This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

My Darling Girl

Summary: A spine-tingling psychological thriller about a woman who, after taking in her dying, alcoholic mother, begins to suspect demonic possession is haunting her family.

Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily decorating their cozy Vermont home, she has no choice but to face it. Then she gets the call.

Mavis, Alison’s estranged mother, has been diagnosed with cancer and has only weeks to live. She wants to spend her remaining days with her daughter, son-in-law, and two granddaughters. But Alison grew up with her mother’s alcoholism and violent abuse and is reluctant to unearth these traumatic memories. Still, she eventually agrees to take in Mavis, hoping that she and her mother could finally heal and have the relationship she’s always dreamed of.

But when mysterious and otherworldly things start happening upon Mavis’s arrival, Alison begins to suspect her mother is not quite who she seems. And as the holiday festivities turn into a nightmare, she must confront just how far she is willing to go to protect her family.

 

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

Having read both The Night Sister and The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon, when I saw Jennifer McMahon update her Facebook cover photo with the cover of My Darling Girl, I quickly went to Netgalley to request it and Gallery Books approved me so fast (thanks so much!)

 

What I Liked:

This cover is very fitting for the book!

The creepiness of the book set in the perfect holiday setting. I loved the description of the house, tree, etc and then the creepy set in. I’m saying this would be a great Halloween book.

The ending. I absolutely loved it.

 

Bottom line: I’ve only read 2 of Jennifer’s books and I say My Darling Girl was more in the same vein as The Drowning Kind as opposed to The Night Sister. I def enjoyed My Darling Girl- read it in 2 days!

 

*This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration. All thoughts and opinions are mine alone.*

 

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Happy Reading and Bookishly Yours,

T @ Traveling With T