Bree Cabbat is secure in her role as the mother of three and wife to a successful lawyer. Everything in her life feels so solid, until her world comes crashing down. Her ten week old baby is kidnapped right from under her nose and the lady who took him isn't looking for ransom money, the way Bree had hoped she was. What this lady wants will require a lot more. Bree will stop at nothing to get her baby back but the price the lady demands will cost the people around her greatly.
uhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, this book was crazy. I requested this book from the publisher without even reading the synopsis because I loved Jackson's last book Never Have I Ever soo much... I maybe should have took a peak at what this was about before requesting it. I was driving my children around town when I got to the part where Bree's baby is missing and I had to shut it off until I could listen at home, with the children fully in my sight. Zero of my three children have ever gone missing, and how I would feel if this were to happen is something I only explore in my worst nightmares. I spend as little time as possible picturing this kind of scenario because I CANNOT IMAGINE but if I try hard enough I definitely could get close. This book fueled some of that imagining in a way that left me feeling anxious and barfy. No spoiler's, but this book does not take its foot off the gas until the very last little bit and even then it is a very slight decrease in speed. You have been warned!!!!!
Mother May I had all of the dynamics that made Never Have I Ever so good. Two women participate in a high stakes battle of wits and they both risk something. The similarities between these two books pretty much ends here, so don't worry! This did not feel like a recycled plot line to me. Where Never Have I Ever Explored two characters that the reader often struggled to empathize with due to their ruthlessness and shadowy pasts, Mother May I explored a completely different dynamic. I felt myself having empathy for both characters despite knowing better! I think the interesting part about Mother May I comes with the complicated understanding these two mother's share. They understand what it is like to have your heart flayed open by motherhood and in this vulnerable place, they find the common ground that equalizes them.
This is a fast paced page turner with some bite to it. I really enjoyed the journey I went through with these characters. If this were a horror movie, I would have watched it between the gaps of my fingers anxiously but this only added to the thrill! I received this on audio book and you should know, even if audio books aren't usually your jam, you might give this one a shot. Joshilyn Jackson narrates her own audio books, and she is a spectacular narrator. I love getting to hear audio books narrator by the author's it adds so much more to the story! Give it a try and let me know what you think!
4/5 stars
Content warning: content warnings may include spoilers so read at your own risk!!!
infant kidnapping, child death, murder, scenes of sexual assault and rape, drug use, addiction.
Thanks to Netgalley and Harper Audio, for providing a copy of this audio book in exchange for an honest review!
You can find Mother May I on shelves near you on April 6th!!!
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