Pretty Baby

This book was.....not great.

For most of the book we're moving along quite predictably. You know why “Willow” is talking with the police. You soon know she's not dangerous. You know the baby is not hers. There is no twist when it comes to Willow.

Heidi. Well, I hated Heidi. I hated her a lot. And then she loses her mind. Like, out of the blue goes from a relatively normal human to absolutely lost her marbles crazy. And I think maybe you're supposed to feel bad for her, but you know what? No. I don't feel sorry for her. Because Heidi, for all her “save the world, bleeding liberal heart”ness, is a selfish woman hiding behind a do-gooder. From the moment Heidi laid eyes on Willow, she wasn't concerned about the girl, she wanted that baby. She premeditated that kidnapping. Say she was truly concerned about Willow's well being. She did not care at all about her husband or actual daughter's feelings. She wanted that baby and she didn't care what her family thought about it.

So no, I didn't like Heidi and there was no twist. It was just a sad story about the trauma of a young girl being overlooked constantly by all the adults around her. But even in the telling of that, it wasn't her story.