It was very jumbled and jumped back and forth in time. I found it very difficult to follow the characters and the timeline of the story.

The Narrative Style: This book becomes downright confusing at times.

I understand that a novel needs to build, however, it happened entirely too slowly.

The Pace: The build up for this one took too long the characters seemed completely unrelated until the last chapter.

This intrigued me and did propel me enough to continue reading.

A daughter searching for answers and a mother hiding secrets.

The Overall Plot: I did like the general story.

The introduction of Southern Voodoo: this was the most fascinating part of the novel Quinn, struggling with infertility, sets her sight to see a “witch doctor”, who lives in a trailer park on the edge of town moments with her were creepy.

Dahlia and Memphis were especially interesting for me! Memphis, Quinn, and Dahlia all had interesting qualities that allowed me to connect with them.

The Characters: I found that Burt did an excellent job at developing her leads to the fullest extent.

The entire novel is narrated in small sections: we hear from Dahlia (searching for answers), Memphis (struggling to reveal her secrets to her past) and Quinn (a woman dealing with infertility issues and a husband who puts crickets in a jar). Her mother begins to explain to her through narratives surrounding a woman named Quinn. Dahlia takes this as a perfect opportunity to find out some answers about her shady childhood from her mother.

Dahlia feels a strange connection to this woman so she stays in town while the woman recovers at the hospital.

As soon as she arrives, she goes jogging in the woods and stumbles across a woman buried in a ditch. The novel opens with Dahlia returning home to Aurora, Texas to visit her mother. The Good Daughter, the upcoming suspense novel by Alexandra Burt, is a story of the relationship between families and their secrets.

She returns to Aurora, Texas to finally have her questions answered and stumbles upon much more than just a mother’s secret…. Dahlia has grown up knowing her childhood was different nights in seedy motels, constantly moving and no real connection with anyone aside from her mother, Memphis.

Remember Mia by Alexandra Burt