🏃🏻♀️ Wherever She Goes 🏃🏻♀️ (2019) - Book Review
MY REVIEW
Publisher: Minotaur Books (June 25,
2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1250181356
ISBN-13: 978-1250181350
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““Few crimes are reported as quickly as a
snatched kid.”
That’s
what the officer tells single mother Aubrey Finch after she reports a
kidnapping. So why hasn’t anyone reported the little boy missing? Aubrey knows
what she saw: a boy being taken against his will from the park. It doesn’t
matter that the mother can’t be found. It doesn’t matter if no one reported
it. Aubrey knows he’s
missing.
Instead,
people question her sanity. Aubrey hears the whispers. She’s a former
stay-at-home mom who doesn’t have primary custody of her daughter, so there
must be something wrong with her, right? Others may not understand her decision
to walk away from her safe life at home, but years of hiding her past – even
from the people she loves – were taking their toll, and Aubrey knows she can’t
be the mother or wife she envisions until she learns to leave her secrets
behind.
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The plot centers on
Aubrey Finch, a woman with baggage and a past. A woman, newly separated from
her husband and working to provide for herself while attempting to get shared
custody of her three (3) year old daughter Charlotte.
She had been a
stay-at-home (SAH) mom, but walked away. Not because she didn’t love her
husband or child – but because of the secrets from her past.
She talks to a woman in
the park and a few days later watches the woman’s son being abducted. Being a
good citizen, Aubrey reports the abduction.
She had been a
stay-at-home (SAH) mom, but walked away. Not because she didn’t love her
husband or child – but because of the secrets from her past.
She talks to a woman in
the park and a few days later watches the woman’s son being abducted. Being a
good citizen, Aubrey reports the abduction.
There’s a snag though –
the police don’t believe her. And, without a parent reporting the child as
abducted, there’s not much they can do. Aubrey is able to identify the vehicle
as well as the license plate. Still, the police don’t seem to be doing anything
in the way of following up. Even after two days, the boy hasn’t been reported
as abducted.
Aubrey is torn between
trying to find out the truth and walking away. She is also running from a past
that she feels would destroy her chances of getting custody of her daughter.
Still, as a mother she’d want someone to help her find her child.
When a woman’s
unidentified body is found, Aubrey is certain it is the mother. It’s the same
woman she saw with the boy. However, the police realize the woman (later
identified as Kim) doesn’t have a child.
Aubrey knows what she
saw.
Feeling that the police
are not doing enough to find the boy, Aubrey, with things she learned in her
“past life”, begins tracking down the woman’s identity and who the boy was. She
stumbles on a roadblock when the police inform her that the woman doesn’t have
a child. Even Kim’s sister verifies it.
But, Aubrey can’t shake
the feeling that something is wrong.
Her soon-to-be-ex-husband
even assists her – sometimes he is a bit doubtful – that is until their daughter
is threatened.
This was one of those
books that starts off slow, and the main character is almost annoying – and,
I’m sorry, Aubrey Finch was annoying in the “woe is me” attitude.
Moving past that …
The premise is
interesting – a kidnapping without a child being reported missing, an
unidentified woman who apparently has no children, and evidence to the
contrary. It was interesting to see how everything connected and how Kim had
managed to cover her tracks in hiding her son.
There were some parts
that I found a bit incredulous though – mainly the police involvement, or lack
thereof. In addition, the lack of motive with Mama Zima. That was something I
was trying to find out – what was going on there.
I liked how the writer
left it open about Paul and Aubrey’ s relationship.
The book held my interest
long enough to finish it and it was a rather quick read. I spent about five (5)
hours on it.
This wasn’t really a
thriller, more of a suspense type novel, at least to me.
It earned four (4)
(really liked it) for being a quick read, and for showing a realistic struggle
with the female main character. Although it is probably closer to 3.5, I’ll go
for four (4)
This would be (well for
me it was) one of those “quick weekend reads”. I’m thankful to my local library
for having a copy I could borrow.
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
KELLEY
ARMSTRONG graduated with a degree in psychology and then studied computer
programming. Now, she is a full-time writer and parent, and she lives with her
husband and three children in rural Ontario, Canada. Kelley is a #1 New
York Times bestselling author of both YA and adult novels, including
the Otherworld series and the Rockton novels.
Kelley
Armstrong
You can find her on the following social media
accounts:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kelleyarmstrong
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