ARC Review: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

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ARC Review: Baby Teeth by Zoje StageBaby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Published by Macmillan on July 17, 2018
Genres: Psychological Thriller
TropesPages: 320
Format: Paperback
Source: NetGalley
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four-stars

A battle of wills between mother and daughter reveals the frailty and falsehood of familial bonds in award-winning playwright and filmmaker Zoje Stage’s tense novel of psychological suspense, Baby Teeth.

Afflicted with a chronic debilitating condition, Suzette Jensen knew having children would wreak havoc on her already fragile body. Nevertheless, she brought Hanna into the world, pleased and proud to start a family with her husband Alex. Estranged from her own mother, Suzette is determined to raise her beautiful daughter with the love, care, and support she was denied.

But Hanna proves to be a difficult child. Now seven-years-old, she has yet to utter a word, despite being able to read and write. Defiant and anti-social, she refuses to behave in kindergarten classes, forcing Suzette to homeschool her. Resentful of her mother’s rules and attentions, Hanna lashes out in anger, becoming more aggressive every day. The only time Hanna is truly happy is when she’s with her father. To Alex, she’s willful and precocious but otherwise the perfect little girl, doing what she’s told.

Suzette knows her clever and manipulative daughter doesn’t love her. She can see the hatred and jealousy in her eyes. And as Hanna’s subtle acts of cruelty threaten to tear her and Alex apart, Suzette fears her very life may be in grave danger…

My Review:

Suzette lives a seemingly perfect life. Married to a loving and successful man and is a mother to a little girl. But nothing is as it seems since her daughter, Hanna is out to get her and remove her permanently. Talk about scary! I must say this book was something else!!! Hanna was so diabolical and the way she was able to divide the parents in the story was mind blowing. I felt myself getting so frustrated for Suzette when it came to her husband Alex. I get no one wants to admit their child has issues but living in denial isn’t the answer either. Alex had his head in the clouds at times and i wanted to reach in the book and shake him. Suzette needed to have more of a backbone and should have put her foot down WAY sooner when it came to Alex’s denial over Hanna’s behavior.  I do have to say Hanna was all types of creepy in this book! The stuff she did and plotted has me thinking twice before I have kids! This book isn’t my usual genre that I read but I’m so happy I took a chance! I was in an HORRIBLE book slump and this book had me glued to the very end. I can’t believe this is the author’s first book either. It was well written, fast paced and definitely one of my favorite reads of 2018.

 

four-stars

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