Circle of Secrets

By: Lauren Tisdale

Narrated by: Melissa Green

Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

Meet Helen: an older woman who enjoys her part-time work at the local hospital where her husband is a doctor. Ghosts of her past haunt her, and when a secret is revealed, she must push past the pain to forgive and piece together a puzzle in order to find what she’s looking for.

Meet Marissa - a woman in her 30s, single parent to Sophia. She loves to teach but is haunted by the clock slowly ticking away due to her failing health. When a secret is revealed, she must figure out what it means before her time runs out.

Helen and Marissa are total strangers but one thing connects them: family secrets. Their mysterious pasts intertwine, and they don’t know it until a family secret reveals that everything they’d once known was a lie. Now, they must fight their own battles to figure out the truth, before it’s too late for one of them.

©2018 Lauren Tisdale (P)2019 Lauren Tisdale

Hard to stop listening!!!

this book is amazing ive been waiting soooo long for it to drop on audible and now I can't stop listening to it...

Enchanting

I love this book, a book of love, of secrets, and of survival. So many people could relate to this book and I would recommend it highly it answers so many questions and I just loved it the author and the narrator were excellent.

phenomenal book

so in the beginning I was kinda confused on a few things however I have to say that this book was seriously such a great book. I'd definitely listen to it

Oh the web the families weave...

Helen has a good husband and family. She is loved by her grandchildren too. Her husband knows a secret she has but her children do not. Marissa is a single mother raising her daughter alone. She is ill but is fighting the good battle for the sake of her daughter. What a twist on this story. I loved it. The narrator gave a fairly good performance. Well worth the credit.



This book was given to me for an honest review.

Feel good, but predictable

I found this to be more of a romance novel than the suspence of uncovering secrets that the summary indicated it would be. If you like mushy, cliche love stories then this may be your cup of tea.

Pro's:
Feel good story
Relatively easy to listen to audiobook

Con's:
Long winded descriptions that didn't add value to the story
Dialogue format left a lot to be desired
Predictable outcomes, no twists or turns

Feel Good Story!

Circle of Secrets is the debut book of author, Lauren Tisdale. I am just starting my journey into this author's books. I am rating this one as a solid 3 stars. The narrator of this book was not my favorite for an audible book. She seemed to have a difficult time staying in the character's voice and some of the accents she used were just not good.

It is the story of two women who learn about past secrets that have been kept from them. This book followers their journey of discovering the truth and dealing with all of the consequences of those truths.

I enjoyed the storyline, but will say that it was not what I was expecting after reading the synopsis and seeing the cover. I was anticipating this to be more of a thriller and way more suspenseful than it was. That being said, the story was good and kept my interest. I felt a little disconnected from the characters because most of them seemed to be a little too perfect. They handled the discovery a bit too perfectly, and I missed feeling the angst of the females leads when they learn about the big secret. They learned about it, and then just dealt with it and moved one gracefully. I am not sure how realistic that is, but maybe people are like that. Personally, I certainly would have been screaming and carrying on way more! The plot was a bit predictable and there were not any big twists, but if you are looking for a feel good book to read, this is probably a good choice for you! I think it was a good first book for the author, and I expect the next ones will only get better from here.