{"id":8989,"date":"2022-05-16T17:47:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T00:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=8989"},"modified":"2022-05-16T17:47:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T00:47:14","slug":"review-just-like-mother-anne-heltzel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/05\/16\/review-just-like-mother-anne-heltzel\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Just Like Mother &#8211; Anne Heltzel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/53620541._SX315_.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: Just Like Mother &#8211; Anne Heltzel\" title=\"Review: Just Like Mother &#8211; Anne Heltzel\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>Just Like Mother<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/anne-heltzel\/\">Anne Heltzel<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/nightfire\/\">Nightfire<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> May 17, 2022 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/horror\/\">Horror<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 320 <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/netgalley\/\">NetGalley<\/a> <br><br><p>I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>My rating: <span class=\"ubb-buy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><\/span><br><br><br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>A girl would be such a blessing...<\/p>\n<p>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\u2014and everyone\u2014at a safe distance.<\/p>\n<p>When Andrea suddenly reappears, Maeve regains the only true friend she\u2019s ever had. Soon she\u2019s spending more time at Andrea\u2019s remote Catskills estate than in her own cramped apartment. Maeve doesn\u2019t even mind that her cousin\u2019s wealthy work friends clearly disapprove of her single lifestyle. After all, Andrea has made her fortune in the fertility industry\u2014baby fever comes with the territory.<\/p>\n<p>The more Maeve immerses herself in Andrea\u2019s world, the more disconnected she feels from her life back in the city; and the cousins\u2019 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\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><center><span class=\"ubb-buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250787513\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/amazon.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Amazon\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/just-like-mother\/id1580394819\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/apple.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Apple\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/just-like-mother-anne-heltzel\/1139985273;jsessionid=D4D00937391EFBD829A0EFA97371DA04.prodny_store01-atgap05?ean=9781250787514\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bn.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Barnes & Noble\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/just-like-mother\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/kobo.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Kobo\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781250787514\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/indiebound.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Indiebound\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/just-like-mother\/9781250787514\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bookshop.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Bookshop\"><\/a><\/span><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/53620541-just-like-mother\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/widget_logo.gif?w=1280\" alt=\"Goodreads\"><\/a><br><\/center><center><p class=\"ubb-buy\"><div class=\"ubb-icon-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/3stars\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0002_3-stars.png?fit=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"3 stars icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/horror\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/categories_0002_horror-copy.png?fit=80%2C101&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Horror\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/center><br>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2022-05-17T00:47:14+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n\\r\\nFirst off? 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That creepy baby head will be living in my nightmares for quite some time. Unfortunately, the book itself didn&#8217;t quite live up to that for me.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy cousin had made a real life for herself. What did I have to offer, after all these years? If my life was a lazy river, Andrea\u2019s was the Autobahn. I couldn\u2019t help but feel that all those years I was looking for her, she\u2019d been busy leaving me behind.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maeve and her cousin Andrea grew up in a cult that venerated motherhood &#8211; until Maeve&#8217;s eighth birthday, when everything came crashing down. Twenty-five years later, Maeve has a job as an editor in NYC &#8211; she loves studying people &#8211; but feels like she&#8217;s not quite living her life. She struggles to open up enough to people to make friends and her romantic relationship barely qualifies as a relationship. Then a genetic test reconnects her with Andrea, now a CEO of a successful life-coaching startup, happily married to a doting husband, and the proud new owner of a rambling mansion in the Catskills. As Andrea and Maeve reconnect, Maeve&#8217;s life starts falling down around her again. But the echoes of her childhood are all in her mind, aren&#8217;t they?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWell. Trust takes vulnerability,\u201d Andrea pointed out. \u201cAnd bravery. You\u2019re a strong person, Maeve. You have the capacity to let people in.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI want to trust you,\u201d I said, my throat tightening. \u201cI just\u2014for so long, after everything\u2014\u201d I faltered, mindful of our pact not to speak about the past. \u201cI\u2019ve been alone, for the most part. I\u2019m not used to this.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This book is an exploration of the darker side of motherhood, of rejecting patriarchy so far that you hit the exact opposite side. For the cult, motherhood is everything, the source of women&#8217;s power, and men are good for only one thing. Women who reject motherhood, like Maeve, are seen as misguided at best and traitors at worst. From the moment Maeve and Andrea meet up again, it&#8217;s obvious something is not quite right but Maeve is so desperate for connection that she misses the red flags.\u00a0Maeve&#8217;s foster parents encouraged her not to talk about what happened, so she feels like seeing Andrea again will finally give her some sort of closure. But Andrea&#8217;s more interested in making a future with Maeve than reliving the past, which Maeve reluctantly accepts. But spending time with Andrea and her friends isn&#8217;t exactly comfortable for Maeve. She feels self-conscious and almost like a child, like they&#8217;re caring for her. Their financial success, their understanding of how to move through the world, sets her off-balance. What reads as condescension to the reader feels more like love and caring to Maeve. It does require quite a suspension of disbelief &#8211; it takes Maeve way too long to realize what&#8217;s going on despite the ridiculous number of red flags &#8211; but I liked Maeve&#8217;s voice and part of it was just watching a train wreck.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWell, it sort of is just what you do,\u201d Emily replied. \u201cRight? It\u2019s the greatest power we\u2019ve been given as women. It\u2019s what we were <em>made<\/em> to do.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cLike I said, skeletons,\u201d Micah broke in, shaking his head. \u201cThis is probably why you don\u2019t have a partner.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As for cons, the plot never quite coalesced for me.\u00a0There&#8217;s a lot going on &#8211; the echoes of the Mother cult, the creepy baby dolls (modeled after the child Andrea lost as an infant), the secret passages in Andrea&#8217;s house. It&#8217;s creepy, but it&#8217;s all a bit muddled. Rather than a cohesive narrative, it&#8217;s more like a bunch of content warnings thrown at you in hopes that something sticks. That&#8217;s also perhaps why the ending fell flat for me as well.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this is a very chilling premise, but the execution fell a bit flat for me. 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