Bad Mommy
by Tarryn Fisher
Review
Synopsis
When Fig Coxbury buys a house on West Barrett Street, it’s not because she likes the neighborhood, or even because she likes the house. It’s because everything she desires is next door: The husband, the child, and the life that belongs to someone else.
Virginia’s Review
Tarryn’s books are always so unique, so different. So Tarryn.
What happens when someone becomes fixated on your life? Obsessed with everything and everyone in it? Wants to be you? Wants what you have? Wants who you love? Infiltrates herself into every aspect of your life? And somehow you don’t even realize it’s happening?
Fig Coxbury is f’ed up. Bottom line. That girl is wacked. Crazy. She sees Jolene one day and wants her life, her husband, Darius, and her daughter, Mercy. Everything she has. And goes to measures to get it. Seriously who does that????
I don’t want to give any of the story away (the above is obvious from the synopsis) but I will say a few things.
Tarryn’s books are so very different from my typical reads. I’m all about the romance and love and happy. Tarryn’s books are not that. That said, I’ve read and loved all her books and I love her mind. Just because something is different doesn’t mean you won’t love it. Different can be refreshing. It can be fun. It can make you think. And I welcome different.
Anyway. I digressed.
Bad Mommy is written in three point of view. First we get Fig, then we get Darius, then we get Jolene. When I started reading Bad Mommy I thought it was going to be all Fig. Which was fine with me. I was enjoying reading what that crackpot was thinking. But when I got to part two and it changed to Darius I was happy to see it switched. At first I was a little confused as to who was talking. But I caught on. And to be honest, I was caught off guard. I didn’t see all that went on in part two coming. Like I had no clue all that was Darius. I don’t want to spoil it so that’s all I’m going to say. But it was interesting, addicting and I needed more and kept reading and reading.
When I finished, I thought back and I was really happy with the way it was broken down and we got to see into all three heads. We might not always understand why people do what they do, say what they say, and act how they act but Tarryn gives us life from their views and I thank her for that. I think all Fig would have been boring.
Tarryn’s books are always so well written, so creative, and so full of twists and turns that have you gasping and thinking wtf. Bad Mommy is no different. It’s one crazy ride. A train wreck you can’t look away from. You need to keep reading to see where it’s going, how this mess will end. And to be honest, I did feel bad for Jolene. Some may say she was blind to what was happening in front of her, but there’s more to it than that.
And if you ever think you are crazy, think of Fig- you will feel better about yourself. That’s for damn sure.
Definitely another must read from Tarryn!!!
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