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Like A Sister
A twisty, voice-driven thriller for fans of Megan Miranda and Jessica Knoll, in which no one bats an eye when a Black reality TV star is found dead in the Bronx—except her estranged half-sister, whose refusal to believe the official story leads her on a dangerous search for the truth.
When the body of disgraced reality TV star Desiree Pierce is found on a playground in the Bronx the morning after her 25th birthday party, the police and the media are quick to declare her death an overdose. It’s a tragedy, certainly, but not a crime.
But Desiree’s half-sister Lena Scott knows that can’t be the case. A graduate student at Columbia, Lena has spent the past decade forging her own path far from the spotlight, but some facts about Desiree just couldn’t have changed since their childhood. And Desiree would never travel above 125th Street. So why is no one listening to her?
Despite the bitter truth that the two haven’t spoken in two years, torn apart by Desiree’s partying and by their father, Mel, a wealthy and influential hip-hop mogul, Lena becomes determined to find justice for her sister, even if it means untangling her family’s darkest secrets—or ending up dead herself
When the body of disgraced reality TV star Desiree Pierce is found on a playground in the Bronx the morning after her 25th birthday party, the police and the media are quick to declare her death an overdose. It’s a tragedy, certainly, but not a crime.
But Desiree’s half-sister Lena Scott knows that can’t be the case. A graduate student at Columbia, Lena has spent the past decade forging her own path far from the spotlight, but some facts about Desiree just couldn’t have changed since their childhood. And Desiree would never travel above 125th Street. So why is no one listening to her?
Despite the bitter truth that the two haven’t spoken in two years, torn apart by Desiree’s partying and by their father, Mel, a wealthy and influential hip-hop mogul, Lena becomes determined to find justice for her sister, even if it means untangling her family’s darkest secrets—or ending up dead herself
305 pages, Hardcover
First published March 8, 2022
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Kellye Garrett
8 books1,312 followersKellye Garrett’s crime fiction novels have been featured on the Today Show, won numerous awards, and named to Time Magazine’s 100 Best Mystery & Thrillers of All Time. After breaking into publishing with the Detective by Day lightweight mystery series, she transitioned into standalone suspense. The latest is Missing White Woman, a twisty thriller and "compulsive page-turner" (Harlan Coben) about a woman who thinks she’s waking up to a romantic vacation—only to find a body in her rental home and her boyfriend gone. It was an Apple Books Staff Pick, Amazon Editors’ Pick, Reader's Digest June 2024 Book Club selection and the CBS New York Club Calvi Spring Book Club pick.In addition, Kellye is a co-founder of Crime Writers of Color, which received the 2023 Raven Award from MWA. You can learn more at https://kellyegarrett.com.
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March 12, 2022
I wanted to like this book but it is riddled with issues:
1. “Shitnuts” is the stupidest phrase I’ve ever heard…and it appeared every other page
2. Lena’s quips about living in NY didn’t even make sense half the time
3. Lena’s rationale for assuming her sister died is related to a DUI from 2 years earlier is never properly explained. We’re just to assume the correlation is there and she runs off on wild goose chases
4. The killer didn’t even have a good motive. They were such a secondary character. And where did they find heroin and concoct this wild plan???
5. Zo-Rel still makes no sense to me and I don’t think we ever found out why they were so significant (or not at all)
And perhaps most perplexing is that this book had its own Anna Delvey wannabe and the aunt finds out she’s a con artist and is just cool letting her stay. When it’s still unclear who killed her niece. What?!
1. “Shitnuts” is the stupidest phrase I’ve ever heard…and it appeared every other page
2. Lena’s quips about living in NY didn’t even make sense half the time
3. Lena’s rationale for assuming her sister died is related to a DUI from 2 years earlier is never properly explained. We’re just to assume the correlation is there and she runs off on wild goose chases
4. The killer didn’t even have a good motive. They were such a secondary character. And where did they find heroin and concoct this wild plan???
5. Zo-Rel still makes no sense to me and I don’t think we ever found out why they were so significant (or not at all)
And perhaps most perplexing is that this book had its own Anna Delvey wannabe and the aunt finds out she’s a con artist and is just cool letting her stay. When it’s still unclear who killed her niece. What?!
March 7, 2022
Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett
Straight laced, nerdy, Lena Scott has nothing in common with her younger 25 year old sister, Desiree Pierce. She also hasn't spoken to her sister in two years. There are just too many bad choices that Desiree has made in the past and their wealthy, famous father hasn't helped their relationship at all. He got Lena's mom pregnant and that's about the only part he has played in Lena's life.
Now, Desiree is dead, her body found on a Bronx playground, needle marks on her body. The police are calling it a heroin overdose but Lena knows her sister would never tolerate needles, would never travel above 125th street, and, well, there are a lot of things Lena thinks would never happen. So rather than allowing her sister's death to be brushed off, Lena is determined to find out what happened to her and who did it.
Lena is smart and strong. She's also filled with guilt for her broken relationship with her sister and now that relationship can never be fixed. Lena might have a future as a private detective, she's tenacious and unwilling to accept the official story for her sister's death. She's going to get to the bottom of what happened to her sister and no one is going to stop her. But, things get dangerous, someone doesn't want her sister's real cause of death to come out.
For some reason, I had a hard time getting into the story. I think I would have benefited from getting to hear the audiobook since I hear the narration was excellent. There is a lot of repetition in the story, phrases repeated over and over again, lots of red herrings, but still the most obvious person ends up being the villain. I knew Lena was angry for a variety of reasons and we get to hear about them more than once but I wasn't always sure which reason it was at any particular moment.
Publication: March 8th 2022
Thank you to Novel Suspects and Mulholland Books for this print ARC.
Straight laced, nerdy, Lena Scott has nothing in common with her younger 25 year old sister, Desiree Pierce. She also hasn't spoken to her sister in two years. There are just too many bad choices that Desiree has made in the past and their wealthy, famous father hasn't helped their relationship at all. He got Lena's mom pregnant and that's about the only part he has played in Lena's life.
Now, Desiree is dead, her body found on a Bronx playground, needle marks on her body. The police are calling it a heroin overdose but Lena knows her sister would never tolerate needles, would never travel above 125th street, and, well, there are a lot of things Lena thinks would never happen. So rather than allowing her sister's death to be brushed off, Lena is determined to find out what happened to her and who did it.
