little bit, "bored"? I'm not sure if "bored" is the right word, but I just wanted to get to the ending at that point and find out where Katrina was. There were some additional story lines, including Katrina's past in a group home and Katrina's high=profile fix-it career. Although I did like these, I felt it got a tiny bit "muddy" at times. It is true, I did not see the ending coming, but I do believe that is because there were so many options as who the perpetrator could have been.

Special thank you to Knopf, Kimberly McCreight, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

After reading "Reconstructing Amelia" a few years back, I knew I had to read this author's latest!

We follow a mom, Kat, and her seemingly troubled daughter college age daughter Cleo. Kat mysteriously disappears one day while estranged Cleo is on her way over to see her as Kat has something important to tell her. What unravels is a sorrid past catching up to the future and people keeping secrets which eventually cause everyone to question who is telling the truth and who can be trusted.

5 stars.

Fun thriller, although the past chunks didn’t work nearly as well as the other set of chunksZ thanks for the arc

I was supposed to post this review Monday but quite frankly I had no words. Not only was this little chatterbox left speechless but I also formed an inability to pick up another book.

So If you noticed my absence, it was because my soul needed to detox from all the scandal I had just consumed.

Like Mother Like Daughter

Here we go:

The suspense is present yet not as prominent as previous novels by McCreight. This is a deep and intricate book that will show an unwavering bond between mother and daughter. Now, this is still McCreight we are talking about so you know there will be some mind blowing twists and some mystery but I cant even put into words how this book is just so much more.

My excitement built with each turn of the page. I kept repeating to myself "wow, this is really good" often enough that my husband finally looked over at me and said "what kor, what is so good, im trying to sleep!?!"

He would never understand...

If I can’t sleep, he shouldn’t be able to either.

So as I sit here with a massive book hangover, I still have a smile on my face....

I got my book, and it was everything I had hoped for and more.

Due out July 9, 2024 I strongly recommend you pre-order this mind-blowing banger, you do not want to miss this!

Teaser:

When Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother, Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom’s bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened.

But what? The polar opposite of Cleo, whose “out of control” emotions and “unsafe” behavior have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the essence of Park Slope perfection: a happily married, successful corporate lawyer. Or so Cleo thinks.

Kat has been lying. She’s not just a lawyer; she’s her firm’s fixer. She’s damn good at it, too. Growing up in a dangerous group home taught her how to think fast, stay calm under pressure, and recognize a real threat when she sees one. And in the days leading up her disappearance, Kat has become aware of multiple threats: demands for money from her unfaithful soon-to-be ex-husband; evidence that Cleo has slipped back into a relationship that’s far riskier than she understands; and menacing anonymous messages from her past—all of which she’s kept hidden from Cleo . . .