GRR Reviews Unraveling Molly by Tuesday Embers

Unraveling Molly is a hard novel to read sometimes, as there are scenes of severe bullying (including physical) and overall passive abuse. Once you get past that to understand why the FMC is taking all the abuse, then perhaps you can understand the moral of the story, and the man who loved her for who she is.

Molly was adopted, and mostly unloved. Molly Luco never made waves, and always cleaned up after others, even when family members turned abusive. She planned her escape, and she just needed to hang in there a little longer, until a man from her past came back into her life, and made her realize it is okay to want something for herself. But he's dangerous to her plans, even as he only wanted to protect her, from herself if need be...

In the first 1/3 of the book, Molly came across as a spineless doormat and one just can't understand why. Once you got to the point where she actually revealed her escape plan that things started to make sense. I've debated a long time whether I should give this a 3/5 or 4/5. In the end, I think the twist was enough for a 4/5 but consider this as really 3.5/5 rounded up.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman being bullied and badly treated at home (she's adopted) cannot let the only man she loved interfere with her plans...

Tropes: family pressure, alpha guy, protector, evil relatives, reunion

Overall Rating: 4/5