The Flower Girls

by Alice Clark-Platts

[Leah]

Probably more like a 2.5 stars but ultimately, I didn’t enjoy this novel. It had a whole lot of promise, it just seemed to fail in execution. The synopsis was fascinating and does bring a lot of questions - why was Laurel criminally responsible at 10, but Rosie, at 6, wasnt? What happens if a six year old kills someone without anyone else there? What happens then?

The central mystery that brings Laurel and Rosie back into the public eye was ridiculous, it could have been amazing, but it petered out to just being a reason to bring back the “flower girls” to the present audience.

I didn’t like the characters, none of them were redeemable or likeable with the exception of Hillier, the police officer, who was criminally underused and utterly wasted in this novel.

This one just wasn’t for me.