Lena is smart and strong. She's also filled with guilt for her broken relationship with her sister and now that relationship can never be fixed. Lena might have a future as a private detective, she's tenacious and unwilling to accept the official story for her sister's death. She's going to get to the bottom of what happened to her sister and no one is going to stop her. But, things get dangerous, someone doesn't want her sister's real cause of death to come out.
For some reason, I had a hard time getting into the story. I think I would have benefited from getting to hear the audiobook since I hear the narration was excellent. There is a lot of repetition in the story, phrases repeated over and over again, lots of red herrings, but still the most obvious person ends up being the villain. I knew Lena was angry for a variety of reasons and we get to hear about them more than once but I wasn't always sure which reason it was at any particular moment.
Publication: March 8th 2022
Thank you to Novel Suspects and Mulholland Books for this print ARC.
June 29, 2022
1.5 Stars
I really wanted to like this one. It started off well and I had high hopes. The story seemed like it would build to be very engaging and the author definitely displayed a talent for similes and slicing analogies...
To a fault.
Don't get me wrong, I love a good simile. But when they are peppered throughout every single paragraph, they start to feel forced. They start to feel smothering. They start to annoy me.
Something else that started to annoy me? The word "shitnuts." It was everywhere.
Also annoying was the author's seeming need to prove she knew New York. That the main character was ALL New York. But it wasn't enough for the main character to constantly remind us that she knew New York, she had to make it clear that she knew it better than everyone else present.
Now, I get it. New York is its own little microcosm. New Yorkers are VERY proud to be from New York. And I've read other books based in New York where the author had a similar need to make sure they too represented themselves as knowing the city and that OMG tooooourists are just soooooo basic, you guys. But for some reason, the way it was done in this book felt super extra and super judgmental toward anyone not from the main character's neighborhood.
Now, had these things been interspersed between a great story, everything could have been potentially offset. Instead of a great plot, however, we were left with overly descriptive daily details of the main character waking up, eating or not eating breakfast, riding her bike, endlessly scrolling through Instagram, and Googling EVERYTHING...very slice of life. And not in a good way.
The book as a whole ended with a LOT of loose ends and the killer and their motivation felt very weak and out of left field.
Perhaps most disappointing to me, however, was the way things played out with Lena and her music mogul father. I was really hoping for some of my favorite thing: family dynamic drama and the exposure of long held family secrets. But nothing.
Instead, Lena and Mel barely saw each other and had very few conversations. There was one scene in the book where I thought - finally! - we are finally going to get some true interaction here, but then nah. Nothing. Nothing is discussed, nothing is moved forward.
And there was SO much potential here, you guys. There were SO many interesting characters in this book. I just felt like the author failed to do anything with them.
I really wanted to like this one. It started off well and I had high hopes. The story seemed like it would build to be very engaging and the author definitely displayed a talent for similes and slicing analogies...
To a fault.
Don't get me wrong, I love a good simile. But when they are peppered throughout every single paragraph, they start to feel forced. They start to feel smothering. They start to annoy me.
Something else that started to annoy me? The word "shitnuts." It was everywhere.
Also annoying was the author's seeming need to prove she knew New York. That the main character was ALL New York. But it wasn't enough for the main character to constantly remind us that she knew New York, she had to make it clear that she knew it better than everyone else present.
Now, I get it. New York is its own little microcosm. New Yorkers are VERY proud to be from New York. And I've read other books based in New York where the author had a similar need to make sure they too represented themselves as knowing the city and that OMG tooooourists are just soooooo basic, you guys. But for some reason, the way it was done in this book felt super extra and super judgmental toward anyone not from the main character's neighborhood.
Now, had these things been interspersed between a great story, everything could have been potentially offset. Instead of a great plot, however, we were left with overly descriptive daily details of the main character waking up, eating or not eating breakfast, riding her bike, endlessly scrolling through Instagram, and Googling EVERYTHING...very slice of life. And not in a good way.
The book as a whole ended with a LOT of loose ends and the killer and their motivation felt very weak and out of left field.
Perhaps most disappointing to me, however, was the way things played out with Lena and her music mogul father. I was really hoping for some of my favorite thing: family dynamic drama and the exposure of long held family secrets. But nothing.
Instead, Lena and Mel barely saw each other and had very few conversations. There was one scene in the book where I thought - finally! - we are finally going to get some true interaction here, but then nah. Nothing. Nothing is discussed, nothing is moved forward.
And there was SO much potential here, you guys. There were SO many interesting characters in this book. I just felt like the author failed to do anything with them.
April 2, 2022
“Shitnuts.” 7,936 times.
December 1, 2022
I've been seeing Like a Sister pop up all over my social media feeds for the past few months, and for good reason! This one is a slow burning investigative mystery, but the last 30% definitely reads more like an explosive thriller than amateur detective crime fiction. The audiobook is narrated by one of my favorites, Bahni Turpin, and if you haven't had the privilege of listening to one of the books that she reads, you're truly missing out. Part family drama, part murder mystery, this book was wholly entertaining and chocked full of emotional ties and twists you won't see coming. I enjoyed buddy reading this with my friend Shelly and discussing with her!
*Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy via NetGalley.
*Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy via NetGalley.
June 17, 2021
So excited -- and scared -- to for this computer file to become a book in March 2022.
Lena Scott is late 20s, sarcastic and sick of people underestimating her because she’s black & a woman. She’s got Daddy issues to the Nth degree but she’s also super into her family & determined AF to figure out what happened to her baby sister.
I wanted this book to really examine the Strong Black Woman label we tend to put on ourselves (which is different than the Angry Black Woman label folks try to give us.) And how Lena being conditioned to always be a Super Black Woman can be both good and bad.
And it's all in a story that's witty & twisty (that’s what my editor, agent, & most importantly, mom all say at least!).
Lena Scott is late 20s, sarcastic and sick of people underestimating her because she’s black & a woman. She’s got Daddy issues to the Nth degree but she’s also super into her family & determined AF to figure out what happened to her baby sister.
I wanted this book to really examine the Strong Black Woman label we tend to put on ourselves (which is different than the Angry Black Woman label folks try to give us.) And how Lena being conditioned to always be a Super Black Woman can be both good and bad.
And it's all in a story that's witty & twisty (that’s what my editor, agent, & most importantly, mom all say at least!).
April 10, 2022
I don’t remember a single thing about this book except “shitnuts”
April 6, 2022
I wanted to know why her left wrist kept itching more than I wanted to know who killed her sister… shitnuts… or whatever…. Two stars for the different story background and diversity!
