Book Review: Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

Book: 20/100

Rating: 3/5

Summary: [From Goodreads] For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. She was allergic to everything, used a wheelchair and practically lived at the hospital. Neighbors did all they could, holding fundraisers and offering shoulders to cry on, but no matter how many doctors, tests, or surgeries, no one could figure out what was wrong with Rose Gold. Turns out her mom, Patty Watts, was just a really good liar. After serving five years in prison, Patty gets out with nowhere to go and begs her daughter to take her in. The entire community is shocked when Rose Gold says yes. Patty insists all she wants is to reconcile their differences. She says she's forgiven Rose Gold for turning her in and testifying against her. But Rose Gold knows her mother. Patty Watts always settles a score. Unfortunately for Patty, Rose Gold is no longer her weak little darling... And she's waited such a long time for her mother to come home.

Thoughts: I was a bit worried about this one because I'm familiar with some of the recent Munchhausen's stories' in popular culture: Sharp Objects and The Act, so I figured this one wouldn't be much different from what I've already read/seen. Fortunately, I was wrong. We see the aftermath of Patty being convicted and going back into the real world and living with her daughter.

The book was very bingeable, with a few twists and turns along the way. It's interesting to read a book where there really isn't anyone you're rooting for! Not my favourite read of the month, but one that was a quick, interesting one!