Book Review: The Imposter

 Book Review: The Imposter

By Marin Montgomery 

Sibley Sawyer has everything, husband, career until her life starts to collapse. She is forced to take a leave of absence from her work and her husband believes she is cheating. When she feels she has no other choice, Sibley flees to her hometown back home to her estranged mother, Deborah. After unfortunate events in the past, Sibley hasn't talked to her mother in a number of years but fleeing home gives them the chance to bury the past and work on a relationship for the future... 

However, both women aren't the same people they once were. Together they try to untangle the web of lies from over ten years of history and figure out what to do next. Forgive or forget? 

Deborah, a mother with a daughter who left and never returned. Deborah hasn't talked to Sibley in several years, she was not invited to her daughters wedding and has no relationship with her besides those of her teenage years. Deborah still lives on the family farm trying to move on with her life, she has started seeing someone in secret, going to therapy, and living. Until her daughter unexpectedly returns home. 

Sibley, is a divorce attorney who's drinking problem has caused the partners at the firm to ask her to take a leave of absence to get help. Her husband doesn't trust her, and on the day she was to attend rehab she never shows. Instead she returns home to the Midwestern farm her Mother still lived at to work through the issues and the past that followed them. 

The characters in The Imposter, were interesting. I enjoyed the narration of Deborah, with the confusion and suspicion she was interesting to follow. Sibley I had many times wanted to yell at her asking what or why she was doing what she was doing. The environment of a out of town farm with the small town feel was on the mark, having been to small towns I see the same interactions described that might happen. 

Overall, I gave this novel a ⭐⭐⭐ review. Some of the language felt choppy, and there were many phrases repeated that I didn't think were needed. However, the overall plot was well developed. 

Thank you NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. 

This novel is available March 9, 2021 💚