Sometimes life gets in the way and I am unable to write a review immediately after finishing a book. I can usually refer back to my notes for a quick reminder about the story. But my notes for The Daughter-in-Law by Nina Manning made absolutely no sense to me.
That’s when I’m grateful for those reviews with spoilers. So without notes to spark my memory, I recall an overbearing mother, her son and his new pregnant wife. Obviously mother did not like a new wife. I think the overall theme here was far will a mom go for her son? In this case, a bit too far. I don’t want to give away too much, but I felt quite shocked at some of the situations and didn’t expect the weird twist at the end.
Overall, for a debut novel, this was not a bad story. I’d say it’s a story that’s been done a lot but Ms. Manning managed to put her own personal mark on it making it just different enough to be a worthwhile use of the reader’s time.

3.5 ⭐️’s ( )