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Customers find the book engaging, with its story twists building suspense in a covert way and keeping readers on the edge of their seats. The writing quality receives positive feedback, with one customer noting it’s an absolute page turner. Character development and pacing receive mixed reactions – while some find the characters well-developed and the book fast-paced, others find them frustrating and slow at the beginning. The humor also divides opinions, with some finding it funny while others find it boring.
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Everyone has secrets.
YouTube baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she’d rather you didn’t know.
Like where did her son go when he snuck out of the house? What was she doing with the local soccer coach behind fogged windows?
And what’s buried in her backyard?
Everyone has secrets. Some are worse than others.
April’s secrets are enough to destroy her.
I’ll make sure of that.
Our Top Reviews
Reviewer: Jeanice
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: wow!
Review: Freida really knows how to leave your he dropped during the last 3-4 chapters! Goodness! lol what an ending! I don’t want to spoil it but April, Julie, Maria… who is the victim?! Who is a murderer?? Two woman living in the suburbs, all squeaky clean but it’s not! Friendships, kids, PTA, book club… ugh! Just read it!!
Reviewer: Kevin & Kayla Zbornak
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great plot twist
Review: Want to Know a Secret by Freida McFadden was another twisty, binge-worthy read! The pacing was fast, the chapters flew by, and I kept thinking I had it figured out—until I didn’t. Classic Freida style with secrets, suspense, and just the right amount of drama. If you love unreliable narrators and jaw-dropping reveals, this one won’t disappoint!
Reviewer: crh21
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Loved it!
Review: It reminded me a little bit of A Simple Favor, but with several twists. I hated the main character, but the last few chapters keep you guessing! Finished in a day. This was a great read!
Reviewer: Dragoness
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This Author is Normally Amazing but This One’s Rather a Dud
Review: I’ve read nearly all of Freida McFadden’s books. I think I only have 2 more to go. All but a couple of them were outstanding, as in, pretty near perfect. But hey, no one is perfect all the time! She did have a couple of duds, and this is one of them.While reading, I actually stopped and looked again at the cover, to make sure I hadn’t picked up an SE Lynes book thinking it was McFadden. (SE Lynes’ ‘Valentina’ and ‘The Housewarming’ were masterpieces, but the next 2 books I read by her were junior-high-level ‘mean girl’ drivel.) Honestly, for a minute there I actually thought that ‘Want to Know a Secret’ must have gotten the wrong author’s name on it!What I love about MOST of Freida McFadden’s books is that the characters are usually very sharp, the plots twisty but believable, and the surprises intelligently crafted and FIT; they didn’t just totally negate the entire book with some implausible twist at the end.Not so with this one. Do all wealthy moms really act like that? What a stereotype! They were all just a bunch of superficial, jealous, catty, gossipy 13-year-olds!Also, if an author lets the reader inside the mind of a character, it’s quite a jolt to suddenly find out that the character was hiding the truth from the reader. That is a very cheap, unfeasible way to write a twist into the story. Either let us know what the character is thinking or don’t, but don’t resort to such cheap tricks!None of McFadden’s other books were like that. I just realized, hey, maybe this was her very first book and I should cut her some slack, but Nooooo, the book was written in 2021.It really does feel like she was just too busy to meet her publisher’s deadline and got a ghostwriter to write the first 2/3 of the book for her.Speaking of which, did I mention how tedious and BORING the first 2/3 of the book was? I almost didn’t finish it, which would be a first for me and this author. The only reason I hung in there was that I knew Freida’s trademark twist was coming, and it did. It wasn’t enough to redeem the book, though there was some poetic justice.Unless you like junior-high, rich kid gossip, skip this one. But DO read Freida’s other books! The Housemaid, Never Lie, The Perfect Son, The Surrogate Mother, The Locked Door…masterpieces all! And her others are all great too,Freida, sorry to be so scathing, but I have bought nearly all of your books and it is you who have set such a high standard for yourself. This one was just, well, a dud compared to your others.EDIT: I raised my review from 2 stars to 3, because the thought just occurred to me that maybe Freida made her characters shallow intentionally, to convey her point. I just finished Suicide Med whose main characters are college students, and their personalities really do seem like college students. So maybe Freida went a little overboard making these characters shallow, gossipy rich women. So ok, 3 stars then. Still Not a very enjoyable book, compared to her others.
Reviewer: Sue Matthews
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Want to know a secret
Review: I enjoyed reading this story But not as much as the other ones. It still had A different ending Which I always enjoy. I will probably purchase another 1 of Freida’s books shortly.
Reviewer: Maggi Oswald
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: More twists than a mountain road
Review: I have been reading Freida McFadden for several weeks. Each book slowly builds suspense in a covert way. Chapter after chapter, you start getting a feeling that something bad is going to happen, yet when you get to the end, it is never who or what you think it will be.
Reviewer: Beautiful1
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A truly great read!
Review: There’s something special about discovering a book that captivates you from the first page and stays with you long after the last. This is a truly great read and it transports us through various plot twist, introducing us to fascinating characters, and offers insights that deepens our perception of life, love, and the human condition.I look forward to reading more of your collection…!
Reviewer: Mj
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Secret? The main character
Review: I thought I wasn’t going to finish it because of how annoying I found the main character. Then Freida makes that twist and changed the book. Enjoyable read.
Reviewer: Wrk
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Wie immer eine sehr guter und spannender Roman. Ich hatte es in einigen Zügen durchgelesen. Die Twists sind sehr gut gemacht und es war keine Sekunde langweilig
Reviewer: Alf Salgo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I’ve read quite a lot of Freida McFadden’s books and I constantly marvel at the twists and turns in her stories. This was a great fun read and a struggle to put down.
Reviewer: Orianedll
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: How many times can you wonder what is real, what is a figment of your psychotic imagination … Or the machiavelic one of your family & friends. Prépare to become paranoid, to the point where you don’t trust yourself… Again …and again… And again…Gripping
Reviewer: LadyMC
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: An excellent book, thoroughly enjoyed it… A good story line, and as usual, wonderful twists.I absolutely recommend this book!
Reviewer: natayslibrary
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: ⭐ 3/5I have a bittersweet taste after finishing this book, I liked it (because it is very rare that I don’t like a book written by Freida McFadden) but it didn’t convince me.I didn’t really like where the story is set, all that neighbourhood stuff, gossip and rich people’s dramas is not my cup of tea.This was also one of the few books in which I saw all the plot twists coming, unlike other times I was left with my mouth open.In short, it was an entertaining read, but nothing out of this world.
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