November 14, 2022
just not good. 300 pages of our main character walking up to people accusing them of murder. then being wrong, and accusing the next person until she stumbles upon the culprit
October 5, 2021
I can’t say enough good things about Kellye Garrett’s highly anticipated new novel. LIKE A SISTER is a smart, twisty, timely thriller that kept me guessing the whole way through. Garrett is a rising star, and a refreshing, standout voice in crime fiction.
March 9, 2022
I received a free advance copy from NetGalley for review.
When a woman’s sister is killed, she’s supposed to do something about it. It doesn’t make any difference what you thought of her. She was your sister, and you’re supposed to do something about it…. OK, Lena Scott isn’t Sam Spade, but the sentiment remains the same.
Lena is a grad student in New York who has issues with her family. Her father, Mel Pierce, is a bigwig in the music business, but Lena wants nothing to do with him. Lena used to be close with her half-sister Desiree Pierce despite their differences in personality. Lena shuns the spotlight that comes with being Mel’s daughter, but Desiree embraced it to become a minor celebrity thanks to reality TV and her Instagram account. Desiree’s party lifestyle also included the usual bad habits, and after one close call too many, Lena had enough and cut off all contact with her sister.
When Desiree is found dead all indications point to an overdose, but Lena is sure that there’s more to her sister’s death then that. Following a trail of clues from social media as well as her personal knowledge of her sister, Lena starts trying to learn the truth as she deals with cops, music stars, Instagram influencers, reporters, and her own father.
I loved a lot about this one, starting with the character of Lena herself. Naturally she’s got guilt and thinks that maybe she wasn’t there when Desiree needed her. However, she’s also being incredible stoic and refusing to show her grief which she calls “…putting on the Super Black Woman cape” as she puts on a brave face to deal with both the practical matters one has to deal with when a loved one dies as well as doggedly chasing any clue about really happened to Desiree.
Through the first-person narration we follow along as Lena seems to set everything aside to bluntly deal with whatever is in front of her in the moment even as we know how torn up she is by all of it. Despite the dark circumstances, Lena can also be a very funny narrator at times with sly observations and a dry wit, and there were several laugh-out-loud lines.
The mystery of is also handled in intriguing fashion. This isn’t a murder that will be solved in the drawing room of an English mansion or the mean streets of New York. Instead, Lena uses her sister’s Instagram account to track Desiree’s activities before she died and figure out who might have the answers she’s looking for as well as using social media to research and track suspects. Trying to find Desiree’s phone becomes a critical piece that Lena desperately wants to find because she knows that her sister’s whole life revolved around the device.
The plot has a lot of twists and turns to it, and I was fooled at several points as to where the book was going. None of the red herrings seem like cheats though, and when all is revealed, you realize that even the misdirects mattered. It’s a solid story that plays fair with its clues and ends in a satisfying fashion.
Kellye Garret did an admirable job of writing a mystery that mixes heart and humor and has a great lead character you can’t help but like. It’s also a solid template for how to do a 21st century whodunit.
When a woman’s sister is killed, she’s supposed to do something about it. It doesn’t make any difference what you thought of her. She was your sister, and you’re supposed to do something about it…. OK, Lena Scott isn’t Sam Spade, but the sentiment remains the same.
Lena is a grad student in New York who has issues with her family. Her father, Mel Pierce, is a bigwig in the music business, but Lena wants nothing to do with him. Lena used to be close with her half-sister Desiree Pierce despite their differences in personality. Lena shuns the spotlight that comes with being Mel’s daughter, but Desiree embraced it to become a minor celebrity thanks to reality TV and her Instagram account. Desiree’s party lifestyle also included the usual bad habits, and after one close call too many, Lena had enough and cut off all contact with her sister.
When Desiree is found dead all indications point to an overdose, but Lena is sure that there’s more to her sister’s death then that. Following a trail of clues from social media as well as her personal knowledge of her sister, Lena starts trying to learn the truth as she deals with cops, music stars, Instagram influencers, reporters, and her own father.
I loved a lot about this one, starting with the character of Lena herself. Naturally she’s got guilt and thinks that maybe she wasn’t there when Desiree needed her. However, she’s also being incredible stoic and refusing to show her grief which she calls “…putting on the Super Black Woman cape” as she puts on a brave face to deal with both the practical matters one has to deal with when a loved one dies as well as doggedly chasing any clue about really happened to Desiree.
Through the first-person narration we follow along as Lena seems to set everything aside to bluntly deal with whatever is in front of her in the moment even as we know how torn up she is by all of it. Despite the dark circumstances, Lena can also be a very funny narrator at times with sly observations and a dry wit, and there were several laugh-out-loud lines.
The mystery of is also handled in intriguing fashion. This isn’t a murder that will be solved in the drawing room of an English mansion or the mean streets of New York. Instead, Lena uses her sister’s Instagram account to track Desiree’s activities before she died and figure out who might have the answers she’s looking for as well as using social media to research and track suspects. Trying to find Desiree’s phone becomes a critical piece that Lena desperately wants to find because she knows that her sister’s whole life revolved around the device.
The plot has a lot of twists and turns to it, and I was fooled at several points as to where the book was going. None of the red herrings seem like cheats though, and when all is revealed, you realize that even the misdirects mattered. It’s a solid story that plays fair with its clues and ends in a satisfying fashion.
Kellye Garret did an admirable job of writing a mystery that mixes heart and humor and has a great lead character you can’t help but like. It’s also a solid template for how to do a 21st century whodunit.
April 28, 2022
Absolutely horrendous..or “shitnuts” I should say? How many times was that said through out the book…43,746 times probably. Who says shitnuts??
Anyways - no mystery, no thriller, no plot twist, no context on the qualities of Desiree - so why should we be so enthralled by ‘whodunnit’ ? Just nothing.
I feel like I wasted this months subscription for my Book of The Month selection by picking this one. I have so many feelings about this as well, but I’ll keep it to myself.
Anyways - no mystery, no thriller, no plot twist, no context on the qualities of Desiree - so why should we be so enthralled by ‘whodunnit’ ? Just nothing.
I feel like I wasted this months subscription for my Book of The Month selection by picking this one. I have so many feelings about this as well, but I’ll keep it to myself.
