Ha well that’s one way to start a book. That opening sentence definitely draws a reader in! It tortured me not being able to read this in one sitting, The Baby Group gripped me so much I (almost) pulled a sickie to stay home!

Following mum blogger Scarlett, her sex tape has been released and she’s mortified! Her friends, family, colleagues and even clients have seen it. Her newest friendship group hasn’t been sent the video and she hides within not telling them of her pain. Who send the video and are they closer than Scarlett thinks?

You really question all of the characters. You know it’s someone from within the baby group but who? They’re all so suspicious which made this a delight to read. I love a book that leaves me guessing until the end!

Scarlett was slightly annoying but didn’t deserve any of this. This book is a little evil but I loved it!

This one wasn't for me. It was poorly written and went on and on. The plot is solid and I was interested to find out what was being teased but just got so bogged down in the main character's endless inner monologue. Everything was written three times in slightly different ways. I ended up skimming after about 40% because I did want to know what happened but didn't want to read anymore.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book.

Scarlett, the yummy mummy blogger, currently on maternity leave and enjoying the baby groups with her NCT friends, Cora, Emma and Asha, has a great life. Baby daughter, Poppy and husband, Ed, finish her family. When she returns to work her world crashes when a sex tape is leaked to her work colleagues, family and friends. Something she did a decade earlier is now ruining her life. Who sent it and why? Who can she trust but thankfully her friends are there to help her.
Wow! I was hooked on this book straight away. The writing flowed and the story never lost pace. It was one of those books, I love, when you can imagine as a three part tv show and who would be cast in each role. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

The book is a pretty standard drama about lies, cheating and striving to conceal your past, but still an enjoyable, easy read, that I am happy to recommend.
Scarlett is thoughtful about her actions, regardless of how others see her, and her anxiety and embarrassment about what happens to her comes to life in this story. Although you can work out who the baddie is, you second guess yourself until everything's finally revealed.
I want to thank NetGalley, Avon Book UK and Caroline Corcoran for a pre-publication copy to review.

Scarlett’s perfect life crumbles when a video of her is sent to almost everyone she knows. Her friends in her new mom’s group say they haven’t seen the video, but Scarlett isn’t so sure. Who in her past would do something so underhanded? Who wants to bring her down a peg or two? You know the old saying “keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer”.

I really loved this book. It was a hard to put down mystery for sure but I would not classify it as a thriller. I could really relate to these characters because I was a young mother once and I did participate in "baby groups" although my groups did not have this much drama! The characters were interesting and the book was well written. I could not figure out who the bad guy was which is often easy to do. I highly recommend this book if you enjoy a good mystery.

I thoroughly enjoyed Through The Wall, so I was thrilled to get my hands on an early copy of Corcoran's newest novel. And what a novel it is! Absolutely chock full of twists and turns, with a deeper, relatable theme of what it is to be a woman. What it feels like to be made to feel ashamed of yourself, your body, your past. What it's like to feel alone, to be betrayed by those close to you. Fast-paced, twisty, and moving.

A wonderfully-written and tremendously tense novel that gripped me from the off.

I love stories with a backdrop of friends-not-being-who-they-seem and this mother and baby group was fantastically drawn and right up my street.

Compelling and claustrophobic, it was a winner for me!

A twisty turny tale of the past coming back to haunt you in a very 21st century way. I really enjoyed The Baby Group. It's brimming with scandal, secrets and the big questions of who posted Scarlett's sex tape keeps you reading right to the end. Just when I thought I had it figured out another twist would derail me, which is perfect for a thriller.

On top of the twists and turns there's a good message about people's real lives versus their blog or instagram selves, and that nobody is every as perfect as they seem.

A good read and I'd pick up another by Caroline Corcoran any day.

📚 Book Review 📚 The Baby Group by Caroline Corcoran ⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5.
Firstly a big thank you to @netgalley and @carolinecorcoranwriter for the ARC ebook! I loved Through the Wall written by the same author so I was cuffed when I was accepted to read and review this one early!
I really loved this book. The story follows Scarlett, a first time mum, owner of a semi-famous blog, hard working good looking husband, a nice house in the country and her friends she has made from a baby group. On returning back to her job after maternity leave her life suddenly falls apart when a sex tape from many years ago is sent to everyone she holds dear! Scarlett's seemingly perfect life is turned upside down and she has no idea who has done this to her let alone why. She leans on her friends but all is not as it seems in the baby group and we soon learn that someone very close to her isn't as good as friend as Scarlett thinks she is.
This is a fabulous, fast-paced novel with a few twists and turns thrown in to keep you guessing. It's both relatable and moving and just as good as her other novel I have read.
I loved the ending and it was definitely a surprise to find out who had ruined poor Scarletts life! Pub date is 17th September so keep your eye out!

