To save my daughters - I would highly recommend to family and friends. I love author’s that can describe a scene and you are immediately there, you close your eyes and you picture the scene. This author does that for me.

I'd like to thank Netgalley for an Advanced Reader Copy of To Save My Daughters.
I just have to say WOW to this book! I have very rarely been so surprised by a book before! I can't wait to get my hands on another book by Louise Guy.
I cried so many times and found myself staying up way too late reading. I just couldn't put it down. I highly recommend this book!

Wow! This was very unexpected! June is close to being released from prison after serving a sentence for murdering her abusive husband. Whilst Lu, one of her daughters, has visited frequently, June hasn't seen her other daughter, Cole, since the night of the murder. Cole blames June for taking away her father and for the loss of her mother, with June having been incarcerated for the majority of the girls' childhoods.

A local TV station wants to do a piece on the family, to tie in with June's release, which will be covered by Tori Blackwood, a young and upcoming news reporter. Cole refuses to be involved, but when her job as a counsellor brings her into contact with two young girls in a similar situation, it makes her rethink her feelings about her own mother.

Meanwhile, just as I thought that's all there was to the story, a sweet and emotional reunion between June and her girls, there were some completely unexpected twists that took my breath away - brilliant!

4 ⭐️ Thanks to Netgalley, Louise Guy and Boldwood for an ARC in return for an honest review.

Many years ago, June made a decision that would permanently affect her life as well as the lives of her young daughters. After being abused for far too long, things finally reached a breaking point. She’s convicted of murder, and her daughters are sent to live with their grandmother. But now she’s served her time and will soon be for parole. Lu has maintained contact with her mother and is excited to begin this new chapter of their lives. Cole, however, hasn’t forgiven her mother and refuses to acknowledge that a relationship may be possible. This is a good story with decent characters. It touches on a topic that is far too common for far too many families.

I wasn't sure I was going to like this book at first, but I quickly realized I absolutely would not want to put it down. It's fiction, but I'm telling you what..it's also a sad reality. The author did great with making the reader feel the emotions as things happened. It could possibly be a trigger for some, I'm sure as domestic violence takes place and that can be hard for some to get through. I thought it was very well executed!

Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for allowing me to read and review this book.

I very much enjoyed this book. The writing was great and the characters were well developed. I hope to read more from this author in the future.

(English is not my native language, so I apologize for any mistakes.)

This is a terrible and unfortunately realistic story about domestic violence. Even though this is a hardhitting story, the writer has written it in a beautiful and gentel way.

However, I figured out in which direction the story was going... Otherwise this would have been a more emotional story for me...

I am very interested in other books by this author (back and frontlist).

A cleverly written family drama filled with sadness and suspense. The emotions had me tearing up. The happiness had me rejoicing. The author is a master at bringing your emotions to the surface.

A good gripping read although a bit of a dark read in places.

The characters were well described but for me personally I preferred her previous book.

Thank you to Netgalley and Boldwood Books for this ARC which I can thoroughly recommend.

Such a gripping and emotional read at times, This was a tough read in places but I loved every chapter and will be looking out for more books by this author .

June Marlow was so ashamed and humiliated to tell anyone her husband was abusing her, one night twenty eight years ago the violence escalated and she defended herself and protected her two daughters. June was convicted of murder, she was sent to jail and her girls were raised by their grandmother.

A nervous June has served her time and is due to be paroled, while her mother Elena and her daughter Lu have visited over the years, her oldest daughter hasn't and refuses see or forgive her. June has been hiding a secret and she’s not the only one and she sacrificed a lot for her children and did what she thought was the right thing at the time.

Lu a struggling artist and part time dog walker is excited her mum is being released and she can’t wait to give her a big hug. Cole feels very defiantly, a psychologist and trauma counsellor, she was ten when her mother killed her father and she’s never forgiven her. Cole hates how her mother being a murderer grabs the media’s attention, she’s worried about it happening again and then she finds out a TV network is considering doing a story on women in jail and she wishes they would mind their own business.

I received a copy of To Save My Daughters from NetGalley and Boldwood book in exchange for an honest review. One in every four women in Australia is a victim of domestic violence and Louise Guy story empathises how it can happen to anyone and in all walks of life and we don't know what goes on behind closed doors.

I really liked Lou and Ali and Luella, and Cole, Tori and June grew on me and they added diversity and alternate points of view to the narrative. Another five star read, a story with lots of highs and lows and made me think what I would do if I was in the same position as the characters and Louise Guy is well on her way to being Australia’s version of Catherine Ryan Hyde.

Do you like women’s fiction? To Save My Daughters by Louise Guy was a book I couldn’t put down until the very end.