Review: The Twin’s Daughter by Lauren Baratz-​​Logsted

Title: The Twin’s Daughter

Author: Lau­ren Baratz-​​Logsted

Pub­lisher: Blooms­bury

Date (to be) Pub­lished:

Syn­op­sis: (from Blooms­bury)

Be care­ful who you let in the door … they may not want to leave

Lucy Sex­ton is stunned when a disheveled woman appears at the door one day…a woman who bears an uncanny resem­blance to Lucy’s own beau­ti­ful mother. It turns out the two women are iden­ti­cal twins, sep­a­rated at birth, and raised in dra­mat­i­cally dif­fer­ent cir­cum­stances. Lucy’s mother quickly resolves to give her less for­tu­nate sis­ter the kind of life she has never known. And the trans­for­ma­tion in Aunt Helen is indeed remark­able. But when Helen begins to imi­tate her sis­ter in every way, even Lucy isn’t sure at times which twin is which. Can Helen really be trusted, or does her sweet face mask a chill­ing agenda?

Filled with shock­ing twists and turns, THE TWIN’S DAUGHTER is an engross­ing gothic novel of betrayal, jeal­ousy, and treach­er­ous secrets that will keep you guess­ing to the very end.

Where Did It Come From?

I received this from Blooms­bury as a pre­view copy.

Why Did I Choose It?

It sounded like a quick mys­tery to run through.

My Review:

This book, while I was at first expect­ing a some­what typ­i­cal mys­tery, had such a fan­tas­tic twist end­ing that it has risen well above my expec­ta­tions.  The story is told by Lucy, the daugh­ter of Aliese, who’s twin sis­ter appears on their doorstep many years later.  It seems that Aliese does not know of the exis­tence of her twin sis­ter, Helen, and the cir­cum­stances by which her twin was raised.  The story unfolds and while I was led to believe the con­clu­sions that Baratz-​​Logsted wants the reader to come to, despite my best efforts, I was not even close to the actual out­come of events.  The char­ac­ters are believ­able, their motives quite easy to under­stand, and yet, it all seems some­what fan­tas­ti­cal when it finally comes to a head.  And yet, I could see this story as being some­thing that truly could have happened.

I feel that this book is worth the read.  It’s a great mys­tery with a lit­tle bit of a love story and full of vigor.

Please do your­self a favor and give this one a look.