Let's be real: I read this because it's written by my girl Stacey Abrams, and as a politics writer by day, it's important that I'm informed!!!!!
I also have to be honest: I...didn't love this as much as I wanted to. The first half of the book dragged on for quiiiiite a while, and we got such an uneven characterization of Mara and Ethan; I never got a complete handle on their personalities (and all of the randomly sprinkled endearments), but I did like their young love backstory. Also, the book switched between different character POVs randomly (and without any change in page formatting or spacing, which isn't Montgomery/Abrams' fault), so I was confused at times.
That said, the back half of this novel had some super fun romantic suspense/action shenanigans, and the villain was almost cartoonish—but I liked the vibe! This one's smack dab in the middle around 2.5ish stars for me?
Content warning: Violence, discussions of rape and homicide