Title: Girl Next Door

Author: Karen King

Publication Date: July 9, 2024

Genre: Mystery 

My Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Girl Next Door by Karen King begins with Rachel. Rachel has somehow fallen out of her bedroom window to the pavement below. In the pages that follow, we go back in time where we meet Rachel. We continue up until the day of the fall and beyond. I will not say much else about what happens beyond that because my goodness, what a ride you need to enjoy for yourself. A lot happens within the pages of this book! I will however give you a breakdown of most of the characters. Girl Next Door is told from multiple POVs.

Vanessa - mother to Jacob and Erin; wife to Aaron

Aaron - dad to Lucas and Erin; husband to Vanessa

Amanda - mother to Lucas

Ricky - dad to Jacob

Suzy - mother to Rachel and Ben; wife to Carl

Carl - dad to Rachel and Ben; husband to Suzy

Hazel - sister to Vanessa

Amy - Rachel's best friend

Carl, Suzy, Rachel and Ben are new in the neighborhood and move next door to Aaron, Vanessa, Jacob, Lucas and Erin. 

Young Love

Blended Family

Lies

Betrayal

Quote: "I'm sticking to my story. There's too much to lose if I don't."

What really happened to Rachel? Accident? Attempted murder? Attempted suicide?

How well does Vanessa really know her husband? Is this marriage a repeat of her last one?

Are Lucas and Jacob hiding something?

Did the crush Lucas and Jacob both have on Rachel lead to the unthinkable?

These are some questions you'll be asking yourself as you journey through the pages of Girl Next Door by Karen King. Make sure you see this one to the end because that Epilogue will have you gasping.  The only problem I had is I wish it would have stayed clean all the way through. It made it to almost 90% without foul language. I would have given it five stars before that. I really enjoyed this one.

Thank you Bookouture and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review Girl Next Door by Karen King.

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