DeAnna Cameron

Part of the reason why I picked up this book is because it's from Wattpad's new publishing company, and I'm interested in the books that they chose. I wound up enjoying it a lot. It read to me like a deep dive true crime podcast, with a twisting, engrossing plotline. It's long, but the pacing moves quickly. I will say that I think that this book is miscategorized as YA. The content is challenging, and it is at best a crossover, but I would sell this in an adult mystery or crime fiction section. I would recommend this book to mature fans of Courtney Summers or readers of Steig Larsson. CW for murder, sexual assault including rape on the page, physical torture, stalking, emotional manipulation and abuse, physical violence, substance use including date rape drugs, alcoholism.… (mehr)

Homewrecker really surprised me! I went into it cautiously optimistic and was hooked from the first page. Bronwyn feels so real. I felt an instant connection with her. Her mother was an addict who definitely wasn't mother of the year, but she loved her the only way she knew how. When she dies in a tornado, Bronwyn is forced to live with her father, a wealthy man she only met once before. When she finds out her mother was murdered before the tornado hit, she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her mother, her friends, her absent father, and herself.

The mystery doesn't take long to guess, since there's only two real suspects. That's not what really drew me in, though. It was the drama. Deanna Cameron really seems to have a way with this genre and I can't wait to read what she writes next.

Aside from the grammatical/spelling errors that I'm sure will be fixed before publishing, this was close to a 5-star read for me.

* ARC provided in exchange for my honest review.… (mehr)