📖 Book Description
I won’t let my four-year-old daughter Skylar go through what I had to. I won’t let my father do to her what he did to me and my sister.
I know how to play the good daughter. The perfect mother. The wife who smiles on cue.
But you don’t grow up in a house like mine without learning how to survive—how to keep secrets buried so deep they almost stop hurting.
Almost.
Last night I finally did something unforgivable. I tried to kill my father.
Only . . . my mom picked up the wrong glass.
Now she’s lying in a hospital bed, unconscious.
And I’m the dutiful daughter by her side, pretending to be shocked . . .
📚 Publication Details
AUTHOR: Alesha Dykema
BOOK TITLE: The Daughter
PUBLICATION DATE: 27 January 2026
EDITION REVIEWED: Digital Edition
ISBN: 9781805734314
PAGES: 232
PUBLISHER: Joffe Books
🔗 Website • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube · TikTok • BlueSky
Find out more
Amazon • Goodreads • The StoryGraph
🌟 Book Tour
I’m delighted to be taking part in the book tour for The Daughter, hosted by Zooloo’s Book Tours.
My sincere thanks to Zooloo’s Book Tours for the opportunity to take part in this tour and read this book.
Zooloo’s Book Tours 🔗 Website • Facebook • Instagram • TikTok
About The Author
Alesha Dykema
Alesha Dykema is a thirty-something-year-old author of thriller novels.
She lives in the dreadful Midwest with her strange husband, head-banging toddler son, a neurotic dog, and warden cat.
Besides writing, Alesha loves to read (like every other author in the world). Alesha is also a health and fitness junkie and a dabbler in furniture refinishing. She is extremely anti-social and wishes she lived off-grid in the middle of the woods, but her husband hates good ideas and happiness and won’t allow this to happen.
Even though she’s pretty anti-social, she still likes to make new friends and have casual chats about people’s childhood traumas.
My Review
The silence within a broken family
The Daughter is a dark, emotionally charged psychological thriller that immediately draws you in and settles under your skin. From the outset, there’s a constant undercurrent of tension, driven not just by the events unfolding on the page, but by the heavy sense of history surrounding this fractured family.
The characters are richly drawn and deeply believable, each shaped by a past that feels oppressive and inescapable. What struck me most was the way the story invites you to think about what came before — the moments and experiences that are never fully spoken aloud, yet loom over every interaction. The novel hints at damage far more profound than simple control or dysfunction, suggesting something much darker beneath the surface. That silence, that refusal to fully name what has happened, creates a lingering unease that is incredibly effective.
The plot itself is expertly constructed and steadily paced, revealing layers at just the right moments while maintaining a strong emotional core. The tension builds not through shock alone, but through atmosphere, implication, and the weight of unspoken truths. It’s a story that keeps you engaged while quietly demanding your attention, encouraging you to read between the lines and sit with the discomfort it creates.
This is a powerful and absorbing psychological thriller, driven by complex characters and an unsettling family dynamic that stays with you long after the final page. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would wholeheartedly recommend to readers who appreciate dark, emotionally intense stories that explore the lasting impact of trauma and the things families choose not to say.
DISCLOSURE: I received a review copy of this book via Zooloo’s Book Tours.
#AleshaDykema #TheDaughter
#JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours
MoMoBookDiary Index
- Author
- Alesha Dykema
- Title
- The Daughter
- Publisher
- Joffe Books
- Genre
- Psychological Thriller
- Setting
- tbc
- Source
- Zooloo’s Book Tours
- Date Read
- January 2026
- Review Shared
- Archive Checked
- Sep.2026 (mcc)
MoMoBookDiary 
Leave a comment