I could not put this audiobook down. The twists and turns and surprises etc. I was sucked in and recommending it to friends who also love thrillers as I listened. Gripping!!

My first Carey Baldwin book, but not my last. Don't Trust Mother on audio was solid. The story itself is interesting and, although a slow start, kept me listening and provided enough twists that it was an enjoyable journey.

My only meh about this one was the narration. Didn't love it. Female characters were ok, men not so much. Additionally, there are a lot of players in this one and a single narrator makes my job as a listener harder. I would have preferred multiple narrator voices to better help me keep track of exactly which character was speaking. That said, I'm not a novice listener and began audiobooks on cassette format from the dark ages of the 1980s.

Premise - Ivy is grieving her mother when Sandra shows up on her doorstep, claiming she’s her birth mother. Ivy didn’t even know she was adopted! But when she thinks back to the last phone call she had with her mother (cryptic, to say the least) she suspects her late mother had secrets.

Ivy starts stalking Sandra in the hopes of finding the truth, but things just keep getter by weirder and the people closest to her think she’s losing her mind.

It’s a competent novel, but the voice didn’t work for me. The characters didn’t come to life for me the way I wanted them to and I just never connected with Ivy, so I couldn’t get invested in what happened to her.

I’m sure others will like this more and I’m sorry it wasn’t for me! It’s more a marketing mismatch than an issue with the book - the cover and comps (The Wife Between Us, Girl on the Train, Frieda McFadden) made me expect a different vibe than what I got. I think this would appeal more to readers who enjoyed The Last One at the Wedding.

I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Elise Roth. I liked her overall narration and her female characters, but the dad voice threw me.

Thanks, NetGalley and Bookouture Audio, for the audio ARC in exchange for an honest review.