July 14, 2021
I was lucky and got to read a galley of Like a Sister. It's one of those reads whose tight plotting and suspenseful pacing might tempt you to rush to its twisty end, but take your time and enjoy the ride as Kellye Garrett fills these pages with humor, heart, and whip-smart insights into class, race, family, and our contemporary media culture. Garrett deserves every bit of praise Like a Sister is certain to earn.
May 25, 2022
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3 ½ stars
Like a Sister is an engrossing novel that will definitely appeal to fans of Rachel Howzell Hall. Solid pacing, a likeable and engaging narrator, plenty of compelling dialogues, and a well-rendered suspenseful atmosphere. I won’t lie, the main reason why I picked this one up was because I came across the audiobook version while perusing Bahni Turpin's audios . As per usual, she gives a brilliant performance which no doubt enhanced my reading/listening experience with Like a Sister.
Our main character is Lena Scott, a graduate student at Columbia who is in her late twenties. After her grandmother passes away she inherits her house in the Bronx, which she now shares with her aunt. Her mother is dead, and Mel, her father, a big shot music producer with a don’t-mess-with-me reputation, has shown little interest in Lena. After their ‘messy’ separation he went on to marry and have a child with a former close friend of her mother. Despite the animosity between their parents, Lena and Desiree were ‘like sisters’. Despite their different home environments, with Desiree enjoying Mel’s wealth, Lena leads a more sheltered existence, focusing on her studies. Eventually, Desiree gains certain popularity, having taken part in a reality show and hanging out with ‘it’ crowds. Her partying lifestyle becomes a wedge in the sisters’ relationship, as Lena can’t condone Desiree’s careless ‘misdemeanours’. After years of not talking to each other Lena learns that Desiree has been found dead the morning after her 25th birthday. The media and police are quick to dismiss her death as an accidental ‘overdose’, but Lena is more x. Why was her sister found in the Bronx? Was she on her way to see her? Mel and Lena’s stepmother do not seem as troubled as she is by the inconsistencies of Desiree’s death. Lena feels guilty over her fallout with Desiree and is determined to find the truth. As she reaches out to Desiree’s ex and her friends she begins to suspect that her death may have something to do with the ‘event’ that led to their fallout. Reluctantly Lena is aided by Desiree’s bff, a white rich girl who serves as a source of humor for much of the early narrative.
I liked the dynamic between Lena and the people she interacts with. I think the story would have benefited from giving her more of a backstory. She seems to have only one acquaintance and 0 friends. I kept forgetting what her profession/subject of study was because her character is very much all about Desiree and Mel. That is not to say that she doesn’t have a clear-cut personality. She is loyal, sensible, and funny. Some of the jokes she makes did come across as more in line with someone older than her (rather than 29, someone closer to if not over 40). Still, that didn’t ruin her narration, and I found her old-fashioned quaint and endearing. Her voice is certainly engaging as I was thoroughly absorbed by her narration.
I would have liked for one of the side characters to be less of an ‘Inventing Anna’ type of figure as it was fairly predictable and the misdirection takes up a lot of the story for no reason. The mystery was interesting but the resolution was painfully anticlimactic. The culprit was painfully obvious and I really hoped that the author would subvert my expectations by not making them the killer. Their motivations are…kind of missing? I didn’t buy into their ‘reasons’, as it seemed a huge leap to go from ‘that’ to murder. The ending did feel rushed to the point that it lessened my overall enjoyment of the novel. We also get chapters that are the equivalent of insta posts or lives about Desiree and they did absolutely 0 for the story. I wish we could have had chapters giving us glimpses into the sisters' childhoods as that would have added depth and nuance to their relationship.
Still, I did have a fairly fun time with this as it was a quick and gripping read/listen. I would definitely read more by this author!
3 ½ stars
Like a Sister is an engrossing novel that will definitely appeal to fans of Rachel Howzell Hall. Solid pacing, a likeable and engaging narrator, plenty of compelling dialogues, and a well-rendered suspenseful atmosphere. I won’t lie, the main reason why I picked this one up was because I came across the audiobook version while perusing Bahni Turpin's audios . As per usual, she gives a brilliant performance which no doubt enhanced my reading/listening experience with Like a Sister.
Our main character is Lena Scott, a graduate student at Columbia who is in her late twenties. After her grandmother passes away she inherits her house in the Bronx, which she now shares with her aunt. Her mother is dead, and Mel, her father, a big shot music producer with a don’t-mess-with-me reputation, has shown little interest in Lena. After their ‘messy’ separation he went on to marry and have a child with a former close friend of her mother. Despite the animosity between their parents, Lena and Desiree were ‘like sisters’. Despite their different home environments, with Desiree enjoying Mel’s wealth, Lena leads a more sheltered existence, focusing on her studies. Eventually, Desiree gains certain popularity, having taken part in a reality show and hanging out with ‘it’ crowds. Her partying lifestyle becomes a wedge in the sisters’ relationship, as Lena can’t condone Desiree’s careless ‘misdemeanours’. After years of not talking to each other Lena learns that Desiree has been found dead the morning after her 25th birthday. The media and police are quick to dismiss her death as an accidental ‘overdose’, but Lena is more x. Why was her sister found in the Bronx? Was she on her way to see her? Mel and Lena’s stepmother do not seem as troubled as she is by the inconsistencies of Desiree’s death. Lena feels guilty over her fallout with Desiree and is determined to find the truth. As she reaches out to Desiree’s ex and her friends she begins to suspect that her death may have something to do with the ‘event’ that led to their fallout. Reluctantly Lena is aided by Desiree’s bff, a white rich girl who serves as a source of humor for much of the early narrative.
I liked the dynamic between Lena and the people she interacts with. I think the story would have benefited from giving her more of a backstory. She seems to have only one acquaintance and 0 friends. I kept forgetting what her profession/subject of study was because her character is very much all about Desiree and Mel. That is not to say that she doesn’t have a clear-cut personality. She is loyal, sensible, and funny. Some of the jokes she makes did come across as more in line with someone older than her (rather than 29, someone closer to if not over 40). Still, that didn’t ruin her narration, and I found her old-fashioned quaint and endearing. Her voice is certainly engaging as I was thoroughly absorbed by her narration.
