Dear Reader,People sometimes ask where authors get their ideas and oftentimes we haven't a clue. Usually it's an amalgam of our own experiences and that of others, combined with our imagination. For The Moonlight Child I can give a more definitive answer: it began when I read a newspaper article about a local family. By all appearances they were like everyone else, but unbeknownst to relatives, friends, and neighbors, they had a shocking secret, one that led them to being charged with federal cr...

Maybe I am overly cynical, but this was too sweet for me and had too many different points of view that were never fully fleshed out. Flat dialogue that was cheesy and almost unnatural at times. (I really can’t imagine anyone having conversations like the one in this book.) There was so much that happened that did so little to further the story; other moments that lasted too long and ended up going nowhere.

This audiobook is so satisfying and checks every box in terms of its story and quality of the writing. It was so compelling!! With the narrator, Stacey Glemboski, well-rehearsed in this riveting, intense book, I did not want the adventure to end. I was emotionally drawn into the characters and the situation and looking for the investigation to be solved. I realize this is not for everyone in the mystery thriller category because of its subtleness and lack of, but it was perfectly woven into an i...

3.5⭐Something strange is going on at the Flemings' house. The neighbors Sharon and Niki have been seeing a little girl at night, but the Flemings said they only have a son.That sounds creepy and mysterious. My expectation was perhaps overboard going in. This isn't a horror nor a thriller. I guess you can classify it as a mystery, which was revealed pretty early on and there wasn't any surprising element after that. I did enjoy the characters, and story as it is, but wish for a little more oomph....

Where do I begin to review The Moonlight Child? I started reading this book near bedtime (BIG MISTAKE) and couldn't put it down until I finished at 4 a.m. It's that good.As much as I loved this book and wish it wasn't over, nothing I've written seems to do it justice. Not only is this a very intriguing story, but it's very well plotted, moving along quickly but not so quickly as to feel rushed. The characters are so real and well rounded that I wouldn't have been surprised if they had spoken dir...

Moonlight child was my last book of 2020 I finished it at 11pm on 30th December. I still remember the pain I went through while reading this book. It was captivating, intense, fast paced with no dull events and astonishing. The characters were dramatic, far from likeable but I was still rooting for them. They were full of flaws yet written flawlessly. The relationships and family bonds both willingly and surreptitiously formed were something I never thought I would end up falling in love with.Th...

Honestly after a few chapters I just skipped to the end because it is literally the most basic predictable story. I’m surprised it’s rated so highly because there is not anything unique about it. I went back to skim in between to make sure I was right and it was just so ridiculous. Should you be able to say when an ending will be by the second chapter? Not even really well written. Such a disappointment

I'm not sure what to say. I feel like I read a different book than everyone else. To be upfront though, I've never connected well with 3rd person. This book, for me, felt like one long prologue or epilogue. Each character was a little one dimensional. The story from chapter one is lost for way too long. Things just lacked grit and depth. The premise is interesting and like other readers I read it quickly because I wanted to know more. I just thought a lot could have been done better. I think a m...

I think a couple other reviewers hit the nail on the head—too much explanation, not enough dialogue or action. Too many superfluous details told from too many points of view, the story was slow and the relationship between Sharon and Niki was so unbelievable to me that it was borderline annoying. I would have given it 3 stars for the concept and for keeping me entertained, but the pace and writing style brought it down to a 2, which translates into just “fine” for me. Would not recommend this on...

Even though it was predictable AF, I didn't put it down from start to finish so there's that.

“Life as an honest person could be difficult, but life as a criminal always caught up to you. No matter how careful they were, the story always had the same ending. It was very much, she thought, like circling a drain. You were going down at some point. You just didn’t know when.” ― Karen McQuestion, The Moonlight ChildIt’s funny how a book comes into your reading life at a very coincidental time. While in the middle of listening to this story, my husband said that he wanted to watch a Diane Saw...

I chose this book for an October read because the cover looked spooky. It wasn’t the spooky ready I was hoping for, but it was still a great read! I was approved for the audiobook on NG and it was incredible.This story follows three mothers and their lives, but Sharon is the main focus and my favorite character.Suzette is her neighbor and there wasn’t one likeable thing about the woman! Even though she lost a daughter as a baby, I couldn’t feel any sympathy for her. The third mother is Wendy. He...

Sharon Lemke has an empty nest and a big heart and she's just the right person to take in Niki, a former foster child trying to make it on her own as a new adult. They both have their own reasons for not standing idly by when they see possible child abuse happening in the house behind them, but they have no idea of the mystery they are about to unravel.This was a gripping, on-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller with really great, well-developed characters who were just the right people in the right p...

Quick paced story told from several perspectives. The little girl, Mia, did not remember a family before her captors and just wanted to keep “Ma’am” happy. I was very intrigued by the son, Jacob - he was abused and as much a victim as Mia. Although this story does tug at your heartstrings, there’s very little violence, more neglect than abuse. Even though somewhat predictable, I did enjoy The Moonlight Child.

This is just not good. I don’t understand all the 5 star reviews. The story was predictable and unexciting, the dialogue was poor and very unnatural, and the author went out of her way to explain very simple concepts like she believes her readers are stupid. It was almost as though a child looked up the themes of this book and wrote the story without fully understanding them or how actual humans talk. There was nothing thrilling about this one; like another reviewer said, it was like a book vers...