Three stars for this highly recommended book by Liane Moriarty. This story is about two families from the same small town, one with a secret and one recovering from an affair. The first few chapters of this novel had me hooked. The mystery of the secret was addicting. I hoped for a revelation at every turn of the page. I enjoyed all the characters and there continued to be some interesting plot twists throughout the book. I had some wild imaginings of what the secret might be and how it could connect the two families at the beginning, but when I found out what the secret was I couldn't get over my disappointment. From my perspective, the two families had unrelated lives and I spent too much time focusing on how they might be related instead of enjoying the actual plot. Efforts were put into the ending to neatly tie the families together, but it wasn't enough for me to give this the 5 stars that so many others have deemed it worthy.