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I had so many thoughts reading this book that I ran out of post-it space and wrote a full essay instead. 💭: Usually when I go to write a book review, I have a single post-it of mid-read thoughts to consider, instead of just my post-read reaction. 📚: Therapist and recent widow Mariana’s life couldn’t get any more out of her control, until she receives a call from her niece that her friend has been murdered, and she thinks she knows who did it. This post also includes an affiliate link to purchase this book. ⚡️ I was provided with an audio-ARC by the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. It doesn’t go much beyond that, I don’t think that it needs to, but it was still a let down to have anticipated reading it (based on the summary alone).

I have a feeling that this book was destined to be sold in airport bookstores because it’s just quickly-paced enough to be a vacation read. I was honestly very disappointed with it, and even more disappointed with the concept that it will definitely be popular enough that I won’t get to forget about it existing anytime soon. So when I say that it’s really too bad that I didn’t like this book, I mean it. I was very determined to stay neutral on this book when I went in and not let the expectations that I had for it ruin my enjoyment of it. This book made me ask myself if I’d ever see a book that is so aggressively marketed to be THE hot new book of the Summer that promises to be a combination of some of your favorite books and not have high hopes for it.