This was definitely a different read for sure. I feel like I expected a little bit more from this story but honestly I still really enjoyed it either way.

A Slow-paced mystery that is told in 3 different POV's that makes you question eventhing from start to finish which each turn of the page.But at the same time it also brings the fa to that there is no such thing as the perfect family.

At an eight-year-old birthday party, the birthday girl gets hurt. The person to blame is the new seven-year-old with behavioral issues who just moved from New York with his parents.

Slow-paced with three POVs yet wanted/needed to know what and who was truly to blame! I loved the self-awareness/reflection that the mothers showed! Along with how important communication is within all relationships!

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for providing this ARC!

This book had me all in my feels. When it got to the end I was so upset because I did not want the story to stop. Beautifully told and engaging at all times. I really loved this!

This book had me hooked from start to finish! I really enjoyed the rotating POV’s between the 3 main characters. I found them to be a smooth transition while also constantly giving more background to the story unfolding in front of us. The dynamic between both the familial and platonic relationships kept the plot interesting throughout. I also really enjoyed the epilogue, in fact I almost wish the epilogue included a snippet from all 3 of the characters alike POV.

Must-read.. it was violent, heartbreaking, and real....I loved every single page, I wanted to keep reading till the end even if it mean no sleep!

A birthday party that goes terribly wrong….. Fresh and dynamic... Fast-paced and spellbinding...a book you will have a hard time putting down.

Read and reviewed in exchange for a free copy from NetGalley. This was an engaging and emotive read. Hewitt alternates between the three protagonists well, and I found each thread equally compelling and well written, creating sympathy for the characters.

This one was so good! I was seriously staying up way past my bedtime because I was dying to know what happened next. The characters were likeable (except Jennifer, UGH!) and I loved how all their stories created a perfect storm of events! Wonderful read!

Yet another fantastic book from this author. The story tells the tale of 3 mothers and their children and how they became linked when a serious incident happens at a 7 year 0ld birthday party.
Two of the mums are best friends whilst the other not long having moved into the area is finding it hard to fit in. It doens't help when her son is the main cause of it.
Her son is being blamed for what happened as he was seen where it happened. Does she have reason to be worried or was it an accident. All of them have secrets, even their husbands which will all come out in the ned.
Great book which I soon read.

An accident at a children’s birthday party causes a rift between parents and children alike when a child ends up seriously injured. It seems there was only one witness to the accident and he doesn’t want to talk even though he’s the one being blamed.

This story digs deep into family dynamics and what can happen when assumptions are made. No family is without blame, though they’d all like to think they are. Female friendships can be complicated, especially when children are involved, and this author does a great job portraying the different personalities of each character.

Told from multiple POV’s, this is a gripping novel with a great storyline. Thank you, NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC.

I'm usually more.of a thriller type but I do love a good story about just how hard and complex it is being a woman, mother fried, wife and more! And this definitely delivered. It was captivating from the start and you really felt for the struggles that the women went through. They characters are so human and relatable, the situations although extreme.... not impossible which is what makes it all so scary. Amazing writing, captivating storyline and a really engaging read

This is a well written book that captures the often-difficult world of female friendships and how it can impact the families. Joanna arrives to pick up her son at a birthday party when another mother points at her and says, "this is all Kieran's fault". A little girl is seriously injured, and people make assumptions without any knowledge of what really happened. Navigating through your child's world can be filled with drama, cruelty, and judgement. Every child is different, and every family is different. It looks at how people can pretend to be someone that they are not just to impress others. This is a well written portrayal of relationships between friends, couples and families. I really enjoyed this heartfelt book and highly recommend it. I was given an advanced copy of this book, and this is my honest opinion.

Kate Hewitt’s In the Blink of an Eye is
an adult fiction novel that centers on three women—told from three point of views—that have to deal with the aftermath of a little boy who seriously injures a girl in his class on her birthday. And the big thing of this book is that the boy is the child of Joanna, a new woman in town, and the girl is the daughter of Eleanor, and Natalie is Eleanor’s best friend. The story takes place in a rich-style society where Joanna, her husband, and son are oddballs that just don’t seem to fit in.

