Josephine Cox never disappoints and this new novel lived up to her reputation.
easy style to read and really enjoyable.

Really enjoyed this book. I'd been meaning to read a Josephine Cox book for a while so was happy to receive a DRC as my first! The writing was quite simple but this didn't take away from the story at all. The drama and character development was written really well despite this. The author really made you feel all the emotions with this one.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the DRC!

Josephine Cox never disappoints! This book started well and just kept getting better and better. Characters were so believable and, in many places, certain characters really annoyed me........all down to very good writing! How some people manipulate others was very well done. I loved this book and can't wait for her next book!
Many thanx to NetGalley, the author and the publishers for allowing me to read and review this book

I love these family dramas, and the trials that were endured and survived by the characters in this story. The author has really made them come to life as you read this book. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Josephine Cox has been one of my 'go to' authors for many years, and this book did not disappoint. A lovely story told in Jo's unique style.

Really enjoyed this book. It deals with the death of a dear Mum and the upheaval of a family after father re=marries.

I haven't read many books by Josephine, but, I always enjoyed them. This one was a little bleak at times, evil step-mother monopolising the father, turning him against his children. But, I enjoyed this one, the characters and the way the eldest girl worked so hard to step I to her mother's shoes. My thanks to netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.

A real family saga telling the story of when a family lose the mother and the consequences of the father finding a new wife and how it affects the whole family. A great read

Another lovely from Josephine Cox and the pen of Gilly Middleton , the story’s twists and turns but centres on Sarah, Joe, Janette and their dad Fred after the passing of their mum Ava. Life after was not easy for anyone especially when Mavis came along.
Good read and enjoyed the story.
My thanks as always to NetGalley and to HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction, HarperCollins for the read

A Cinderella story for the 21st century, that's how I would describe Daddy's Girl by Josephine Cox. Having not read a Cox for a very long time, I was excited to get the opportunity to review her latest offering and I was not disappointed!!

After her mother dies and she is left to take care of her siblings and father who has turned to drink Sarah has a long difficult path ahead of her. When her father gets remarried Sarah finds her step mother is only interested in the free labor Sarah and the family provide, ruining Sarah's dreams of running a business of her own.

The story follows her journey, and struggles along with those of the rest of the family. When something shady is discovered will the family recover and will Sarah escape to fulfil her dreams?

This was a very believable story with most of the characters being likable, except maybe Fred and Mavis!!

You won't want to put this book down. Well paced with plenty of surprises along the way

Sarah Quinn is heartbroken when her mother Ava dies, she made Sarah promise if anything ever happened to her, that she would take care of her little sister Janette, older brother Joe and father Fred. Her dad's normally a jovial man, now he’s depressed and lost without Ava, he's started drinking, hardly ever home and Sarah’s left to do all the cooking, cleaning, has a job and she's run ragged. The only highlight is when the girls go to visit their aunty Irene, she’s a gardener in Suffolk and at Fettling House.

The siblings receive a big shock when Fred announces he’s marrying widow Mavis Swindel, she owns a house near the Great Edge and on the moors. Fred thinks Mavis is the bee’s knees, Joe, Sarah, Janette and don’t like her, something about her is odd and the boarding house is very rundown.

Mavis is the queen of manipulation, Fred’s oblivious to his wife’s faults and she extremely frugal and tight with her money. Sarah has a feeling about Mavis, not only is she lazy, she’s hiding something, with help she investigates her past, to say she’s shocked by what she discovers is an understatement, and how can she tell her father?

I received a digital copy of Daddy’s Girl by Josephine Cox and Gilly Middleton from HarperCollins UK and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The well written narrative is really interesting and it looks at life in England in the early 1930's, where everyone in the family who could was expected to work, and some people thought higher education was a waste of time and money for girls?

I really liked Sarah’s and her aunty Irene’s characters, the lodgers at the boarding house and George the blacksmith. Sarah was selfless, she certainly never gave up, outsmarted her cunning step-mother, a wonderful and nostalgic historical saga and five stars from me.