Solid 4 stars.
This was a fun book to read about 4 ladies who have become friend through their baby group. Unfortunately, somebody in the group is out to get Scarlet. Which friend will it be!?!?!

The Baby Group is the latest in a long line of books filled with horrible people doing horrible things to each other. Scarlett, the main character, returns to work after a 12-month maternity leave. But before she even gets to sit down, her life is upended by a video that contains evidence of her sordid past. Who would do this to her? And why are her three newest friends, the titular Baby Group, the only people in her life who weren’t sent a link to the video?

Throughout the book we see the many realities that people can paint the world with, along with the harsh judgments that we cast on others. The book also points out the disloyalty that often results from anything controversial coming to life.

There’s one thing about the book that concerned me. Without getting into spoilers, it felt like one character was stereotyped in a way that could potentially have racist connotations. However, this wasn’t overt enough for me to know which way the author really meant it, and I don’t want to cast the same type of harsh judgment on another person that the characters in the book did. I bring it up here primarily because I read an advanced copy and I thought the author and publisher should be aware of how this characterization may be perceived to others.

My one concern aside, this was a quick, uncomfortable read (as it should have been). The twists worked pretty well, and I didn’t see all of them coming.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC. This review contains my honest, unbiased opinion.

Wow...this book was very interesting. I really liked it. The plot of the story was fun and it was definitely pretty twisty. Makes you wonder what actually goes on in mom groups. Very enjoyable with great characters and keeps you hooked from the beginning.

Thank you Netgalley, the author and publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I liked this book! It's the kind of book I will recommend for my book club. It's very tense and has a lot of twists that shocked me. I would recommend it for fans of mystery/suspense.

I liked the idea of reading a mystery/thriller involving a parents group, but this title did not format correctly on my Kindle and it was too distracting to read.

This is a really good domestic thriller. Really fast paced and edgy. What really I liked about this book is it has a really great story and at its heart are very real characters too. It really manages to reflect the feelings of being a new mum and everything that comes with that but without sacrificing any of its story. Definitely a recommended read.

Scarlett is a new mum with a new group of baby mum friends. She appears to have the perfect life but one day a shocking video of her is sent to everyone she knows. The only people who it hasn’t been sent to are her new friends in her baby group, Fiona, Emma and Asha. Scarlett is forced to face her past to try and discover who is out to take her down. But who can she really trust.

This is a perfect summer book--compulsively readable with some twisted ladies out for revenge.

Newish mom Scarlett seems to have the perfect life: gorgeous husband, idyllic countryside house, adorable one-year old daughter Poppy, a job she loves, and a popular mummy blog. But her past comes back to haunt her when an old sex tape is circulated to everyone she knows. Everyone except her new trio of mom friends.

Now Scarlett has to face the past she's so desperately tried to erase to figure out who's truly out to get her. She begins to question everything and everyone she thought she knew. And when all is said and done, how much does she really know these new friends?

There's nothing terribly unique about this book, exactly; it's a fairly standard drama about lies and cheating and trying to outrun your past, but I really enjoyed the narrative. Scarlett is a lovely protagonist. She's thoughtful about her actions, regardless of how other see her, and her grief and shame about what's happened to her comes to life on the page. I really felt her pain. And I liked how, though you can sort of put together who the "bad guy" is, you're left second guessing until everything's revealed. This was a book I had a hard time putting down once I picked it up.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Book UK for providing this copy for review. I enjoyed it so much that I went off to buy Cororan's Through the Wall, which was advertised at the end.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. Scarlett has the perfect life until something happens to change all of that. This was a good read and had my guessing right until the end. Really liked it.

This book didnt grab me at all, I found there to be a lot of unnecessary internal dialogue which seemed like filler to me. Also found it quite predictable. This book does have its place and I'm sure it will do really well just not for me. Many thanks to netgalley for providing me with the ARC in exchange for my honest review
2.5 stars rounded up

*This arc was provided to me by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for a review*

This book circles around a group of moms, the baby group, who live in Cheshire.
The main character Scarlett is pretty new to the area and is quickly welcomed in by the group of women but things take a turn for the worse when someone uploads a very private video of her to all her friends, coworkers, and family but not to the baby group. The books main focus is around her trying to figure out who she can trust, how she can save her marriage from falling apart due to this video, and maintaining her mommy blog all while finding out who would want to ruin her life.

I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I thought I had figured out midway who uploaded the video but the author threw me for a loop. I would highlight recommend this!