Little One

By: Sarah A. Denzil

Narrated by: Claire Storey

"Take my hand, little one."

Fran finds her standing by the swings. A little girl, Esther, no older than seven years old, by herself in the dead of night, her pretty but old-fashioned yellow dress covered in grass stains and her hair dishevelled. She says she's waiting for Father, and that strikes Fran as particularly odd.

After Esther is reunited with her family, Fran can't stop thinking about this pious child whose imaginary friend is God. Fran's instincts tell her something is very wrong. Why does Esther keep running away from home, and how did she get that bruise on her leg?

Fran's husband warns her not to get too close, but one morning, Esther and her family disappear. Where did they go? Why did they leave their furniture behind?

Fran knows in her gut that something terrible is going to happen to that child, and she can't stand by while it happens. No matter the cost.

After all, she found her. But can she save her?

©2021 Sarah Denzil (P)2021 Audible, Ltd

unexpected twist!

This story held my interest from beginning to end. The only thing I had a hard time swallowing was how a child of Esther's age could think and reason the way she did. Her thoughts should have been a bit more juvenile. All and all good book, and good narrator.

Interesting take - unique perspective

Honestly it was a bit far fetched, thinking a retiree would have the money for … this. But when you take practicality out of it…. I liked that it was different. Unlike other stories the twist was truly unexpected. Wish they had a bit more detail of the post twist action but overall - glad I stuck it through!

Good read

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. The twist towards the end was good. I didn’t see it coming.

Good not great

While the performance by the narrator was nothing short of amazing the story is okay. She did so well with the American accents. The plot was interesting but I wouldn’t say this has been my favorite story by the author. There just wasn’t enough suspense for me and wasn’t much of a thriller but I enjoyed while it lasted. Toward the mid end I just wanted to get it over with and move on to the next book. I’m short , it was just okay.

A good book but...

I'm not entirely sure whether I liked this book or not. At first I didn't like the narrator, but got used to her. Tge story was ok, it was much more different than i expected, so this made me not enjoy it as much. without giving any content away, I had hoped for a much more conclusive ending. i won't be tempted to read this again.