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    Good Girls Stay Quiet

    By Jo Cassidy

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    "Gripping and hard to put down." - Karin, Monster Ivy Book Club Reviewer

    "Although the subject of child abuse is heartbreaking, the author manages to weave a thread of optimism and hope through the misery." - Linda, Reviewer

    "Wowza! I finished in 24 hours." - Toni, Reviewer

    There's safety in silence...

    Fifteen-year-old Cora Snow has a secret only her "Daddy" and her journal know about. Aside from Daddy, the only people Cora talks to are her teachers and imaginary friends. She obeys all of Daddy's commands, like calling him "Daddy," to keep him happy, and herself alive. Besides, it's the only normal she's ever known.

    She's content in her bubble until one day her journal goes missing at school. In order to keep her secret, Cora is forced to befriend the students most likely behind the theft. Since she's never been friends with humans before, it makes acting naturally with them that much harder.

    Soon, threats appear--blackmailing things like test answers and money in exchange for the journal. Cora has to break all the rules she's lived to keep her and Daddy's secret safe. His stormy moods add to the difficulty of meeting the blackmailer's demands, often getting her sent to timeout, aka a locked basement. 

    If Cora can't track down the blackmailer and destroy the journal, Daddy will get sent to jail, and if he has time, send Cora six feet under.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMonster Ivy Publishing
    Release dateAug 7, 2018
    ISBN9781948095129

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    • 5/5
      When I read the blurb of this book, I HAD to get a copy. And then when I read the first chapter and saw Cora and "Daddy's" chilling relationship, I absolutely couldn't stop reading. It felt so real. So true to life. And yet, it felt so impossible that a father could treat his daughter this way. The truth is, it DOES happen, and this book was a creative, engaging way to see into this life. I would recommend this to fans of J.R. Johansson, thrillers in general, and Criminal Minds.
    • 5/5
      Great read!!! Story pulls you in and of course you can't help but fall in love with Cora and root for her to find her strength to break free from the mental and physical abuse of her "Daddy"
    • 3/5
      Until I saw this book on Hoopla, I had never heard of it or it’s author. It seemed like it would be akin to Living Dead Girl, one of my favorites reads, so I decided to give it a try. I was amazed at how quickly it pulled me in. Maybe it was the long car ride and the child like reader. The story follows Cora, an abused “little” girl who copes by writing in journals. Cora is actually 15, but was kept in such seclusion that she comes off much younger many times. She is in high school for the first time ever. The neighbor was getting suspicious. Her “Daddy” keeps her locked in her bedroom at night, and locked in the basement when she is in trouble. Cora is a trafficked child. No sexual abuse, but physical and emotional. It would be hard for some to read/listen to this story. When Cora is in school she is only supposed to talk when talked to, make no friends, and be as invisible as possible. But that is pretty hard when you sit next to someone in French class who could make friends with a rock. Then there is Brenden. He is the cute boy who works at the pizza place. He has figured out Cora’s secret, but he is not really the problem. The person who stole her journal is the real problem.It is when the journal goes missing that this book jumps the shark. It does it at least one other time, but these jumps need to be make for the ending to make sense. Warning Spoilers below!Someone starts to blackmail Cora. If she does not do what they say, Cora’s journal will be turned over to the police and Daddy will go to jail. I would like to think that if a modern teenager found that journal they would not black mail a potential victim, but help, or seek help. This almost had me turning the book off. Part of the ending is just flat out crazy (see the jumping the shark reference above) while the rest it just too easy. There is threats of death, a house fire, a shooting, a second father, etc. And in the end everything is just hunky dory. It’s too easy. We see in the book that Cora has mental problems from long time abuse. She sees her stuffed animal as a real person, and her “toy” wrench as another real person. This reader can see that they are the other parts of Cora, the parts that do not believe Daddy to be a good man, trying to overcome Cora’s fear of going back into the foster system, and that daddy is actually a horrible person that she needs to get away from. The only thing this book acknowledges about this is when Cora realizes that the two toys know each other, and that they can talk in her head when they are not in the same room. As an audiobook, I had to finish this story, but if i was reading it in print form, there is no way i would have reached the last page. If someone really wants to read a tragic story about child trafficking, pick up Living Dead Girl. It says so much more in a third of the pages.#KillyourTBR #neverheardof