This is such a compelling story with lots of twists and turns along the way. Although it's not always a comfortable read, its definitely worth the effort and will stay with you long after you've finished it.

I'm not going to lie I couldn't finish this book I tried and tried to read it but I just didn't see the point. It just seemed like it was about a bunch of children involved in. Playground behaviour. Now whether this is because I am going through ivf and find the trivial things annoy me I don't know but I will try again one day maybe but I'm not in a rush

An enjoyable read and quite tense. Explored friendship and parenting and I read it quite quickly as I wanted to find how things played out. The ending was good and didn’t disappoint.

A very easy read which gripped me from the start. I particularly enjoyed the bitchy whatsapp group which struck me as very true to life!

A really solid, enjoyable read, although slow in places.

This book is an easy read and focuses on two close friends, Sarah and Liza.

There’s an incident with Liza’s young son and he is badly injured. Sarah completely blames herself but behaves really bizarrely about the whole situation. She has good friends and a kind husband but doesn’t confide in any of them and spirals out of control, jumping to conclusions and making everything worse.

A mum they used to know, Ella, bumps into them on the day of the accident. Sarah seems to be obsessed with Ella liking her and behaves like a crazed teenager. Ella is a bit of a cliche ‘Miss Perfect’ character and is suddenly so involved with their lives.

I didn’t like any of the characters in the story and found the bitchiness and gossip between the mums very annoying, no matter how accurate.

There are a lot of references to WhatsApp, made.com etc. and I wonder if that will date the book quite quickly. The characters referring to texting or messaging one another as ‘pinging’ really irritated me and just made the characters seem even more childish.

The plot attempts to keep you guessing with this ‘mysterious incident’ that happened between Eliza and her husband but as I didn’t care about the characters I wasn’t too fussed about it. When it was ultimately revealed it was quite predictable.

Overall, I didn’t really enjoy this book and it wasn’t for me.

Thanks to Harper Collins and NetGalley for providing me with an advance copy of this book for review.

This book wasn’t a favourite of mine. I failed to warm to any of the characters.

The writing is a mixture of prose, WhatsApp messages and newspaper articles. I did like the style of the book. The book covered some sensitive topics including losing a child. It also highlighted the pitfalls of social media.

Sarah and Liza are friends. They meet Ella who they haven't seen for years at a new health club. Sarah is left to check on Liza's son, and she becomes distracted. An accident leads to secrets. Would not necessarily be my kind of book but really enjoyed it, How you can assume things that might not always be the truth. Would recommend

I think we will all feel for the characters in this book. A child is injured whilst his mum has asked her friend to keep an eye out on him. So who is to blame? Read on! Set in a fancy pants area of London it creates an atmosphere that made me uncomfortable. Brilliant writing. 4/5.

The Fallout was different from what I was expecting, but it was still worth a read. It started off interesting and gripping, and I was excited to know what happened. The suspense was great at the beginning, however; the story dragged, and I felt it would have been better being shorter.

I didn’t particularly like any of the characters. Although they felt believable, I struggled to connect with them. However, I presume that’s because their world is so far from mine, rather than it being a problem with the characters.

Overall, this book had great potential but parts weren’t to my liking. It gripped me near the beginning but as the story went on; I become bored and my concentration waned. However, still, a great read for anyone who likes books filled with drama and secrets and I’d still like to check out other books by this author.

Sorry for late review - just catching up after a busy few months. Loved this book a lot - my first book by this author but was impressed - a great story with great characters and really well written. Will definitely read more by this author and thank you for the read. Much appreciated.

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Secrets always find there way out.

This is a fantastic book! No matter how deep seated the secret is it will find its way out one way or another and can cause devastation. One mistake can ruin your life and nothing will every be he same again. Can you handle the fallout?
I like the way this is written, its entertaining and deeply emotional. I felt the characters emotions leaking off the pages which I don’t find that often. I couldn’t put this down one thing after another while the story flows together perfectly.
Thank you to Netgalley/ Rebecca Thronton/ HarperCollins for the ARC in exchange for the honest review.

I really tried to get into this book (a couple of times) but found the characters a bit ‘meh’ and it became quite repetitive and tedious. I guess if you’re looking for a quick and easy read you could fly through it in a day. I prefer something a bit more challenging and meaty.

Thank you for the ARC.

The fall out was a gripping story. When sarah was meant to check on her friends son & a terrible accident happens, will sarah confess? This had me sucked in from the beginning. The characters were written well and no confusion with them. The events that happens throughout the book always leaves you guessing at what's coming next. A few things happened that dont reveal themselves until later on in the book which was a bit frustrating but all in this was a good read

Unfortunately this book has taken a few attempts as I struggled to connect with the story. It all seemed a little clichéd. Although I did finish it I'm afraid I wouldn't recommend it to my particular group.

This was an easy to read thriller thaylt kept my attention all the way through! Lots of twists and surprises I didn't see coming. Very good, would recommend! Great book!

This book is really about judgement of others and how dangerous assumptions and gossip are. There is an accident at a local health club when jack falls and injures his neck. What follows next is lies, cover up, gossip, endless whatsapp threads, insecurity, school gate mums, christmas committees etc

Ultimately it really shows us that despite how perfect somebody's life seems, we never know what's going on for anyone

Definitely showed the need for more understanding, compassions and kindness!

"Everybody's damaged. It's just a question of how badly and whether you're healing or still bleeding"

Sarah and Liza met at NCT classes 5 years ago. They have been best of friends since then and always supported each other. Ella was also at the NCT classes but distanced herself after the birth of her baby. Now she is back. Sarah and Liza are at the new local club having a coffee while Liza's so Jack plays outside in the playground. When Sarah goes to get another coffee Liza asks her to check on Jack. Sarah is distracted by Ella. Jack has a serious accident and their friendship starts to break down.

I went into this book a little blind as I hadn’t read many reviews but it sounded compelling. I thought it was a great insight into the pressures that mums feel when part of a group and the secrets and lies that ripple underneath the surface. It’s a brutal world where everyone is judged!
This was a slow burner and I was eager to find out what was going to happen. I didn’t find any of the characters particularly likeable but I think that was intentional by the author. I really loved the WhatsApp format as the basis for the story and it felt really modern and relevant to our times. It definitely show how one lie can spiral out of control!
I have to say though that it did lack something for me and didn’t quite hit the spot the way I wanted it to. I’m not sure if it was the characters or the plot itself but I didn’t love it like I wanted too. I found some elements quote repetitive and tedious. It just lacked that excitement I was after.

This book had an interesting premise, but unfortunately did not live up to the hype. I found it so hard to get into, and found the characters really one dimensional.

Unfortunately for me, this book did not live up to the blurb. I found it very hard to like any of the characters, or have any real sympathy for the situations they found themselves in - maybe this would be different if I was a mum myself. My inner gossip enjoyed the WhatsApp messages and interview transcriptions that are dotted through out. I found they added a touch of humour to an otherwise fairly slow moving book.