Darling Rose Gold Book Review

Mother vs Daughter. Crazy vs Crazier. Who will win in the end? 

Darling Rose Gold is a psychological thriller about an extremely dark and twisted mother-daughter relationship. 

5 years ago, 23-year-old Rose Gold Watt’s mother, Patty, was convicted for aggravated child abuse. Patty, who has Munchausen by Proxy, abused her daughter for years. Under her mother’s care, Rose Gold became violently ill, suffering from malnutrition and a host of other ailments as a result of her mother's abuse. 

Patty served 5 years in prison, and with her release date looming, Rose Gold wants to reconcile. However, Rose Gold’s suffering has taken its toll. While she has recovered physically, mentally she is far from healed. Mother and daughter seem to try to repair their relationship, but underneath the surface of their reconciliation, they are playing an underhanded game of cat and mouse which results in pure insanity!

I found the subject matter of this book to be fascinating--I couldn’t put it down! It is fast-paced, entertaining, and easy to read. Split between Patty and Rose Gold’s POV’s, two sick minds reveal the motives and the consequences of abuse. Both are unreliable narrators and both are unlikable and deranged in their own unique ways. I found their voices to be flat and cold, but it works in this book. Both Rose Gold and Patty are nonchalant about their actions, which made them even more fascinating to read about. They do some crazy things, don’t think about them, and then move onto their next act of insanity. I highly recommend for those who are looking for a good dose of craziness! I want more of Rose Gold's story. I want to know what happens next...

Posted by book lover: Brittany P.