Book Review – Somebody Else’s Baby by Ruby Speechley @rubyspeechley @BOTBSPublicity @HeraBooks #BookReview #BlogTour #thriller
Many thanks to Sarah and BOTBS Publicity for my spot on this Blog Tour
This book twisted my insides in the most delicious of ways. I was honestly blown away by the story arc and the style of writing. The author Ruby Speechley has chosen the most gray areas of medicine and law, blended them smoothly, added bucketful of suspense and trepidation to give me a story which hooked me from beginning to end. SURROGACY!!
Charlotte wanted to do a good deed and help a couple have a child of their own by optioning to be a surrogate mother. She chose a couple in their 40s unable to have one after multiple miscarriages as the intended parents. She bonded with her twins in utero and didn’t want to give them up. Something kept swirling in her as the days went by. After a lot of life threatening medical events, she did hand the children over to the couple, and THEY DISAPPEARED. Then began the most exciting of stories with some scary revelations.
Ruby Speechley in her debut has knocked this one out of the part. I couldn’t remember ever being so excited by a book. Short, snappy chapters made the book read faster. The rising panic in each made my heart thud faster. I literally became one with the book, glued to my kindle. Nothing could break my bond with this book.
And the emotions… Oh the emotions… Each chapter showed me what Charlotte felt. She was such an easy character to love. No good deed goes unpunished, so it is said. And Charlotte experienced the full brunt of it. There were times I had to move away from the book, which in this case meant close my eyes, as I couldn’t move away from the story. Why, what, how kept me in a constant spate of turmoil.
The delicious roiling in my innards and the painful thudding of my heart made this the most awesome of my reads. And kudos to the author for finding the most thrilling of subjects – SURROGACY
I received a free ARC from NetGalley and publisher, and this is my journey into its pages, straight from the heart!! STRICTLY HONEST AND UNBIASED.
All my reviews can be read here
Ruby Speechley, graduated from Sheffield Hallam university in 2009, with an MA in Creative Writing. She is a Faber Academy alumna and prolific writer whose work has been longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction prize, the Exeter Novel Prize, the Caledonian Novel Award, the Bath Novel Award and has won the Retreat West First Chapter Competition.
Ruby is a mum of three, lives in Bedfordshire and was born in Lisbon, Portugal at the time of the first earthquake
there in 200 years! Her debut novel, Someone Else’s Baby is published by Hera Books on 25 July 2019.
Twitter: @rubyspeechley
Facebook: Ruby Speechley Author
Instagram: rubyjtspeechley
Charlotte Morgan knows how it feels to desperately want a baby. As a child, seeing her mum devastated by losing her longed-for babies, Charlotte wished another woman could give her mother what she so craved.
Now Charlotte’s a mum herself, and knowing how much love her daughter, Alice, brings into her life, she vows to help others achieve their dreams of becoming a parent.
When she meets Malcolm and Brenda on a surrogacy website, it seems that she has found the perfect couple. In their late forties, they’ve spent their life building a successful business and travelling the world, but there’s just one thing missing – a child of their own.
When Charlotte falls pregnant with twins, the pair are overjoyed. And while Charlotte’s heart breaks as she hands them over, her reward is knowing how much happiness the two tiny babies are going to bring into their life.
But are Malcolm and Brenda all they seem? As secrets become unravelled, Charlotte is forced to face that she has handed her babies over to virtual strangers. And when Malcolm and Brenda disappear without a trace, Charlotte is plunged into a frantic search for the babies she carried – before it’s too late…
Publication Date: 25th July 2019
Publisher: Hera Books
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Lovely review, I fear this one would gut me
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It did me too
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Thanks so much for being on the blog tour today Shalini and for the great review x
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Yayy thank you so much ❤️ it is wonderful to be with you 😉😉
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Wow: if you were able to give this one 10 stars: you would do it! I was glued to my screen for your review 😘 This really sounds like an amazing read😊😊
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This was simply awesome ❤️ I loved it. It dealt with one of my fav topics surrogacy
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I’m happy you had another book you enjoyed so very much ❤️
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Sounds fascinating and such a hot topic too! Fabulous review, Shalini!
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I loved the topic.
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Wow Shalini! This sounds like a great take on a timely topic.☺️
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I agree it was fabulous
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Super emotional review Shalini. It is definitely a hot button topic. I can’t imagine giving up a baby after you’ve felt him/her.
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I agree and she was the mother… It was her egg used. No idea how she could give up baby
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Fantastic review Shalini! sounds like one I’d enjoy. ❤
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Thank you it is a fantastic story with great emotions
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Great review, Shalini – sounds like you really enjoyed this one!
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Teri, this was simply fabulous
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U are really awesome with great reviews, seems u r a avid reader 👍😍
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Hahaha I only read… So I am trying to read more
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Wonderfully worded review.
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Just the idea of giving up babies you have carried for 9 months is heartbreaking, but to deal with the hormones at the same time is inconceivable. Then to have them disappear? Quite a story!
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So different from the rest of thrillers.. It was fantastic
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You are selling me on this plot! That’s a good review
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Thank you so much ❤️ this was a fantastic read
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Thank you so much ❤️ you were in spam
I loved the book
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Reblogged this on Angie Dokos.
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Thank you so much ❤️ ANGIE
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