Her One
Mistake by Heidi Perks
Published:
January 8, 2019
Publisher:
Gallery Books
Format: via NetGalley
Ratings: 4/5
Synopsis
It all started at the school fair…
Charlotte was supposed to be looking after the children,
and she swears she was. She only took her eyes off of them for one second. But
when her three kids are all safe and sound at the school fair, and Alice, her
best friend Harriet’s daughter, is nowhere to be found, Charlotte panics.
Frantically searching everywhere, Charlotte knows she must find the courage to
tell Harriet that her beloved only child is missing. And admit that she has
only herself to blame.
Harriet, devastated by this unthinkable, unbearable loss,
can no longer bring herself to speak to Charlotte again, much less trust her.
Now more isolated than ever and struggling to keep her marriage afloat, Harriet
believes nothing and no one. But as the police bear down on both women trying
to piece together the puzzle of what happened to this little girl, dark secrets
begin to surface—and Harriet discovers that confiding in Charlotte again may be
the only thing that will reunite her with her daughter.
My Thoughts
Her One Mistake is a twisted tale that had me constantly
thinking what was truly going on. We met two women who are vastly different yet
they share something deep inside that has brought them together. Charlotte is a
women who from the outside seems to have it all. She has the beautiful kids and
a well decorated house but her marriage is over and everything just seems to be
falling apart. Harriet is a one who has always kept to herself, her personal
life is something she has always kept private yet Charlotte seemed to take a
liking to her and decided to befriend her. None of Charlotte’s friends seem to
understand why but Charlotte sees something in her. One day Harriet asks
Charlotte to take care of her daughter and she takes her to the school fair but
once they are there and with everything going on she loses Alice, from that
point all everything changes.
There are mounting questions that must be answered and everyone is a suspect. Why is Harriet so secretive about her home life and her
past? Does Charlotte’s past play a role in all of this? This read had me by the
seat of my pants with all the twist and turns. We go into the past of both of
these women and by doing so we get little clues into how that plays a part into
what happened. However, things aren’t always what they seem and once things are
revealed I was blown away! Sometimes the ends don’t justify the means but maybe
they do. To what ends will we go to save ourselves and others and in doing so
do we hurt the ones we love, even if we didn’t mean to?
This story is one that will always have you guessing. This
is something I love, I love not knowing where the plot is going. I love being surprised
by the plot and never seeing something I would've imagined happen. I find this to be a mystery and you won't be disappointed by it I promise. So
if you want something entertaining and a page turner this is the one for you.
