This book was longer than it needed to me and the daughter/main character made such exceptionally stupid choices. The end was a little surprising though, still give it that.

Seventeen-year-old Lies' life has been upended by her parent's fights and subsequent divorce. She's at odds with her dad's dating life and being shuffled back and forth. One morning, she wakes up to find that her mother’s bed hasn’t been slept in. Her car is parked outside. And her purse and cell phone are still by the front door. She's missing. Her dad blows it off, but Lies is convinced she's been taken against her will or killed.

This domestic thriller has been translated and perhaps re-released because of it. I had the opportunity to listen to it via NetGalley (Thank you!), and let me just say, It Was Different! hahaha.

At it's core, it's a domestic suspense, but it seems this author has a knack for a darker side in the depiction of the mom's life. I didn't mind it, as it lent itself to a space I hadn't gone too deeply in books I've read from American authors. Gritty is a great adjective here. I liked the distraction and read it in ONE DAY!

Premise - Lies' parents have gone through a messy divorce and now her dad has a new girlfriend and her mom is bitter. When Lies wakes one morning to find her mom missing, her dad thinks it's just a stunt at first. As the hours tick by it becomes more and more clear that something is terribly wrong. When Lies finds her mothers' journal, in which she writes of a toxic secret relationship with a man who calls himself God, she becomes convinced that this man is behind whatever has happened to her mother.

I wasn't sure the narrative voice was for me when this started. Some of the dialogue felt a little stilted and the characters a little 2D, but the book hit its stride about 25% of the way in and from there I really got sucked in. The story is really interesting and the toxic relationship between Lies' psychiatrist mother and God had me feeling the feels right alongside Lies' mother. It's so well done.

Where I think the story falls short is that it's through the melodramatic lens of a teenager. The tendency for drama, the overstated dialogue, etc. etc. - I think that all comes down to the choice of protagonist. I think fans of YA (I'm not in a YA mood at the moment) will likely enjoy this more and I think it'd have been a 4 or 5 star for me, too, if it was told by the ex-husband or the grandmother or even the ex-husband's new girlfriend. Still, for someone who's been insta-yeeting YA recently, I never wanted to step away from this! That said, the ending infuriated me.

I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Stephanie Willing and Amanda Dolan. They did a great job!

Thanks, NetGalley and Brilliance Publishing, for the audio ARC in exchange for an honest review.