After reading the blurb I was so excited to be accepted to read The Mothers Secret, straight away from the first chapter, I was hooked, the storyline was hard to put down, a fantastic read and would definitely recommend.

Kate and Georgie have always been quite reserved and protected. Their Mother, Jan, was reluctant to let them out to parties or even out to play as young children. Kate is married & has seen the world whilst Georgie was content to live with her boyfriend and not stray further than a chilly British beach on holiday. Times are changing, however, and Georgie wants to spread her wings. She needs her birth certificate in order to get a passport.
I warn you now that there are going to be spoilers in this review.
Georgie goes to the Norwich library to search through the birth records but she can't find herself. Initially she had delved around in her Mother's loft without telling permission and when that failed headed off to Norwich library. She wasn't born when and where she thought she was. She doesn't seem to exist in the records.
My first problem is that records are not usually there for people to look through themselves. They are usually kept at the registry office where you fill in a form to request a birth certificate. Okay so we will allow some licence. However, if you can't find ther record for yourself what do you think? Maybe I wasn't born where my parents said, maybe the date got fuddled for some reason, maybe there was an error with the registration. The next logical step is to ask the registrar, make some enquiries, perhaps search online. Georgie didn't think or do any of this. When she couldn't find her birth registration she searches the local papers for the days around that date - okay not so way out. However, once she finds a story about a snatched baby she immediately decides it must be her. Really? Her first thought is that her Mother was a child kidnapper? What exactly happened in her past to allow this to be in the forefront of her mind. Still without any proof she struggles to even look at her Mother and barely talks to her. The feelings for her Mother have been switched off the instant she read this newspaper report without even knowing if it is true.
Georgie becomes a really unpleasant person. She walks out on her sister who needed her support due to her Mother's deteriorating health. This is still without any proof. Georgie then storms into the lives of her supposed birth family. This is the first time that she really has any proof but even then it is tenuous. Has no one heard of DNA testing?
I couldn't like Georgie no matter how hard I tried to sympathise. Yes, she has been hard done by and ripped away from her birth family & had an uncertain childhood. However, she is never interested in the reasons and is so quick to damn and desert her family. She also gives no consideration to her birth family just expecting to walk right in and be welcomed with open arms. I have to say that the author did approach this well and the family's difficulties in accepting her were very believeable.
There is much about this book that could have been good. Unfortunately the rather nasty and strange behaviour of Georgie made me feel very unsympathetic towards. Her actions just didn't ring true and spoiled the book for me.
I received a free copy of this book via Netgalley.

Really enjoyable read, interesting storyline and gives plenty of food for thought.

This is the second book I have read by this Author. The story started well, Georgie looks for her birth certificate and while looking in her mothers loft she stumbles across some information which changes everything about her life. From here on the story seems rushed. I felt the parts of the story could have been extended a bit more along with some other characters that were in the book.

A five star truly gripping read. One of the MUST READ books of this year.

The premise of the story was good but I just felt I didn't really get to know the characters well. It dragged a bit and I kept feeling I was waiting for the truth to be revealed and then it woukd get better but even then it didn't have much impact