Her Pretty Face

By: Robyn Harding

Narrated by: Rebekkah Ross, Cassandra Campbell, Kirby Heyborne

The author of the bestselling novel The Party—lauded as “tense and riveting” by New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda—returns with a chilling new psychological domestic thriller about two women whose deep friendship is threatened by dark, long-buried secrets.

Frances Metcalfe is struggling to stay afloat.

A stay-at-home mom whose troubled son is her full-time job, she had hoped that the day he got accepted into the elite Forrester Academy would be the day she started living her life. Overweight, insecure, and lonely, she is desperate to fit into the Forrester world. But after a disturbing incident at the school leads the other children and their families to ostracize the Metcalfes, she feels more alone than ever before.

Until she meets Kate Randolph.

Kate is everything Frances is not: beautiful, wealthy, powerful, and confident. And for some reason, she’s not interested in being friends with any of the other Forrester moms—only Frances. As the two bond over their disdain of the Forrester snobs and the fierce love they have for their sons, a startling secret threatens to tear them apart—one of these women is not who she seems. Her real name is Amber Kunik. And she’s a murderer.

“Robyn Harding’s Her Pretty Face is a fierce and blazing one-sitting read that will make you question even your closest friendships” (Carter Wilson, USA TODAY bestselling author) and is perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies and Lisa Jewell’s Then She Was Gone.

Get this one.

This is my second book by this author. I love how the twists keep coming after you think you have it figured out. She’s definitely worth the listen.

Well Written

Well crafted mystery that kept me guessing but didn’t pander to the typical formula of a big showdown with just one loser. Amazing narration. Was missing some unknown element for me but I do recommend it.

I’m at the point though that Cassandra Campbell’s amazing voice is on too many audiobooks. Hard to get into a new character when it’s always her.

Compelling

4 STARS

Robyn Harding’s unputdownable books keep me turning the pages, eager to find out what happen next. HER PRETTY FACE grabbed me from page one, a newspaper article about the disappearance of a fifteen-year-old girl. One of the murderers, Amber Kunik, may have gotten off by blaming her abusive boyfriend. Flash forward twenty some years and Amber is now living as either malcontent Frances or her only friend, gorgeous housewife Kate. Both women have secret pasts. Both may be killers. Or neither may be.

Naming a genre for HER PRETTY FACE is difficult, because it’s not an edge-of-your-seat thriller, but a slow burn mystery where the answers are less the payoff for story than the over all story.

Told from the third person points of view of Frances, Daisy (Kate’s teenage daughter) and DJ (the murder victim’s younger brother) the timeline shifts from past to present as the answers become clearer.

Frances was complex, messy, needy and unlikable and at times unsympathetic. She was often her own worst obstacle, and her son’s. I couldn’t figure out what her husband saw in her. By the end of the book my thoughts about her changed dramatically. Young Daisy was so reckless, I wasn’t certain she would survive. My biggest sympathies were saved for DJ, a secondary victim of his sister’s murder and parents’ emotional collapse. Kate was an enigma, I was certain very different than the parts of her she showed the world.

HER PRETTY FACE will hold your interest and keep you thinking after the end.

Decent

Wasn’t the best or worst audio book. It had a decent storyline. Could’ve been better in my opinion.

Fabulous story!

Great book! Keeps one guessing...well written! Will recommend to my friends.
Interesting story line!