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Mackenzie Casper is a brilliant student. But she is best known for her mother, a best-selling author whose dark, twisted thrillers have a dedicated worldwide fanbase.
When her mother dies in an accident, fans across the world are left grieving, and the investigators are asking: Was that really an accident?
The day of the memorial service, Mackenzie gets the first mysterious envelope, signed,
From #1 fan. XOXO.
Inside are the pages of her mother’s diary that start with the lines:
Want to know a secret?
Love, Mom.
What Mackenzie reads leaves her in shock.
Then comes the second letter.
And the third..Mackenzie starts her own investigation and stumbles upon secrets that her family has lived with for years. Quickly, she realizes that her mother's path to stardom was etched with sinister lies that might have caught up with her. Sometimes fame is worth a murder. Or worse.
Soon, Mackenzie will come to find out that there are worse things than murder
I loved it so much.
Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Michael Joseph UK for giving me an advance copy.

I enjoyed this twisty psychological thriller. I read this in just over a day as I couldn't put it down. I didn't see where the story was going and so enjoyed the twists.

Having heard so many glowing reviews of Love, Mom by Iliana Xander, I was eager to dive in and it absolutely lived up to the hype. From the very first page, the story gripped me and never let go. It’s one of those rare books that makes it genuinely hard to put down.

What I found especially compelling was how the plot played with my expectations. I had a sense of where I thought the story might go, but Xander threw in a few twists that I truly didn’t see coming. These surprises added a layer of complexity and suspense that kept me guessing, making the reading experience all the more satisfying.

Mackenzies mother is a best selling author who writes dark twisted stories. Her mother then dies in a tragic accident but somehow this doesn’t seem right especially since the investigators are still asking questions. Mackenzie then starts delving into the past and finds an anonymous letter which appears to be from her mom’s diary. What unravels are dark secrets and Mackenzie learns that her family are not quite as they seem

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I didn’t guess the twists at all and at one point I audibly gasped. The characters were interesting and I really liked the fmc and her friendship with EJ. Without spoiling anything there was one point in the book where I wanted to should don’t do it as I had an inkling of what was happening. That to me is the sign of a good book as I was rooting for Mackenzie. This is a well written thriller which I would definitely recommend.

Love, Mom tells the story of Mackenzie Casper, a student who is best known for being the daughter of a best-selling author with a global fanbase. Mackenzie's mother dies in an accident, but her fans and investigators begin to wonder if it was really an accident.
After the funeral, Mackenzie receives a mysterious envelope containing pages from her Mum's diary. More letters reveal more diary entries and shocking revelations, leading to Mackenzie starting her own investigation. Before long, she uncovers some dark family secrets that change everything...

This book is a fast-paced rollercoaster of book and I really enjoyed it. I liked the writing style and loved how action packed it was, I couldn't get through it quick enough. There were plenty of twists and turns along the way and I thoroughly enjoyed trying to guess what was going to happen.

My thanks to NetGalley and the Publishers for sending me this ARC in return for an honest review.

Mackenzie, the daughter of a famous thriller author discovers her mother's recent death was not accidental and uncovers dark secrets from her mother's past.

Whilst the plot of this book was a little predictable, it was very well written. One thing I liked with this thriller was that it threw you straight into the plot rather than taking 1/3 of the book. I enjoyed the characters who had depth and the FMC was definitely more relatable and realistic than some I’ve encountered in other thriller books.

Despite a predictable ending and twists I still really enjoyed this book and found I couldn’t put it down.

Wow wow wow! What a book! I absolutely loved this book. Honestly I couldn’t tear myself away from it, I was hooked! There was so many twists and turns.

4.5 (rounded up to 5)

first of all, thank you to netgalley, iliana xander and the publisher for this advanced review copy in exchange for an honest opinion. all opinions are mine.

i think the world heard my plea for a great thriller and decided to put this book in my arms. i think this is the most obsessed i've been to finish a book. i stayed up till 2 am even though i had to wake up early this morning and finished it.

this book is AWESOME. mackenzie is such a refreshing main character for a thriller. i'm glad her journey was natural and realistic. what really stood out to me was her determination and emotion. her relationship with the people around her and herself is very well written. another bonus: there was gen z slang in this book that wasn't immediately cringe (thank god!) so it felt like mackenzie was a 20 year old girl who's just trying solve a mystery.

i liked most of the other characters, especially lizzy. i think the way the writer talks about how writers think is just so refreshing. i think it's been a while since i felt seen in that aspect. the mystery wise, i gasped a few times. near the end, there were more and more plot twists that made me go :
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the only reason i knocked off the 0.75 is the end. it felt like in an attempt to cover up all loose ends, the writing and pacing went a little downhill. but overall, i enjoyed the book a lot and it definitely got me out of a reading slump.

I didnt like the writing style as it felt a bit meh to me. I wanted to love it as the premise sounded interesting but I couldn't get on board with this one at all.

