I listened to this book in less than 2 days! It was such an entertaining story!

I LOVE when you can’t trust the narrator’s psyche. It makes it that much more of a mystery. Who was real? Who isn’t real?

Having recently had a baby, I thought some of this was all too relatable.

This was such a twisty, chilling, and quick read for me.

Highly recommend

Is there anything better than an author narrating their own book? I think not. I love when they have the talent to do it because they will always do their own words justice and deliver the exact inflections you imagined. I had already read this book on my kindle but knew I had to see how the audio stacked up and if audiobooks are a format you enjoy, it’s a must for this one. So good!

After reading the last sentence, I literally said OUT LOUD “that was so freaking good.” I quite honestly said wtf 100x after finishing part 2. It’s a slow build of ‘something is seriously wrong here’ until about 60% and then it’s off the wall crazy until the end. Walters doesn’t shy away from grossness and gore either. Very vivid writing. The horror scenes were genuinely scary and everything had such a cinematic feel, I could absolutely see this adapted into a TV show or movie.

This is a must read if you loved Nestlings by Nat Cassidy, Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman, or Rosemary’s Baby. Actually, if you just love motherhood (particularly) or parenthood as a theme in horror you gotta read this.

One of my favorites of the year.

What an absolutely crazy story, and it's the author's first novel? I had no idea where this book was heading. Just when I thought I had everything figured out, the author surprised me, leaving me shocked. Usually, I'm not a fan of books with a lot of motherhood talk since I've chosen to be child-free. However, the brutally honest details about early life with a newborn just added to how shocking some scenes were. (The nipples to the belly button part - yikes!) The narrator did an incredible job of conveying the main character's intense emotions throughout the story. I'll definitely recommend this book's audio version to others because it was amazing.

Wow? I was lucky enough to be able to read/listen to Dearest. This was a thrilling story that kept me listening until the very end.

Fabulously twisted and viscerally maternal! Wow. This was a mindf**k and I loved every single second! Being narrated by the author was the way to GO!! Such a powerfully narrated read!

This perfectly encapsulates the incompetent feelings new moms in the face of their supposed instant ability to effortlessly keep a new life… alive. This was gratifying in that aspect. Flora was so human and I loved her!

Mixing the gory elements of new motherhood with this very terrifying anomaly of activity Flora is experiencing, we get a really unique horror read that kept me rapt!

No more needs to be said about this book besides it is so freaking good and you should check it out. But, take care of yourselves because there is some seriously intense content. Check trigger warnings!