I would have liked for one of the side characters to be less of an ‘Inventing Anna’ type of figure as it was fairly predictable and the misdirection takes up a lot of the story for no reason. The mystery was interesting but the resolution was painfully anticlimactic. The culprit was painfully obvious and I really hoped that the author would subvert my expectations by not making them the killer. Their motivations are…kind of missing? I didn’t buy into their ‘reasons’, as it seemed a huge leap to go from ‘that’ to murder. The ending did feel rushed to the point that it lessened my overall enjoyment of the novel. We also get chapters that are the equivalent of insta posts or lives about Desiree and they did absolutely 0 for the story. I wish we could have had chapters giving us glimpses into the sisters' childhoods as that would have added depth and nuance to their relationship.
Still, I did have a fairly fun time with this as it was a quick and gripping read/listen. I would definitely read more by this author!
March 22, 2022
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Like a Sister is a murder mystery thriller that follows the story of Lena Scott, the daughter of a big name in the music industry. One day, her younger half-sister Desiree is found dead right after her 25th birthday. While the police conclude that this is a case of an overdose, Lena rejects this conclusion and decides to figure it out all by herself. She will investigate the death of her sister no matter the dangers she will have to face. She believes there is more to it than what the police and media say.
I was interested in this thriller because I wanted to read about a black female protagonist that is strong and has the guts. I wasn’t wrong. Lena is exactly what I thought she will be. She is a very brave character and during her investigation, the reader will feel that about her. I think her character is one of the main highlights of this novel.
The concept of the story is what attracted me to the novel. Many real-life cases of death due to drug overdose are reported and concluded, but not in all the cases that will be the actual cause of death. Could it be a homicide case and the inclusion of drugs is just a plant for the case to be closed? Possible. And that is what Lena felt here too about her sister. The more she dug into the evidence the more she was convinced that what she was doing was the right thing.
The first part of the book felt slow for me. Things do pick up from the second half though. For a murder mystery thriller, I usually prefer a faster pace. The other point I want to make is that as a reader I was not emotionally attached to the victim because through the story we don’t get to see much of her. This did not make me too compassionate with what happened to her. But I did understand the anger and the frustration of the main protagonist. The reveals were pretty good and realistic for such a story. I know I would have enjoyed the story more if it was not for the repetitiveness and some dragging through the middle.
Many thanks to the publisher Mulholland Books and NetGalley for providing me with an advance reader copy of this book.
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Like a Sister is a murder mystery thriller that follows the story of Lena Scott, the daughter of a big name in the music industry. One day, her younger half-sister Desiree is found dead right after her 25th birthday. While the police conclude that this is a case of an overdose, Lena rejects this conclusion and decides to figure it out all by herself. She will investigate the death of her sister no matter the dangers she will have to face. She believes there is more to it than what the police and media say.
I was interested in this thriller because I wanted to read about a black female protagonist that is strong and has the guts. I wasn’t wrong. Lena is exactly what I thought she will be. She is a very brave character and during her investigation, the reader will feel that about her. I think her character is one of the main highlights of this novel.
The concept of the story is what attracted me to the novel. Many real-life cases of death due to drug overdose are reported and concluded, but not in all the cases that will be the actual cause of death. Could it be a homicide case and the inclusion of drugs is just a plant for the case to be closed? Possible. And that is what Lena felt here too about her sister. The more she dug into the evidence the more she was convinced that what she was doing was the right thing.
The first part of the book felt slow for me. Things do pick up from the second half though. For a murder mystery thriller, I usually prefer a faster pace. The other point I want to make is that as a reader I was not emotionally attached to the victim because through the story we don’t get to see much of her. This did not make me too compassionate with what happened to her. But I did understand the anger and the frustration of the main protagonist. The reveals were pretty good and realistic for such a story. I know I would have enjoyed the story more if it was not for the repetitiveness and some dragging through the middle.
Many thanks to the publisher Mulholland Books and NetGalley for providing me with an advance reader copy of this book.
February 7, 2022
When controversial reality TV star Desiree Pierce is found dead in the Bronx after her 25th birthday, the police and media jump to the conclusion that it was by overdose. Desiree has had a conflicted relationship in the media due to her addiction to cocaine, but Desiree's half-sister, Lena Scott knows that something is amiss. Lena knows that Desiree has had battles with her own demons, but when everyone else has seemed to give up, Lena knows that she needs to figure out what's at play here.
Lena begins to dive right into Desiree's former life through her friends and their father. Desiree may have had a strained relationship with her half sister, but Lena knows that the inconsistencies in this overdose ruling are just too much to handle. As Lena begins to investigate, Like a Sister provides a voyeuristic adventure through murder mystery, messy family drama, red herrings, social commentary, full fledged suspects, and major twists and turns. I could not get enough of this story! As a native New Yorker, I loved the author's use of New York City as a setting and a character of its own. ALL OF THE NYC VIBES! I felt like I was along for the ride with Lena as she dove deeper and deeper into Desiree's world. I alternated between audiobook and written copy and I highly recommend either avenue when reading this story. This book reminds me a lot of Rachel Howzell Hall's And Now She's Gone meets Lucy Foley, this book has adventure and mystery infused perfectly. I will think about this book for some time and it will definitely be a highlight for 2022.
Lena begins to dive right into Desiree's former life through her friends and their father. Desiree may have had a strained relationship with her half sister, but Lena knows that the inconsistencies in this overdose ruling are just too much to handle. As Lena begins to investigate, Like a Sister provides a voyeuristic adventure through murder mystery, messy family drama, red herrings, social commentary, full fledged suspects, and major twists and turns. I could not get enough of this story! As a native New Yorker, I loved the author's use of New York City as a setting and a character of its own. ALL OF THE NYC VIBES! I felt like I was along for the ride with Lena as she dove deeper and deeper into Desiree's world. I alternated between audiobook and written copy and I highly recommend either avenue when reading this story. This book reminds me a lot of Rachel Howzell Hall's And Now She's Gone meets Lucy Foley, this book has adventure and mystery infused perfectly. I will think about this book for some time and it will definitely be a highlight for 2022.
March 13, 2022
I found the first half slow and repetitive, but the second half picks up in my opinion. There are a lot of misleading clues to draw out the mystery and eliminate suspects until a blinking arrow is pointing at the villain. This can be a fun style for mystery lovers but the primary storyline here is racial bias within the criminal justice process which is worthwhile for all readers. Recommend.
Audiobook brilliantly narrated by one of my favs: Bahni Turpin
Audiobook brilliantly narrated by one of my favs: Bahni Turpin
April 29, 2022
MY GOD, I hated this book!!!! Who tf says “shitnuts”???? Let alone 48294929 times. It is filled with so many similes and analogies that I lost count. Infuriating.