We all know disfunctional families but for Mackenzie, when her mother dies, it becomes so much worse. This tale is told through Mackenzie and some other viewpoints, but also through letters delivered to her secretly from her mother. A twisty tale cleverly told .
Many thanks to Netgalley/Iliana Xander/Michael Joseph for a digital copy of this title. All opinions expressed are my own.

This was a great book!! Totally loved it.

It is a slow start but once the story starts to unravel it’s brilliant and doesn’t stop unraveling until the very last page!!

I thought the main character McKenzie is such a great central figure and I was rooting for her throughout the story!

It’s a fantastic read.
Highly recommend!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

43-year-old Elizabeth Casper, a world best-selling author better known as E.V. Renge, dies in a freak accident. She leaves her husband, Ben, and 21-year-old daughter, Mackenzie, behind.

Mackenzie feels she cannot grieve for her mother. They haven’t had the best of a relationship, and Mackenzie always felt that her mother was always warmer and more affectionate towards her fans than her own child.

Then, Mackenzie starts receiving strange letters. They appear to be written by her dead mother, detailing her past life, her uneasy upbringing, how she met Ben, and how she got the publishing deal.

Mackenzie is mystified – are those really written by her mother? Elizabeth was always very secretive when it came to her past, and Mackenzie is immediately transfixed.

As she starts to dig around, she discovers some shocking revelations…

I loved everything about this book, from the gripping prologue to a major twist halfway through the book (!), and the ending.

I really felt for Mackenzie because her family weren’t going to win any awards for great parenting. Ben seems to be always drinking, while his scary mother (and Mackenzie’s gran) was calling the shots.

That left Mackenzie alone and lonely. Just as well she had EJ, her best friend, who was helping her on her quest to discover the truth behind the letters.

Let me tell you – the major twist halfway through the story is jaw-breaking. I was speechless for about a couple of seconds, and then I was powering on with reading more chapters.

This book is twisty, compelling, and very clever. I definitely recommend it.
Thanks to Penguin for my NetGalley widget.

An enjoyable mystery thriller with lots of twists and turns. Even though I had guessed the main twists in the plot I hadn’t worked out who had been sending the letters! I definitely recommend this book for anyone who wants an easy read mystery.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for this ARC

An amazing read!!
Full of suspense, and that twist in the middle !! Jaw dropping.
Well written, nice short chapters, great characters that you love and hate.
I loved the 'letter' chapters, which brought another layer to the ever building drama.
Gripping and fast-paced. Cliffhanger chapter endings that make it a struggle to put down.
Various POV, that give you more of an insight into each character.
And that epilogue!!!
Will definitely be keeping my eyes peeled for more by this author.

Mackenzie is best known for her mother, who is a best selling thriller author and has a world wide fan base. When her mother has an accident, there are things that appear suspicious. It is then that Mackenzie gets a letter from her mother’s diary. What she reads leaves her shocked, but then more start to arrive and she discovers there may be sinister secrets.

This was my first book by this author but I had heard a lot of hype around this one, so was keen to see what it was all about. After reading I can see why this has become so popular. Even though I wasn’t sure at first, as it seemed quite generic and like books I had read before, once the twists begin it turns into crazy, wild ride and seems much more original. I ended up having a lot of fun while reading this.

I enjoyed Mackenzie as a main character and working alongside her to discover what was going on. The chapters are interspersed with the diary entries which I found interesting and I liked that they ended with cliffhangers, meaning you had to read just one more. Even though it took me a while to get into, overall I found it an entertaining read. I would definitely read more by this author and can see many readers who enjoy twisty thrillers getting a lot out of this one. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this copy in return for an honest review.

Mackenzie 's mother, a very successful and famous author, has died but following the funeral Mackenzie receives a number of letters signed love Mom. Some of the content is suspicious enough for Mackenzie to start investigating the past and she begins to doubt the woman she called Mom. A very intriguing and interesting story as we find Mackenzie uncovering the truth of what really happened to her Mom.

McKenzie`s mother was a best selling author when she died in a road accident, but was it a accident McKenzie is unsure when she starts receiving letters from her mothers diary before she was born and things do not add up for her.Loved all the twists kept me on the edge of my seat from the beginning and it had a great ending.
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC and I give my honest review

Loved this book!

This book follows McKenzie after her best selling author mother dies. When McKenzie starts to receive letters from her Mom it leads her to put together a puzzle that will change her entire life.

I could not put this down and read it in two sittings. I loved the main character and found her to be so relatable. All the characters were so well written that they came alive in the pages.

The twists along the way were great and the big reveal made me audibly gasp! A fantastic read from start to finish.

Loved the twists and turns in this book. The one at the end of part 1 in particular really shocked me.
A very satisfying ending, especially as I felt every part of the book was tied up. I would definitely read more by this author.

This book just didn't work for me. I didn't like the writing style and the story felt really disjointed. It is a shame as it sounded so intriguing.