Perfect Little Children

Today's post is on Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah. It is 329 pages long and is published by William Morrow. The cover is dark green with a house tag on a ribbon. The intended reader is someone who is interested in intense, twisty mysteries that have a strong thriller/horror vibe. There is some foul language, no sex and mild violence in this novel. The story is told from first person close of the main character Beth. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- All Beth has to do is drive her son to his football game, watch him play, and then return home. Just because she knows her ex-best friend lives near the field doesn't mean she has to drive past her house and try to catch a glimpse of her.
Why would Bath do that and risk dredging up painful memories? She hasn't seen Flora  for twelve years. She doesn't want to see her today- or ever again. But she can't resist. She parks outside the open gates of Newnham House and watches from across the road as Flora arrives and calls to her children, Thomas and Emily, to get out of the car.
Except...there's something terribly wrong. Flora looks the same, only older. Twelve years ago, Thomas and Emily were five ans three. Today, they look precisely as the then. They are no taller, no different from when Beth last saw them. They are Thomas and Emily without a doubt- Beth heard Flora call them by their names- but why haven't they grown? How is it possible that they are still the same two perfect children Beth know more than a decade ago?

Review- This is a very surprising and twisty mystery that had me guessing what the heck was really going on the whole time. Beth sees her friend and her two children and they are still the same ages that they were twelve years ago. And what is going is on is really messed up. I haven't read Hannah before so I was not sure what to expect from her and I was pleasantly surprised. She had me guessing and wondering what Beth was going to do next and the real villain is very chilling. Their reasons were extremely evil and cruel and I was impressed with their cold-heartedness. If you looking for something very twisty and with a bad villain, then I would recommend this novel.

I give this novel a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.