Just Like Mother, Anne Heltzel
Just Like Mother, Anne Heltzel
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Just Like Mother

Author: Anne Heltzel

Narrator: Elizabeth Evans

Unabridged: 10 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/17/2022


Synopsis

Spine-chilling and sharp, Anne Heltzel's Just Like Mother is a modern gothic from a fresh new voice in horror, and “is set to be one of the year's most talked about books” (Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author).

*A Most Anticipated Title by LitReactor, Bloody Disgusting, Book Riot, The Line Up, CrimeReads, Goodreads, and more!*

The last time Maeve saw her cousin was the night she escaped the cult they were raised in. For the past two decades, Maeve has worked hard to build a normal life in New York City, where she keeps everything—and everyone—at a safe distance.

When Andrea suddenly reappears, Maeve regains the only true friend she’s ever had. Soon she’s spending more time at Andrea’s remote Catskills estate than in her own cramped apartment. Maeve doesn’t even mind that her cousin’s wealthy work friends clearly disapprove of her single lifestyle. After all, Andrea has made her fortune in the fertility industry—baby fever comes with the territory.

The more Maeve immerses herself in Andrea’s world, the more disconnected she feels from her life back in the city; and the cousins’ increasing attachment triggers memories Maeve has fought hard to bury. But confronting the terrors of her childhood may be the only way for Maeve to transcend the nightmare still to come…

"A fierce, frightening novel."—Rachel Harrison, author of The Return and Cackle

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.

About Anne Heltzel

ANNE HELTZEL is a New York-based novelist and book editor. In addition to writing horror, she has penned several milder titles for children and young adults. Just Like Mother is her adult debut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on May 15, 2023

This book’s ultra eerie cover whispered to my ear “please read me and just in case wear your adult diapers to prevent any inappropriateness! ) Well, what can I say? I always keen on freaky-scary- spine tingling themes! I was truly right to judge the book from its scary cover: especially the shocking......more

Goodreads review by Misty Marie on May 29, 2022

**4.5 Stars** Dear Ms. Anne Heltel, I would like to bring to your attention the book you have written will have me having nightmares at least for a week. Was it necessary to include dolls with AI intelligence? Dolls are already creepy, but you had to turn it up a few notches. Then to throw in a Mothe......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on January 16, 2022

2.5 stars. This started out really promising: creepy cult, creepy Stepford husbands, creepy dolls, creepy new age startup. But as it ramped up it got more clunky, and I never actually bought anything that was going on. You don't have to give me something totally believable in a horror novel. It is a......more

Goodreads review by karen on May 17, 2022

NOW AVAILABLE!!! inseparable cousins maeve and andrea, along with several other girl-children, were raised by The Mother Collective, a feminist commune (*koff* cult) in vermont, where a group of Mothers presided over a house full of secrets where strange grunts and moans leaked out from beneath locke......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on May 17, 2022

Just Like Mother delivers on all the creepy vibes oozing from its cover. Since she escaped from the cult she grew up in, Maeve has built a fortress of walls around her. One of the only people she lets marginally close is her casual boyfriend. Maeve’s quiet life gets disrupted when her long lost cous......more