But the hints of other crimes Tempe’s identification uncovers, particularly crimes against children, spur her on to redouble her efforts despite the new M. When I started this book I had very high hopes which is strange because I’ve learned not to have high hopes in life only and just only I have something I can put my finger on. Both women have extremely different roles in this book, but Golding crafts them each in a way that gives them a distinct personality and a steady, realistic motivation for acting in the ways that they do. The letters between Sunset and Destiny were a fun way of having them interact and I enjoyed seeing how their friendship developed. With echoes of Grimms Fairy Tales, ‘Little Darlings’ will probably give you sleepless nights along with the protagonist!

Lauren keeps the otherworldly details about the mysterious woman and her babies-that-are-not-quite-babies to herself. Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath in 1945, and spent her childhood in Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, where she still lives today. Golding offers a fresh, new take on the classic superstition of changelings,which is when a human child is stolen by fairies and replaced with a look-alike fairy child. Of course, the best twists are saved for the very end and the final sequence is hugely tense, with one moment in particular that made me gasp. Little Darlings is her first novel, and has been optioned for screen by Free Range Films, the team behind the adaptation of My Cousin Rachel.One day, Destiny and Sunset met and Destiny started telling Sunset that her father was actually her father too. It seems she is meant to be taken as a sympathetic and plucky detective, willing to see past the beauracracy of the police department and go the extra mile to track down criminals.

Quite a few of the chapters open with a selection of these tales to really help this theme cement in your mind and show just how creepy they are. And when ir read it for a second time, I thought I might have grown out of the story as the characters are younger than me, but I loved them all the same. It would have been great to see a storyline where Destiny and her mother find happiness with themselves, after seeing Danny's reality at the premiere. It’s certainly entertaining on the surface; if you’re ever just looking for a quick thrill this does the job- unfortunately it just didn’t do any more than that for me.Destiny's narration was very honest and you could clearly see how her mothers actions were affecting her. Her first novel, Little Darlings, which has been optioned for screen by Free Range Films, became an e-book bestseller and won the DragonCon award for Best Horror Novel 2019.