Haven't They Grown

Perhaps a little unbelievable in parts - like when Yanina turns up in the carpark dressed in Floras clothes. But overall a page turner which i thouroughly enjoyed and finished in 2 days

Husband and wife Beth and Dom used to be best friends with couple Flora and Lewis. Their children were roughly the same age, apart from Flora’s youngest Georgina who was only a few months old when they all lost touch.Lewis came into some money and the family moved away to St Ives in Cornwall. Twelve years had passed by and although Beth had tried to keep in contact nothing had come of it. She had also tried to see their new home on Google Maps but they lived on a private road.An opportunity came for Beth when her son had a football tournament near to Flora and Lewis’s house, so after dropping her son off Beth goes for a quick nosy around and it isn’t long before she sees Flora arrive in her flash Range Rover. However, nothing could have prepared her for the sight she was about to see next. Thomas and Emily, Flora’s children climb out of the car but they don’t look any different. They are still the same age as they were twelve years ago.Beth is astounded and confides in her husband and ear-wigging daughter Zannah, but can they put all the pieces together and come up with a plausible reason why the children hadn’t aged?Haven’t They Grown is a suspenseful novel that really plays with your mind. Some of the explanations that I had tried to come up with were the same as what the family did, could Flora and Lewis’s children have died and they had more and called them by the same name. Could there be a supernatural element to the book or even a scientific one given that both Flora and Lewis are Scientists in their own field?The plot takes you in many directions and throws in a few curveballs too. The suspense waiting to find out why these children were so young had me on the edge of my seat, though I wasn’t prepared for the real reason or even for the reason that the families hadn’t spoken to one another for twelve years.If you like books that make you think outside of the box and are mysterious then this is the book for you. It is beyond realistic but it is a damn good read.Book Reviewed on Whispering Stories Book Blog*I received a free copy of this book, which I voluntarily reviewed

I just kept saying throughout the book, "MIND YOUR BUSINESS BETH!!!" This book is about someone who shamelessly intrudes on her former best friend's life...it's just so ridiculous and presumptuous that she would go through such great lengths and not have the gumption to just let these people live. I did like Beth's husband because he was the only sane reasonable voice in the storyline....