Allegedly: A Psychological Thriller Paperback – April 10, 2018

🛑SPOLIERS🛑⭐️: 4.75/5What a ride this book led me on..I buddy read this book with a friend, and to say I finished quickly is an understatement.From the beginning, you keep asking yourself, did she do it? From the beginning, I said she did. But her mom had something to do with it.I will say the first 45% of the book was repetitive. I felt things did pick up until 50% into the book.But I enjoyed the statement sections of the book. From psychologists, cops, writers, and more. Mary, from the beginning I knew, was sneaky. It was the way she would say I know the truth tell the "truth" but then withhold things that can help her case. Personally, her mom is the reason she is so messed up. I believe Mary was kidnapped, and I wish that was a talking point in the book. Things weren't adding up. Based upon how she spoke about Mrs.Richardson I knew she had an obsession. But she was good at her manipulation and had others believing her. At one point, I even believed her, but as the book went on, I said at the end everything is a full circle, and she was more like Sarah than she thought, which is why she gravitated to her.I will say this book hits upon serious topics more than it gave away. Mental health, of course, is our broken system and the way children are not taken care of, and even how kids who are in the system are more likely to come out and commit more crimes.The group home and juvenile hall aspects really make you wonder what those kids go through. I understand that if you commit a crime, you have consequences, but to be abused is even worse.I loved characters like Ms.Cora and Ms.Claire they believed in Mary and supported her. They are the adults of the book. But unfortunately, they were being played.This book was amazing, and I loved everything. I would have liked to see Ted one more time, but in the end, you get to see Mary was not that naive as she let on.Read this book and understand the messaged behind it.Of course great job Ms.Jackson!

This was the first book I read from Tiffany Jackson. This book definitely takes the reader on an emotional ride.

I was emotionally invested in the character. I can't say spoilers, but having a Narcissistic Mother in real life, putting myself in a foadter home (where I was happier) then tricked and manipulated myself several times, my heart was pounding as I read. I'm a little annoyed by the ending....but I suppose we should like unpredictability. Amazing story...captures the soft white underbelly of wayward girls so well. Also, the yearning for a good mother. Giving chance after chance. I loved how courageous and smart Mary is.

Mary is a 16-year-old who spent over 6 years in prison having been charged and convicted of the death of a 3-month-old infant. Since her release, Mary has been struggling to remember what happened that night and reconciling her true memories with what her mother told her. Mary’s in a group home with other girls who’ve committed crimes and some of them are still dangerous and Mary endures their torment as best she can, by determining to have a better life. She works at a nursing home, goes to a study group every weekend to sit for her SATs wanting to get into college. Even after Mary meets Ted and becomes pregnant, she is even more focused on giving her baby a great life. Mary has to get to the truth of what happened to that baby, and with the help of a lawyer who is an advocate for the wrongly convicted, she will get her chance to set the record straight, with or without her mother’s help. … At the end of this story, I had a What? Wait? WHAT?!? moment. This book was engrossing; I read it one sitting! I liked it 😊

Great, page turning,complete twist at the end. If you like psychosocial thrillers you will love this book!!

Couldn't put this book down. Great easy read. Suspenseful. Character development was well constructed. Enjoyed this author's style of writing. Wish this book had a sequel as it left the reader wondering what was next for the main character. Fantastic book!

Just finished reading this, and I’m still processing….lots of twists and turns….can’t say much because I don’t want to ruin it for those that haven’t read it. My advice: READ IT!

I wasn’t sure how to rate this. I was thoroughly invested in this book and it left a lot to be desired at the end. I have more questions than I did when I started. It ended with things that were never finished. I wouldn’t that I love the book and give it 5 ⭐️, but based on the ending, I can’t do that. I hope the author takes our advice and makes changes to the end of the book, because it could easily be 5 stars.