Have always enjoyed Josephine's books and was delighted to be able to review this one.
As always, this book did not disappoint. A very easy read which carries the reader through a range of emotions but always leaves you feeling like you have had a big warm hug.
Sarah is coping with the sad loss of her mother whilst trying to run the family home and care for her father and brother and sister. She follows in her mother's footsteps as a seamstress and is keen to continue in this line of work.

When her father suddenly remarried, the family move into the guesthouse that his new wife runs and are promised a much easier life. However these promises fail to come to fruition and Sarah fights for their independence to be restored.

Highly recommend reading this book.

Where can a daughter turn when her father's love is stolen away? When heartbroken Sarah Quinn is left to care for her father and siblings when her mother dies, it's hard to watch their loving dad, Fred, drift into drink and despair. With money tight, Sarah is determined to keep the family together. But they get a shock when Fred Quinn announces he is to marry Mavis Swindel, the landlady of a boarding house on the edge of the moor.s. Mavis seems to offer the answer to the family's problems, and soon they are all moving into her shabby lodgings.

This is another emotional read by the late Josephine Cox.

Sarah was just eighteen when her mother passed away. She takes over her mother's duties by looking after her father, brother and sister. But it's not long before her father announces that he's getting married to Mavis Swindel, and they will be moving into Mavis's boarding house.

The characters are well-developed, the plot is well-written, and it will mess with your emotions.

I would like to thank #NetGalley #HarperCollinsUK #HaperFiction and the author #JosephineCox for my ARC of #DaddysGirl in exchange for an honest review.

Captivating story of a young family struggling after the death of their beloved mum. When their dad suddenly announces his wedding to a very unsavoury woman the children's lives are turned upside down. Sarah, the eldest has to shelve all dreams of running her own little business and work as a skivvy to her evil new stepmother in order to allow her clever little sister Janette to remain in school. Their only respite from their misery is the little time they get to spend with their beloved aunt Irene. Things come to a head when one of the lodgers in her stepmother' s house, attempts to rape Sarah. From then in Sarah is determined to uncover the truth of the stepmother' s past. I won't spoil the story but can heartily recommend it. Perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson and a very worthy 5star rating!

My first read by this very popular author and I throughly enjoyed it … Sarah’s beloved mum passes away suddenly and she finds herself taking over the role of running the house looking after her father brother and sister … her father not coping at all disappears each night to the pub and it soon becomes clear he has a lady friend in the form of Mavis. The tale unfolds like a modern day Cinderella .. Mavis the evil step mother and poor Sarah becoming the poorly paid skivvy … but all is not as it seems and Mavis is hiding lots of secrets . A good book that kept me turning the page and I’d definitely look at other by this author

Josephine Cox never fails!
Another fantastic book, great storyline and true to life characters that had you feeling for them, especially Sarah.
A really easy cosy book the perfect summer read

This was a real page turner. Heart breaking at times and heart warming in equal measure. How Sarah and her siblings lives changed when Fred met Mavis, and not for the better. How dreadful that Mavis took over the lives of what was a loving family who held together after the death of their mother.. Mavis was a dreadful mani[pulative woman. This was a gripping story beautifully written.

Eighteen year old Sarah is devastated when her mother dies and tries her best to look after her father, brother and younger sister.
When her father marries another woman they move into her boarding house and their lives go from bad to worse.
This is the story of family trying to stay together and look after each other.
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review

I'm a Josephine Cox fan so it was great to receive an early copy of Daddy's Girl and it didn't disappoint.

It is certainly well-written and up to the usual standard. It was a sometimes bleak and emotional family drama and the depiction of the "evil stepmother" was particularly well drawn. Although there was a lot of heartache in this book, the dark times in the book are always tempered by some lighter interlude and I was glad that there was a highly satisfying ending.

A brilliant read for fans of Josephine Cox and authors like Lesley Pearse. Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of Daddy's Girl in exchange for an honest review.

Firstly thank you Netgalley for this Arc

Another brilliant book by a brilliant author full of different emotions