Review of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

In a world where trad wives content has swept across the world wide web, I was immediately intrigued by this superb sounding trad wife thriller and it has set a bar for all the thrillers in that space to come.

With a twisty thriller foundation, and a sweeping speculative edge, Yesteryear definitely gave me Stepford Wives meets contemporary life vibes. I do love when the rose-tined glasses slip from the world of perfect traditional life social media... Do you?

Meet Natalie Heller Mills, living the traditional life with thousands of followers across social media platforms. Her life must be perfect...Right? Well when Natalie wakes in her home that’s not her home, in a life stark of the one she had previously, Natalie must escape before it’s too late to return to the life she knows so well... Prepare to be hooked from page one, and obsessed until the final page!

Published on 07.04.2026 by Fourth Estate

Reviewed by Danielle

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