Review: Mother Knows Best

Mother Knows Best by Kira Peikoff
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

"𝓦𝓮 𝓭𝓸 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓿𝓲𝓿𝓮 [𝓪𝓷𝓭] 𝔀𝓮'𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓲𝓽."

TL;DR:
What happens: Claire Abrams is devastated when her son dies of a genetic mutation. Fearing she will pass this on to any other child, she searches out Robert Nash, who helps create the first baby with three genetic parents. Thing go awry, however, when their illegal experiment is leaked and research assistant, Jillian, seeks revenge.
Plot: Really entertaining mix of science and thriller
Writing: Endlessly readable, great pacing, interesting back and forth chapters
Characters: Well-characterized, relatively complex

Pros:
-interesting bio-ethical concept
-super readable writing
-hard to put-down with some good twists

Cons:
-i'm of two minds about J; I like the concept but some of the characterization seemed over-the-top
-nothing really blew my mind- there's nothing to keep me thinking about this book after I put it down.

I received an advance readers copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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