I was vaguely interested in the plot but after the 300th inane analogy I had to quit. I gave it 114 pages and I almost never DNF.
DON’T WASTE YOUR PRECIOUS TIME!!!
I was vaguely interested in the plot but after the 300th inane analogy I had to quit. I gave it 114 pages and I almost never DNF.
DON’T WASTE YOUR PRECIOUS TIME!!!
January 11, 2023
Had so many things in it that just didn't make sense or come across well to the readers. I don't know if it's the writing style or a mixture of that and the characters just really lacked. I had such high hopes for this one as the premise seemed great. Not executed how I would like it to be. Lacked on so many levels, not remarkable.
April 13, 2022
⭐️.5 stars but rounding up to two.
Major, MAJOR spoilers ahead. You’ve been warned.
Let me preface this with that I really wanted to love this book. It had me HOOKED from the beginning and I fell in love with many of the characters.
However, the book went from five stars to less than two in the last few chapters.
I love a book that has unique characters and isn’t afraid to give those characters depth. I felt this was going to be that book but in reality, the MC had thoughts about this and then there was nothing else.
For example, the MC discussed how the family worked- never talking about things, always going about the elephant in the room by walking around it, etc. The MC even started to have the conversation, then decided, NOPE!
I also don’t know why this book is recommended in with other LGBT thrillers. The only two characters who are LGBT are the grandmother and Aunt E, one of which is dead and the second of which never addresses how they were just “roommates.” It would have an excellent piece of representation on why they had to hide their relationship. Never got touched on, and the book has basically zero LGBT outside of that. Imo as someone who is LGBT, this is a poor representation and sidelines us once again.
Next up, I loved almost all the characters, which is an incredible feat for an author to do that. That is why I feel so hurt by the lack of an ending. No closure between Lena and her family, just doing the same “we don’t need to talk about it,” and the side characters are heavily mistreated. So much so that when it came down to Stuart being the murderer, I just ended up lost and confused!
Touching on that, we never got an explanation as to why. I felt like the “explanation” we did get was cheap and made more questions then they answered. How did he know about the hit and run that Naut did? How did Desiree know him aside from this weird random conversation in which Stuart was talking to Naut about it? How did he even know Naut? Stuart was not on the same playing field as the rich and powerful. Also, why was he at the house the night he kidnapped Lena?
Also, going to the character Erin/Karma, I’m very confused… she’s one of the major twists in the book and yet nothing. Blip. Disappears. There’s so many questions about her. The biggest one I have is even after she dipped the night Lena found the laptop and Stuart kidnapped her, suddenly she was right back and the one chasing them down? Where did she go? How did she know? Also I felt there was a major disservice to her character. I would have loved for her to be involved in some way more than just some random con artist who ends up being the hero and gets no further story. Maybe Mel could have hired her to keep an eye on Desiree, and when that failed she moved on to Lena to make up for her failure. So many options for her, and just… nothing.
This book had tons of potential. I really, really wanna like it. But I simply cannot recommend it with the lack of closure. I understand thrillers don’t have neat, tied up plots, which is fine and understandable to a point. This however? I’m very disappointed.
Major, MAJOR spoilers ahead. You’ve been warned.
Let me preface this with that I really wanted to love this book. It had me HOOKED from the beginning and I fell in love with many of the characters.
However, the book went from five stars to less than two in the last few chapters.
I love a book that has unique characters and isn’t afraid to give those characters depth. I felt this was going to be that book but in reality, the MC had thoughts about this and then there was nothing else.
For example, the MC discussed how the family worked- never talking about things, always going about the elephant in the room by walking around it, etc. The MC even started to have the conversation, then decided, NOPE!
I also don’t know why this book is recommended in with other LGBT thrillers. The only two characters who are LGBT are the grandmother and Aunt E, one of which is dead and the second of which never addresses how they were just “roommates.” It would have an excellent piece of representation on why they had to hide their relationship. Never got touched on, and the book has basically zero LGBT outside of that. Imo as someone who is LGBT, this is a poor representation and sidelines us once again.
Next up, I loved almost all the characters, which is an incredible feat for an author to do that. That is why I feel so hurt by the lack of an ending. No closure between Lena and her family, just doing the same “we don’t need to talk about it,” and the side characters are heavily mistreated. So much so that when it came down to Stuart being the murderer, I just ended up lost and confused!
Touching on that, we never got an explanation as to why. I felt like the “explanation” we did get was cheap and made more questions then they answered. How did he know about the hit and run that Naut did? How did Desiree know him aside from this weird random conversation in which Stuart was talking to Naut about it? How did he even know Naut? Stuart was not on the same playing field as the rich and powerful. Also, why was he at the house the night he kidnapped Lena?
Also, going to the character Erin/Karma, I’m very confused… she’s one of the major twists in the book and yet nothing. Blip. Disappears. There’s so many questions about her. The biggest one I have is even after she dipped the night Lena found the laptop and Stuart kidnapped her, suddenly she was right back and the one chasing them down? Where did she go? How did she know? Also I felt there was a major disservice to her character. I would have loved for her to be involved in some way more than just some random con artist who ends up being the hero and gets no further story. Maybe Mel could have hired her to keep an eye on Desiree, and when that failed she moved on to Lena to make up for her failure. So many options for her, and just… nothing.
This book had tons of potential. I really, really wanna like it. But I simply cannot recommend it with the lack of closure. I understand thrillers don’t have neat, tied up plots, which is fine and understandable to a point. This however? I’m very disappointed.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 12, 2022
A wild goose chase that led to me wanting to shoot not just geese but ducks, random moving objects and the abundant ridiculous red herrings.
So many aspects of the story made no sense and there were a few left unexplained! To top it off - the most obvious person was the one to blame!
Not a fan of this one!
So many aspects of the story made no sense and there were a few left unexplained! To top it off - the most obvious person was the one to blame!
Not a fan of this one!
