The Perfect Baby was a Netgalley audio offering and I was desperate to find a new book so, without reading any of the description, I requested this one. Why? Because I'm "that" shallow person who only needs to be drawn in by cover and title to start a book.

I am addicted to domestic thrillers and all the ways normal family life goes awry, frequently ending in muuuurrrderrr. My two auto draws to read are 1) use of the word Perfect. Aw, I love that in a title. The Perfect Couple, The Perfect Neighbors, The Perfect Family - I am in. So, here I come perfect baby.
2) The next is font and color. Take a look at domestic thrillers and they tend to use that yellow/gold beautiful font, frequently with a blue background. Chef's kiss.

I started this audio and.......ugh.......hated it. It features surrogate mothers and infertility and I hate both those topics. With a passion. That, coupled with the narrators voice, and I really regretted my life choices. Alas, I'd made a promise to read and review so I carried on.

Oh my gosh was I glad for my stick-to-itiveness. After the first few chapters I was fully invested. The narrators accent and pitch grew on me, and I was slowly drawn into a story featuring women I liked. Despite my own infertility challenges, or perhaps because of them, the story was compelling. And, then, BAM, Sam Vickery threw out a plot twist I never saw coming and made everything PERFECT.

I'm now off to investigate Vickery's previous works.

I was not expecting that! The Perfect Baby by Sam Vickery as an absolutely shocking domestic thriller. I've read several thrillers centered around surrogacy and pregnancy and most of them have been easy to predict and boring. This book started off that way for me. And I was still enjoying it but I had been hoping for something more. Then boom, a plot twist I didn't see coming at all that completely changed the story. It has been such a long time since a plot twist caught me so off guard. The audiobook narration done by Sofia Zervudachi and Katy Sobey was wonderful. This is a must read if you're looking for a domestic thriller with a killer twist.

Thank you to the publishers and netgalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review.