Little Darlings by Melanie Golding

I  don't suggest you read Little Darlings if you are pregnant, especially close to the end. And.please wait until six weeks after your baby is born until you read this book. But read it you must. Especially if you don't believe in fantasy, like I did. Now I do.
Lauren is exhausted. Being pregnant eight months with twins - well, of course she is. And when the twins, Riley and Morgan, a girl and a boy, are born, Lauren is relieved - that is until an old, ugly woman tries to take the tinwins and replace them with her creatures. Lauren manages to alert help, and the woman vanishes. But no one - security, Lauren's husband, not even the doctor - believe her. Postpartum illusions, they say.
The horror continues at home. Another scare believed by no one but Lauren. As she gets more sleep-deprived and depressed,  her husband suggests she take the twins for a  walk. The walk seems to work when Lauren sits on a bench and dozes, only to wake up and find the twins missing. They are found shortly after, but Lauren insists the babies are shells with their inner selves gone, replaced with demon-like creatures.
The realistic fantasy begins, causing you to read faster and faster. Will Lauren be believed? Does her husband help her? Is there a conspiracy? Melanie Golding, the author, convinces you this could happen.
I believed. Though the ending is somewhat open-ended, better to have the reader resolve the loose ends in this case. All I know is that I believed.
Publication Date: May 10, 2019

Thanks to Crooked Lane Publishing and NetGalley for the review copy. The opinions are purely mine.

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