The Children's Secret by Nina Monroe

☆☆☆☆☆
.ePUB, 264 pages
Expected Publication: September 7th 2021 by Crooked Lane Books

About the Book:
Nothing ever happens in a sleepy town like Middlebrook. Until the residents are shaken to their core, when one hot Saturday afternoon, at a back-to-school party, nine children sneak into a barn...and only eight come out unharmed. The press immediately starts asking questions. What type of parents let their children play unsupervised in a house with guns? What kind of child pulls the trigger on their friend? And most importantly: of the nine children who were present in that barn, which one actually pulled the trigger, and why are the others staying silent?

My Review:

This book is heartbreaking in a lot of ways, the characters in this book are so real that even after finishing the book they stay with you. I really admire how the author wrote from the children's point of view and their dialog, it felt authentic. I also like how the detective and the police investigation was secondary. This was very much character driven, even though the reader really wants to find out what really happened.

I haven't read anything by Nina Monroe before and was so pleased that I requested this. Some painful themes are explored throughout this book and it is very well written. It was so intense at times and it drew me in right away and I found it absorbing. I definitely recommend reading it...brilliant story line, emotional on all levels...Excellent reading.

Disclosure:
Thank you NetGalley, Nina Monroe and Crooked Lane Books for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an impartial review; all opinions are my own.

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