AngelFA (Hiatus)'s Reviews > His Mother's Lies

It has succeeded in bringing back memories that I've been witnessing.

Fun Fact:
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are real stories in real life; they both always had stereotypes, you know. And let me tell you that's true. Not everyone experiences this rare opportunity, but a person I know did.

POV from this book is alternate from Ethan, Charlotte and Anna. And also divided into three parts of the story.

Part One
The first part of the book is more about building the tension from each character, and I learned through this first part that no one is an angel in here, like every character has their own dark side. A lot of bickering and upsetting things keep happening in here; even the smallest things will make these characters upset.

His mother (Anna) is indeed the worst. She is a paranoid, manipulative, accusing, and an absoulute nightmare in your life.

His wife (Charlotte) is none better (I guess this guy didn't have any luck); at first, I thought her character would be like an innocent and good one that have been wronged by his mother, but NO. She's just an upgraded version of his mother. So at some point they're the same but different (you get that?).

Our guy (Ethan) huh😮‍💨... he is hopeless. Standing there between his mother and his wife can not decide which side he should take. I totally get that you can never take sides in this case. But at least you should know when to keep your mouth shut, so you don't make the situation worse. (Whenever I read his POV I kept saying "No No No.. you stupid shut up")

Till the end of Part One, I don't get any clues on what his mother is hiding, what her true color is, or why she's so obsessed with her own son. The author still keeps you guessing.

Part Two
Oh no...  I thought I would get something from this part, but the drama was still there.

His mother turned Charlotte against Ethan. She's psycho at this point. And I'm getting tired of Anna being a drama queen and fuck all of those things that she caused

The synopsis said, "Charlotte discovers a hidden family secret." (I reread the synopsis again to make sure I saw it correctly.) But let me tell you, that's still not happening until the end of Part Two.

Part Three
Finally, the secret is here. I kept guessing till the end, like, "What's going on with this vindictive bitch?"
 
The answer is not something that I saw it coming, but I did sense it. However, it's still shocking.

MY THOUGHTS:
•There are some language errors, such as typos and grammar mistakes. (I received this as ARC so could be not the final one)
 
•The story started slowly for me because there were a lot of details. Some of them are unnecessary and can be cut so we can get to the secret faster.

•Some twists (not the main one) are predictable to me.

•For me, this story is mostly focused on mother-in-law, so it takes ages to get to the synopsis itself. I sighed a lot during this time.

•But on the other hand, the author succeed in bringing this mother-in law's tale, some things are indeed happening in the real life (once again I'm one of the witness, so i fully understand about this situation). Is hard okay, once your in law hate dislike you then It goes round and round every time things go south, and you're the one to blame (not her son and never will be).

CREDIT:
Thank you NetGalley and BooksGoSocial, for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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