The Tradwife’s Secret by Liane Child #HQDigital #thriller #mystery #family #NetGalley #bookreview

I am delighted to share my review today for The Tradwife’s Secret by Liane Child. This is a domestic thriller with some twists and several secrets that have to be told.

My huge thanks to HQ Digital for accepting my request to read this title via NetGalley.

A marriage is between two people. And their millions of followers. Madison March is the perfect wife, with the perfect family and the perfect life.

She spends her days baking sourdough and picking vegetables from the garden while watching her children play in the fields surrounding her Montana homestead.

Dinner is always on the table for her husband and they end their days sitting on the porch, watching the sun go down.

It’s a life anyone would dream of.

And it’s all a lie.

MY REVIEW

Now I am one of the first to admit to not really engaging in social media, especially all the hashtags, Instagram and all that malarkey. So this was the first time I had come across the tradwife hashtag. Its meaning is obvious, traditional wife, but what does it actually mean? The author delves into the world of social media, tradwife, the perfect family and the obsession with stats and the ideal shot.

The author has created a small main cast of characters, well, there are two sets really. One being Madison March, the other being a follower of hers. Cally is a young woman who has come to work as a tutor for the March family. Before she starts, she has to agree to some pretty strict rules. No posting on social media, nothing about the March family, not ever sharing or telling anyone, ever of her time there. They have followers, reputations to maintain, and the image or brand cannot be tarnished.

Madison shares, or maybe it should be, sells her lifestyle with images. They are wholesome, family-oriented, the meek wife putting all the hours to make sure the family home, the children and the meals are all freshly made, on the table when her husband walks in the door and generally bending to how he feels a wife should behave.

The thing is that this is not all that it seems. Something is going on in the background, and Cally senses something. But she also finds herself wrapped up in this traditional family homestead lifestyle. By the end of the story, there were several reveals. The main one I didn’t see coming at all! But it made a lot of sense.

This is a story that shows a way of life that women used to have. there are still those who believe in this way of life and that is completely up to them. The addition of sharing all this lifestyle and positive imagery with others, though it is a snapshot into lives and not their actual life. The story starts well and the characters are introduced, and as the story gets more involved, the real deal about the lifestyle emerges. It is dangerous, demanding and manipulative. There are also some darker secrets that have to emerge as well.

I really enjoyed this book. It is a domestic thriller set in the US, it has a large mystery embedded and I did find it very addictive. If you are a fan of fiction, family dynamics and thrillers then this is one that you may like. I would be happy to recommend it.

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