Review: After We Were Stolen - Brooke Beyfuss - July 2022 A trope that I have always enjoyed is the story of cults and then missing children returned to their parents. In After We Were Stolen, we meet a cult known as Cloverlite. It is made up of a big family - Mum, Dad and their 12 children. Avery is one of the oldest at 17 years and the youngest Benjamin is 2-3 years old. This family has been taught that the outside world is dangerous and that there is a big event coming and have been raised to be survivalists. Avery disrespected the family and was sent to live outside in a tent, now after the newest baby died. She has been brought back inside as the family has a job for her, she is to become the new mother and procreate with an outsider to create the next generation of "The Family". Avery has always been closest to her brother Caleb and when there is a fire on the grounds, most of the family are killed. Caleb and Avery manage to escape and they eventually find their way t...

Review: Emma's Secret - Book #2 Finding Emma Series - Steena Holmes - June 2013 If you ever watched or read the movie/book The Face on the Milk Carton or watched the TV series Finding Carter or even read Angie Stanton's Don't Call Me Greta and enjoyed them all, then you will love the Finding Emma Series by Steena Holmes which takes on a similar storyline, the only difference is that unlike the others returned when teenagers - Emma is returned when she is only 5 years old after being kidnapped two years earlier. Dottie was slowly losing her memory and was convinced that Emma was their granddaughter, a second chance after their daughter Mary took a life of drugs and alcohol.  Jack went along with it being none the wiser. That was until the truth unraveled and it turned out that Emma belonged to another family. Now Emma is back with her original family but of course, she misses her Papa Jack as the two had a special relationship. Megan should be happy all her family is back...