June 4, 2022
im not sure i've ever hated a book more, i am going to be honest with you all. i predicted the murderer from like the second chapter. i was taken on a wild goosechase. i was presented with such a decrept awful unrealistic representation of blackness i almost lost my head. i had to start annotating just to yell at the author. i really should've dnfed. it was a pain to get through. it picked up at some parts (thus the one star) but.... it was so clearly written for white people. this black person doesn't exist. Lena did not wear a single shirt throughout the novel that wasn't a black activist t shirt. you don't got any other clothes???? the murderer was a black man killing black women and black elderly women. that's so weird. the dead black girl took a DUI fall for a white man. huhhh????? this white girl pretended to be someone else the whole novel and was clearly off one. there were so many falsely landed stereotypes on such an array of levels. the abundance of stereotypes????????? rampant. oh and it felt real queerphobic for the only gay characters to be closeted from the broader community their whole lives and to not call one another girlfriend. thank u for another lovely stereotype. every other sentence said Super Black Woman Cape??? i ain't ever heard a black woman say that in my life. you know who the fuck say that????? SCHOLARS WHO DISCUSS BLACKNESS!!! the main character celebrated the fact that she was overworked and could never be transparent and her mom was and everyone was. nothing was resolved EXCEPT the murder? and that was barely resolved?? did i mention....a black man....who the author calls a "stereotypical happy negro you trust" (or some equivalent????),,,,,, a black man killed a famous black girl,,,,,,, so that he could WRITE A HIT NOVEL. you're killing me. and then????? he kills their neighbor. who is elderly and black. and then he DIES IN A CAR ACCIDENT INITIATED BY THIS WHITE BITCH WHO WAS HIDING HER IDENTITY THE WHOLE TIME. a white bitch who ABANDONED the protagonist and it was never resolved why. and the novel is TITLED AFTER HER??? BUT SHES NOT THE KILLER??? BUT HER PLOTLINE IS NEVER RESOLVED????
no you've lost me. you've so lost me. yall have LOST THE PLOT. AND YOU KNOW WHO ELSE HAS LOST THE PLOT??? the white people in the comments w their think pieces about the way race was written in this novel. white people don't get to write think pieces about how race is written! yall finna get your rights taken.
how that tiktok go? "it was so bad i wanna give you a zero. but that's not possible. so i give you. a one"
I'm trying to think of a positive i appreciated. i really am. because it is important to me to respect someones creative effort to write a novel. please know that my opinion on this one book in the grand scheme of things does not mean shit. i guess i liked the closeted lesbian grandma who let the fugitive white girl live with her and taught the fugitive white con woman how to make velveeta mac n cheese. that was,,,a good part of the story i guess.
i also on the real appreciated the attempt. i feel the intention here was good. so pure. i mean isn't everyone's? or i hope it is. i just think the execution fell short of the glory. and we all fall short of the glory at times. i am appreciative, always, of black protagonists. just as I'm appreciative of the white people who are being ASKED by ME to close they lips in these comments NEOW.
book of the month you're on my hit list
no you've lost me. you've so lost me. yall have LOST THE PLOT. AND YOU KNOW WHO ELSE HAS LOST THE PLOT??? the white people in the comments w their think pieces about the way race was written in this novel. white people don't get to write think pieces about how race is written! yall finna get your rights taken.
how that tiktok go? "it was so bad i wanna give you a zero. but that's not possible. so i give you. a one"
I'm trying to think of a positive i appreciated. i really am. because it is important to me to respect someones creative effort to write a novel. please know that my opinion on this one book in the grand scheme of things does not mean shit. i guess i liked the closeted lesbian grandma who let the fugitive white girl live with her and taught the fugitive white con woman how to make velveeta mac n cheese. that was,,,a good part of the story i guess.
i also on the real appreciated the attempt. i feel the intention here was good. so pure. i mean isn't everyone's? or i hope it is. i just think the execution fell short of the glory. and we all fall short of the glory at times. i am appreciative, always, of black protagonists. just as I'm appreciative of the white people who are being ASKED by ME to close they lips in these comments NEOW.
book of the month you're on my hit list
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February 24, 2022
I had hear great things about Like a Sister, so when it was a choice in the February Influencer program with Libro.FM I had to try it. It was a binge worthy listen with great narrator in Bahni Turpin. New York came alive in this amateur detective story and I had to keep listening.
Desiree Pierce is a black social media star on the rise. When she is found dead in the Bronx, just after she turns 25, the police and media are quick to write it off as suicide. But her half sister, Lena, who hadn't seen Desiree for 2 years, isn't so easily convinced. What was her sister doing in the Bronx and why was she taking heroin, a drug she never touched. The 2 sisters couldn't be more different but Lena wants to do her sister justice and find out who killed her.
It is a wild race to find her sister's killer and find out why. She will have to confront her own past in order to get to the truth, and somebody doesn't want her to succeed.
Thanks to Libro.FM and Hachette Audio for my advanced listening copy. Released on March 8th, I highly recommend.
Desiree Pierce is a black social media star on the rise. When she is found dead in the Bronx, just after she turns 25, the police and media are quick to write it off as suicide. But her half sister, Lena, who hadn't seen Desiree for 2 years, isn't so easily convinced. What was her sister doing in the Bronx and why was she taking heroin, a drug she never touched. The 2 sisters couldn't be more different but Lena wants to do her sister justice and find out who killed her.
It is a wild race to find her sister's killer and find out why. She will have to confront her own past in order to get to the truth, and somebody doesn't want her to succeed.
Thanks to Libro.FM and Hachette Audio for my advanced listening copy. Released on March 8th, I highly recommend.
November 19, 2022
I read half of this book and just gave it up. I didn’t what happened to any of the characters. Too many good books out there to waste time on this one.
January 22, 2023
Not normally my preferred trope combo, but I really enjoyed this! I especially thought the writing was very strong and enjoyable to me - would read more from this author in the future
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April 29, 2022DNF so no rating
I made it a little over 3 hours into the audio book and decided that it simply isn't for me and there was no reason for me to continue. There's nothing wrong with the writing, it feels like a slightly aged up YA story and I just have no interest in experiencing it. I gave it enough time to know that I will not connect or enjoy the dialogue, plot, or characters. If you enjoyed Garrett's previous books I think this one will be a good bet. My mileage for stories focused on this age group and themes have changed over the years.
***I received access to an ALC via the publisher.***
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I made it a little over 3 hours into the audio book and decided that it simply isn't for me and there was no reason for me to continue. There's nothing wrong with the writing, it feels like a slightly aged up YA story and I just have no interest in experiencing it. I gave it enough time to know that I will not connect or enjoy the dialogue, plot, or characters. If you enjoyed Garrett's previous books I think this one will be a good bet. My mileage for stories focused on this age group and themes have changed over the years.
