THIS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!
Really sorry to whoever sent this out but I hated it.
I thought to begin with that I was going to enjoy it; it starts out with quite an interesting concept. And initially it's moving and interesting. The real problem is that it can't make it's mind up what it wants to be: a hard-hitting novel which tackles serious issues, or a fluffy bit of chick-lit. It doesn't really manage either.
The plot is completely unbelievable - and some of the key elements of the story are based on factual inaccuracies (the birth certificate for one). Much of the story is implausible - who would allow a man they dislike to have such a large part of a child's life? - and the characters are one-dimensional, stereotypical and poorly developed.
I suspect the writer has never been near a five year old child and should probably have done so if she wanted to write a book based around one - they neither speak nor act as Tegan does.
I lost interest as soon as I picked up on the birth certificate blunder and realised that the entire plot was based upon something which couldn't possibly have happened - a little research there wouldn't have come amiss either. I was also screaming inwardly in frustration at the appalling typos on every page (but that's just the pedant in me!).
The idea behind this book is a really good one, and it had the potential to be a superb novel. Sadly the execution is terrible.