Stella is a psychotherapist who, twenty years earlier, lost her daughter Alice who was a year old at the time. Alice disappeared suddenly while they were on holiday. At the time she was a teenager in a relationship with Daniel, Alice's father. They never found a body and Stella was never able to put her daughter into the past.

Into her practices walks Isabelle, who bears a striking resemblance to Daniel's sister. She is sure that Isabelle is Alice. From this point life becomes rather chaotic for her and those around her. She sometimes makes poor decisions and sometimes the people who love her don't believe her when she tells them things that have happened to her. We are all human and make mistakes but these ones seem to cause more problems than solve. Well, the story goes on and it's not without some getting hurt further. But I find many of the characters quite sympathetic so I can kind of see why they might do as they have done.

Overall this was a good book and I give it a 3.5 star rating.

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Tell Me You're Mine is a domestic suspense with an interesting concept. Told from multiple perspectives, we meet Stella and Isabelle. Stella is a psychotherapist who meets with her new client, Isabelle. She is astonished and adamant that Isabelle is her daughter that disappeared more than twenty years ago. This meeting begins a ride towards a stunning conclusion. I enjoyed the fast paced nature of the story and the various twists. While I figured out the plot pretty early on, it was fun to ride it out to the dramatic ending. For me, Tell Me You're Mine was ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 stars. Thank you @putnambooks for this advance reader in exchange for my honest review.

This was a slow paced thriller with a good ending.

It took a while for me to get into this book. The first few chapters ended with cliffhangers and things weren’t clear, so I didn’t really know who was related and what they believed was the truth. Once I got used to the pace of the story, it became exciting.

I found the ending predictable, but good. I think the ending was the only possible solution to the mystery of the possibility of Isabelle being Stella’s long lost daughter. I don’t think there could have been another ending, especially considering the involvement of Isabelle’s mother in the narrative.

There were some things in the story that weren’t believable, including the fact that Stella could just abandon her job for days and no one noticed or complained. However, this is still an entertaining story.

I received a copy of this book from Penguin Random House Canada.

First to Read provided me with a complimentary copy of "Tell Me You're Mine" by Elisabeth Norebäck in exchange for an honest review.

When Stella was a teenager, she got pregnant. She and Daniel became a family with baby Alice. During a trip to a vacation resort, Alice disappeared and presumed dead.

Years later, Stella's life has changed. She has a new life complete with a different husband, a son, and a career as a psychotherapist. She has rebuilt her life but npstill struggles with losing her daughter. One day, Isabelle enters Stella's office as a client. She seems a little too familiar......

This book is a rollercoaster. It is slow and somewhat flat to start. Just enough bumps are presented to keep you interested. And then, you hit the top of the hill... When the story starts picking up steam, it does not stop. It changes direction several times leaving the reader a bit unsure where it is going next. By the time the ride ends, the reader is left short of breath.

The question throughout this book wasn't which woman was mentally unstable. Isabelle, the daughter of either Stella or Kersten was disturbed which is what put her in therapy with Stella. Stella who lost a daughter 20 years prior and thinks Isabelle is her. And Kersten who has raised Isabelle and doesn't understand why her motherhood is being questioned. They all have mental issues! So the book is basically determining which one of them is right and potentially less crazy. The problem is that at times the writing seems to suffer from the same question. I felt like all three women merged together as they all went through the same emotions. It would have been nicer if somehow they could have been more distinguishable. Part of this might be attributable to it being translated. Additionally, I felt like one of the story lines didn't make sense, as though it was added to fit other parts of the story together without being able to stand on its own. This left me with a less than satisfied feeling after getting through the book. But, as a first offering from a new author, I was impressed. The plot was complex. The characters strongly developed. I'll be happy to read Ms. Noreback's next book.

A copy of this book was received from Penguin First to Read in exchange for an honest review.

I’m sort of stuck between “this was good” and “this was horrible”. I gave it three stars, but mostly because I kept wanting to read and figure out the end. It’s a good plot and the writing is good enough to get you invested in the different characters, but it is still a little messy and, to be honest, the closer you get to the end, the more it feels like it was rushed. Some of the “clues” was also very bad and very obvious, and I was not surprised or intrigued by it.

And also, a lot of this storyline felt very familiar to me, and it did remind me of a certain tv show... I won’t say which though, because, you know, spoiler...