While in hospital Lauren reports that someone has tried to abduct her babies, the doctors put this down to hallucinations caused by tiredness. But that’s the point of him, Melanie Golding wants us to feel empathy and sympathy for Lauren and her situation, to make it more believable when the story kicks in and boy doesn’t it just kick in. I really felt for Lauren the isolation, how tired she was and how she struggled to adjust to life with two new-born babies to look after.Ĭue husband Patrick, now it’s been a while since I have detested a character to such an extent that I wanted to throw the book across the room! I couldn’t stand him, he was selfish, conceited and lacked any empathy for his wife. I praise her for such a true reflection of motherhood, it’s not one that I have seen very often, particularly in books. Straight off the bat the way in which Melanie Golding captures the early days of motherhood was honest, raw and truthful.
Little Darlings follows Lauren, a first time mum of twin boys. Although I did completely freak out when I found a silver fish in my bathroom around 4 weeks ago!! To be perfectly honest, I find the concept absolutely terrifying! Melanie Golding pitched this story perfectly, for me it was just the right level of unnerving, sinister and creepy. Melanine Golding headed up each chapter with a folk tale, myth or fairytale around changelings – some were a lot more creepy than others. The book is a take on the folkloric tales of changelings, I hadn’t read any other books or stories about them, so this was new to me.
After that opening chapter I knew I wouldn’t put the book down until I found out what had happened to drive this woman to take such action! Little Darlings is Melanie Golding’s debut, and what a debut it is! A psychological thriller and a half, the opening chapter of which made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end and chilled me to my core! The imagery of a mum walking into a reservoir clutching her newborn twins while police watched on helplessly, sucked me in straight away. Firstly, thank you to and for the ARC of this book.
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