The Change

The Change by Kirsten Miller

Reviewed by Mimi
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Thank you to @hqstories for this copy!

This book is wild and I mean that as a compliment. I genuinely didn't know to expect when I picked it up but it was just fab.

A group of women in their 40s and 50s (I know, who knew middle-aged women could be main characters!) Have discovered a set of powers that enable them to find lost girls. Young women who have been murdered and forgotten by everyone but their families. These young women have a presence that is picked up by the sensitive Nessa, who works with the fiercely intelligent and perceptive Harriet, and the dynamic and assertive, Jo. These three strangers find each and come together to find these girls and bring their attackers to justice.

I haven't read anything like this. These three women felt real to me. They weren't gimmicky or clichéd but I think I was so drawn to them because they genuinely liked themselves. Nessa is such a sensitive soul who lost her husband, Jo is a fierce lioness of a mother and Harriet is a queen who doesn't suffer fools. As the discovery of bodies of young women leads this group to make discoveries about the area they live in, you are totally absorbed with no idea what's going to happen next.

What an adventure.