I’m going to be honest and say that this book was not at all impressive to me. I felt like all three women narrators all seemed to have the same voice style and I was constantly confused even when each chapter foretold who was speaking in each chapter. I didn’t even feel connected to any of the characters and didn’t care how the book ended—I even had my phone read the book aloud to me as I did chores around the house.

The book was very slow paced, in my opinion. I felt like it was just never ending, and the characters were just always doing the same thing in the same area, always talking and thinking the same things. I’m not sure if I would appreciate the book more if I wasn’t told in the summary of the book that the new boy in town was the one who jump started the whole story, but . . . I just feel like there wasn’t anything that really surprised me.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for this advanced copy of In the Blink of an Eye for an honest review.

In The Blink Of An Eye by Kate Hewitt is a powerful contemporary suspense that had me glued from the start.
The action alternates from various points of view and is in the first person. The reader becomes intimately acquainted with the characters.
As the novel opens, we know that something terrible has happened – but is it deliberate? Or just a tragic accident? As the story unfolds, we must piece the evidence together before the concluding pages.
The novel is about families. There are many different types of family. No one size fits all. The ‘perfect’ family does not exist. There is a family that feels very ‘Stepford wives’ to the reader. It is like a show house but is a show family – very little is truly ‘real.’ There are single parent families and a family that is falling apart due to stress. It is here that we see what true love is.
Parents put their children at the centre of their world. Sometimes the parents bury their heads in the sand to any potential problems. It is far better to identify, and treat, the areas of concern.
We witness the terrifying ordeal that is the school gates! A clique of parents can make life heaven or hell.
All the characters were well drawn, realistic and believable. I think many mums will identify with characters that they have met at the school gates – I know I did! It was easy to fell empathy for those cast as outsiders – both the adult and the child.
In The Blink Of An Eye was another powerful offering from Kate Hewitt that I both enjoyed and greedily devoured in just two sittings.
I received a free copy from the publishers. A favourable review was not required. All opinions are my own.

A real page turner. It was heartbreaking and a compelling read. It had many twists and turns and a real insight into human nature. Great characters and a well written story of love and friendships at times of difficulty.

"In The Blink Of An Eye" is another smash hit by Kate Hewitt. It's a story about 3 women, their lives, their kids ans how one accident changes all their lives.
This book really resonated with me as I could identity with each women and their feelings and situations.
The chapters alternate between the 3 women which makes it a real page turner always leaving you wanting more! The book is written with such emotion and a gripping storyline that it's a must read!

I was curious about the lives of the three mothers in this story, right from the start. Three very different women with quite different lives and backgrounds, all brought together by living in this community.

One life seems picture perfect, one more fractured and the third, a woman new to the community who brings her own struggles.

It is an interesting story of an accident that happens to a child and the assumption, judgement and blame around that.

I thought instantly that the incident was not as it seemed, and was enthralled until the moment of truth so to speak. I did find it a little anticlimatic from then on and I had hoped for more of a twist, but this book is focused more on the assumptions and judgements that the main character and everyone around them carry.

I enjoyed the story overall and would love for more from this author.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for my copy of this book.

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE by KATE HEWITT is a beautifully written and emotional story that takes place in the small town of Wetherby Connecticutt where a child’s eighth birthday party ends in disaster.
Eleanor Dalton, who strives for perfection as a wife and mother, decides to give her precious daughter Bella a homegrown birthday party, inviting the twenty-eight children from her class, including Kieran, a difficult young boy who has recently moved to the school. She gets her friend and sidekick Natalie, whose daughter Freya is Bella’s best friend, to help her with the party……..
What happens at the party serves to change people’s lives and behaviour as secrets are uncovered and attitudes and ambitions change. Family dynamics and friendships come into play.
I am not going to tell you any more as I do not want to spoil things for you.
I highly recommend this emotional roller coaster in which the author unveils her characters’ feelings in her inimitable way.
I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Bookouture. The opinions in this review are completely my own.

This was a great read that I couldn’t put down. It told the tale of a child hurt in an accident during a birthday party and the new boy at school is automatically blamed but is he responsible and what actually happened to this child. You only took your eyes off her for a few minutes but something has gone down and everyone is jumping to conclusions to make sense of it all. I won’t spoil it but it’s a great read.