Saturday, June 18, 2016

Claiming Noah by Amanda Ortlepp

Catriona and James are desperate for children, and embark on an IVF program. After a gruelling round of treatments, Catriona finally falls pregnant, and they donate their remaining embryo anonymously.
Diana and Liam are on a waiting list to receive an embryo. Sooner than expected, they are thrilled to discover one is available.
After a difficult pregnancy, Catriona gives birth to Sebastian. But severe postnatal depression affects her badly, and quickly turns into deadly psychosis. For her protection and her baby’s, she’s admitted into psychiatric care. When she comes home, she again struggles to bond with her baby, but gradually life finds its own rhythm.
Meanwhile, Diana has given birth to a beautiful little boy, Noah.
But when he is two months old Noah is abducted … and Diana and Liam’s nightmare begins.

Where is Noah?

Review: I was given an ARC of Claiming Noah from NetGalley for an honest review and this is my review.
This book had all kinds of twist and turns and interesting subjects that are going to make the reader sit down and think about when they are done with this book. The first one being is IVF an acceptable way to get pregnant? The second who is the legal parent of a child that is born from an embryo? The ones who conceived the baby or the ones who gave birth to the baby? These are just a few topics that are addressed in this book that grabs the readers attention from the start and takes the reader on a journey full of all kinds of surprises until the very end.
I really don't want to get into the plot very much for spoiler reasons but I will say this book had my mouth dropping in shock in a number of spots. So if you like edgy books with a bit of controversial topics this is a good read for you.
I am giving Claiming Noah five out of five stars.

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