It’s been ten years since Laurel Mack’s daughter, Ellie, went missing. It has also taken ten years for the police force to find any evidence linked to Ellie’s disappearance which included clothing, a passport, and Ellie’s human remains that had been presumably run over by a car. Laurel decided ten years ago that Ellie had run away even though she had the perfect life. As Laurel forces herself to move on, she meets Floyd, a man she met at a diner who was divorced and had two daughters of his own. When Laurel decides to form a serious relationship with Floyd, she meets his daughters, one of which is Poppy, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the late Ellie. All the questions that Laurel once had arise again to solve the mystery as to where her daughter went. In another timeline, Noelle Davidson is a tutor who is slowly losing herself to the advances of Floyd. Could there more more to Ellie’s story than Laurel realized?
I had really high expectations for this book because everyone was talking about the “plot twist”. In reality, I waited for the plot twist and still wondered what it was when I finished the book. Only later did I realize that I had passed the plot twist?? Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that the plot twist wasn’t as shocking as I was led to believe and in fact, it was disappointing and mediocre. I also felt that the motive itself wasn’t as developed as I would have liked. The characters also fell flat and the atmosphere seemed suffocating. Although, maybe it’s my fault for reading a book by Lisa Jewell on a nine-hour car drive. Maybe she knew I would have to put the book down frequently and appreciate the nature outside! Very considerate of her, but I still didn’t like this book and don’t really understand why it's so overhyped.