A review by byashleylamar
The Longings of Wayward Girls by Karen Brown

2.0

This one was mediocre at best. The synopsis made it sound so good but it really let me down. It alternated between the past and present chapter-by-chapter to show Sadie as a precocious young girl and Sadie as a married mother of two. When she was young two girls from her neighborhood went missing about 5 years apart and we find that Sadie had a hand in the disappearance of the second girl. It was supposed to be a mystery but it was poorly executed and pretty boring. The big reveal at the end was disappointing and it just didn't feel like it was worth reading. It's an easy book, it's short and it's not terrible but it's not great. It's the kind of book I'd pick up for a long flight and then forget about shortly after landing. It was average at best.