A Proper Mother- Blog Tour

 

Author: Isobel Shirlaw

Publisher: Point Blank Crime

Publishing Date: 20th June 2024

Many thanks to Random Things Tour and the publishing team for a copy of the book and a spot on the tour

Blurb 

Ever since an ominous palm-reading on her honeymoon, Frankie has suspected that her youngest son, Michael, is different. From an early age he sees things no one else can. As he grows up – academically gifted, a musical prodigy and with an unshakeable religious faith – his mother can no longer deny there is something strange about him, or that it frightens her.  

It is only when Frankie learns Michael is sliding into drugs and violence that she realises she can't keep ignoring the past. But by confronting her destructive marriage and her own responsibility for all that has gone wrong, she begins to see there is something darker at play. 

My Thoughts 

Well this book turned more unsettling and dark than I would anticipate which in-turn was a fantastic read. 

Frankie has a lot to emotionally deal with for a long while, once the palm reader delivers her message it would be increasing hard to unlearn and un hear what you have been told and enjoy moments that should be joyful. 

So much happens in this book and it is not as straight forward as the blurb reads, intertwined, is addiction, complex family dynamics, crime, mental health, bonding, societal views and gets you thinking at a more deeper level of what is happening and who is behind it. 

As much as the plot did turn dark I felt that there was emotion behind the characters and what they had to deal with.  The switch between different times helps lace the tension that keeps you invested. 

The run up of the development of the relationships that threaded through out the plot was wonderfully done as it is intense!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend everyone to read it.