Overall Take:
This book is a fun start to an addictive new series.
Star Rating:
4.5 Stars
Genre:
New Adult, Contemporary Romance
Synopsis:
Pheobe grew up where deception and seduction are just how you get by. So when her best friend wants to take a break from the life they both know, and try to go “normal”, they do.
They end up in a small Connecticut town. The biggest flaw in their plan is Hailey’s brother Rocky found them and is along for the ride. Conning is in Rocky’s DNA and as much as the girls want out, they don’t think Rocky can let them.
Pheobe worries that Rocky will try to get them to go back to their old life and doesn’t want him to mess up the life shes trying to make. Can’t she just have a normal life with the man she loves?
Thoughts:
This book was a lot of fun. It is a slow buildup but when the hits start coming, it works out nicely. Throughout the book there were these little breadcrumbs that were left, and I ate them all up. So, being able to reflect back on them was perfection. Found family is such a fantastic trope and it really shined in this book. Two families are thick as thieves and are each other’s ride or dies. Towards the end of the book there was also some fake dating, which is another one of my favs though this one did get messy. This is a hard book to review fully because there are a lot of spoilers. Let’s just say that I did end up getting what I was looking for out of it, even though it took almost the whole book. Despite that, I wasn’t annoyed with this slow burn as I felt it was done well. This is well defined as being a new series, and I think due diligence was done to ensure the characters were all set up properly.
This book did end on a fairly large cliff hanger, so know that going in but it is still worth the read!
Publication Date:
July 2, 2024
Author:
Krista Ritchie & Becca Ritchie
Page Length:
464 pages
Publisher:
Berkley Berkley Romance
Thank you to:
Thank you to @BerkelyPub @BerkleyRomance and @netgalley for this e-arc copy. All thoughts are my own.
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