***I received access to an ALC via the publisher.***
Where you can find me:
•(♥).•*Monica Is Reading*•.(♥)•
Twitter: @monicaisreading
Instagram: @readermonica
February 17, 2022
Thank you to Libro.fm for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily.
I had high hopes for this book, and while there were some aspects that I liked, there were many more that I didn't.
The narrator is outstanding. I'm a huge fan of Bahni Turpin, and could listen to her beautiful voice all day. She did a great job with all the voices in the story, and she was basically the only thing that had me listening to the entire thing, instead of DNFing it. Another thing that was amazing about this was the way a strong Black girl was portrayed. Lena is angry, but she's smart and determined to find out what actually happened to her sister. And she fought her way through people who consistently underestimated her to get to the truth.
However, my biggest issue is that the story was so slow-paced and ... boring. I would have DNFd it, but once I got past the halfway point, I just wanted to find out what had actually happened to Desiree, despite not really caring about her character. I struggled to get involved in the story, mainly because we aren't really given much insight into Desiree's positive qualities, and why we should even care what happened to her. For a mystery, there weren't really any surprising plot twists, and I eventually just increased the speed so I could finish this book already. Overall, the Black representation is outstanding, although the story itself wasn't memorable or interesting for me.
I had high hopes for this book, and while there were some aspects that I liked, there were many more that I didn't.
The narrator is outstanding. I'm a huge fan of Bahni Turpin, and could listen to her beautiful voice all day. She did a great job with all the voices in the story, and she was basically the only thing that had me listening to the entire thing, instead of DNFing it. Another thing that was amazing about this was the way a strong Black girl was portrayed. Lena is angry, but she's smart and determined to find out what actually happened to her sister. And she fought her way through people who consistently underestimated her to get to the truth.
However, my biggest issue is that the story was so slow-paced and ... boring. I would have DNFd it, but once I got past the halfway point, I just wanted to find out what had actually happened to Desiree, despite not really caring about her character. I struggled to get involved in the story, mainly because we aren't really given much insight into Desiree's positive qualities, and why we should even care what happened to her. For a mystery, there weren't really any surprising plot twists, and I eventually just increased the speed so I could finish this book already. Overall, the Black representation is outstanding, although the story itself wasn't memorable or interesting for me.
dnf
September 28, 2022DNF @ 29%.
The amount of times the MC has said “shitnuts” is just too many. Also anything that is even remotely part of black/african american culture is so overly explained that it’s painfully obvious this was written for a white audience. I didn’t care very much about the mystery either unfortunately, and I’m pretty sure I already know how it will end.
The amount of times the MC has said “shitnuts” is just too many. Also anything that is even remotely part of black/african american culture is so overly explained that it’s painfully obvious this was written for a white audience. I didn’t care very much about the mystery either unfortunately, and I’m pretty sure I already know how it will end.
January 16, 2022
3.5 stars. I got stuck in this book about halfway through. I have been getting stuck in a lot of books lately so I knew some of it was just me. But I also knew that this book was not hitting me the way it was trying to. So I switched to audio and it was like night and day. I don't know why sometimes a strong voice doesn't hit the same in print as in audio for me, but this was definitely one of those times. As soon as I made the switch I was happy to come back to it and got to enjoy my listening experience. (Audio is voiced by Bahni Turpin, one of the best out there, and she gets it just right as always.)
I enjoyed this amateur detective novel, where Lena is convinced her estranged sister's death was not the overdose the police say it was. Desiree was a party girl, an instagram influencer, and a short-lived reality tv star. The two share a music mogul father, who left Lena's mother for Desiree's, so they have never had a typical sisterly relationship. Lena is a straight arrow, a home body and a bit of a nerd, happy to stay home, and impatient with Desiree's constant bad choices.
This book is very good about taking you through twists and reveals as Lena talks to people who knew her sister, trying to figure out what was going on. The pacing works very well, a lot like a procedural that goes from interview to interview. My biggest issue was that I could figure out who the killer was at a certain point because, well, there were only so many characters left in the story. The connection was rather tenuous for my liking, but far from egregious.
I enjoyed this amateur detective novel, where Lena is convinced her estranged sister's death was not the overdose the police say it was. Desiree was a party girl, an instagram influencer, and a short-lived reality tv star. The two share a music mogul father, who left Lena's mother for Desiree's, so they have never had a typical sisterly relationship. Lena is a straight arrow, a home body and a bit of a nerd, happy to stay home, and impatient with Desiree's constant bad choices.
This book is very good about taking you through twists and reveals as Lena talks to people who knew her sister, trying to figure out what was going on. The pacing works very well, a lot like a procedural that goes from interview to interview. My biggest issue was that I could figure out who the killer was at a certain point because, well, there were only so many characters left in the story. The connection was rather tenuous for my liking, but far from egregious.
June 19, 2022
Like a Sister kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. One could only imagine what it must feel like to find out a loved one die over social media. Don't even get me started on watching it on the news either. Mostly because I found out someone in my family died via text message while at work. So, yeah, if I broke down crying just by seeing that then I have no idea what I would do if I found out any other way.
As for the mystery, well let's just say that I had no idea who to be suspicious of until the big reveal came my way. For some odd reason, I was easily distracted by the most obvious option ever. It doesn't help that they continued to act strange and suspicious either. Seriously, they messed with my head, and I kept thinking the absolute worst of them.
Which made this the sole reason as to why it was beyond addicting to read. I gasped when the reveal came because it blew my mind. I was knee deep into the wrong person and had no way of getting out of that trap before the last page. I definitely should have taken a step back and looked at the clues a bit more.
In the end, I'm so happy that I got this in one of my BOTM boxes. I'm also really happy that I found the time to dive into it. Will need more mystery thriller books in my life starting now.
As for the mystery, well let's just say that I had no idea who to be suspicious of until the big reveal came my way. For some odd reason, I was easily distracted by the most obvious option ever. It doesn't help that they continued to act strange and suspicious either. Seriously, they messed with my head, and I kept thinking the absolute worst of them.
Which made this the sole reason as to why it was beyond addicting to read. I gasped when the reveal came because it blew my mind. I was knee deep into the wrong person and had no way of getting out of that trap before the last page. I definitely should have taken a step back and looked at the clues a bit more.
In the end, I'm so happy that I got this in one of my BOTM boxes. I'm also really happy that I found the time to dive into it. Will need more mystery thriller books in my life starting now.
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