Thanks to Netgalley for this arc.
Our FMC Beckett who is a writer goes back to her hometown for her parents funeral. She comes in contact with Leanne who said that they were childhood friends. There is dual timeline. 1999 and 2023. The locals don’t approve of Beckett but the only one who knows her parents was Beckett and how vicious her dad was behind closed doors as the locals idolized him and thought he. Was the best. Beckett has to constantly deal with hostility from the locals but she pushes through and her memories keep coming up. Beckett tries to figure out where Leanne fits into her past and the twists of this story are really good. This isn’t the best thing I have read and some parts are hard for me to focus on in the beginning but I like the mystery of trying to find out who Leanne really is. Lots of twists more at the end but dang.. around the 70% mark I wasn’t expecting what happens.

The author kindly gifted me an ARC through NetGalley

Fair to say that this book creeped me out hahahaha
I don't read scary stuff often (I used to as a teenager but hardly ever do nowadays, note to self to read more from now on) as I get scared quickly.
So much so that I honestly couldn't read this before going to sleep. Hence why it took me a while to finish the book.

There were plenty twists and turns that I did not see coming. All in all I'd say it is a great thriller debut, but since this is not my go to genre, people who read thrillers all the time might have a better informed opinion than me.

Pretty Little Thing is the story of Beckett Ryan and her journey back to her small home town to bury her parents. While there, she runs into a mysterious woman who claims she is her best friend from childhood….but Beckett has no idea who this person is.

This book has suspense, plot twists and turns and kept me reading long after I should have gone to sleep. I loved getting to know each character as the story progressed. The character development is top notch. I loved some characters, hated some and wasn’t sure how I felt about others. That is one of the things I look for in a thriller - characters that are complicated enough that you aren’t sure how to feel about them, “Do I like them? Do I hate them? Should I hate them?” I particularly enjoyed the character of Naomi and would love to see Kit write another book with her as the main character. She really needs a book of her own and to tell her story. I felt there was so much more to her.

Kit created a compelling atmosphere in which I became fully immersed. I swear I could see and smell the town, its buildings and even its inhabitants. Despite the tense scenes in Beckett’s childhood home, I want to visit that house in real life and could see each room as if I was standing in it.

This is a great story that I cannot recommend enough. A full 5 out 5 stars - read this one, you wont regret it.