My Review of Daughter By Kate McLaughlin

Title: Daughter 
Author: Kate McLaughlin 
Expected Publication: March 8, 2022
Publisher: Wednesday Books 
Genre: Young Adult/ Thriller/ Mystery 
Pages: 336 pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review: 
This was definitely a different type of book, it has a very unique storyline. I don't think that I have ever read a book quite like this one but, it was worth a read!
Scarlet is your atypical teenager, she is being raised by her really helicopter/overprotective mom. While Scarlet seems to be your regular teenager with regular problems her mother has been keeping a very big secret away from her! Scarlet finds out the reason for her mother's overprotectiveness when the FBI shows up at her house, and Scarlet finds out her father is a notorious serial killer and he is losing his battle with cancer. To make things more challenging about turning the life of Scarlet, since her father is losing his battle with cancer he has agreed to tell the names of his victims only to his daughter. Her father is Jeffery Robert Lake, a serial killer who had the total Ted Bundy vibes. He is a necrophile who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous women between 1990 and 2006. While he was only charged with 14 murders because their bodies were found on his property, the authorities are convinced that there are soo much more and they want to get those families some kind of closure.
All of this information is a lot of pressure and turns Scarlet's life upside down and she has to make the decision whether or not to meet with him and get the names or not to. Now, while the whole thing of finding out who her father was isn't as bad as when her identity is revealed and everyone starts looking at her in a different light.
OMG, this is the first book that I've read by this author and while I do realize that it is a young adult book, it never seems like it throughout the whole book. This is definitely a psychological thriller and a book that keeps you on your toes! I would definitely recommend it for any true-crime fans (even though it's fiction) and anyone who loves books like Alice Feeney's books! I will definitely look for more from this author!
Thank you Netgalley and Wednesday Books for the extraordinary opportunity to read and review this one! 

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