I鈥檓 here with a book that I haven鈥檛 seen much press about yet - and it publishes soon! Thanks to Sara Confino for putting Trust Me on This on my radarI鈥檓 here with a book that I haven鈥檛 seen much press about yet - and it publishes soon! Thanks to Sara Confino for putting Trust Me on This on my radar - and thanks to Lake Union Publishing and NetGalley for early access in exchange for my honest opinion. I really enjoyed reading this one over the weekend! Trust Me On This centers around two sisters - I mean half-sisters. Zahra is older at 38 and established in her chef-adjacent job of developing recipes for cookbooks, restaurants, etc. Aurora is 12 years younger and a new up-and-comer in Hollywood, having been surprisingly nominated for an Emmy against the co-star of her current show, who also heads the production company with her husband. The girls are not close, with Zahra having some long-held anger that their shared father was absent for much of her childhood yet seemed to spend time fathering Aurora. Aurora just wants everyone to be happy and look on the bright side of life, and Zahra has experienced too much life and loss for that to be the case. When their father requests they come visit him together so he can tell them something in person, and it needs to be soon, as he has terminal cancer, the girls take the road trip together (plus a stray cat) from LA to Seattle to see him. The trip was definitely bumpy, but I felt like I got to know them and their baggage, and I couldn鈥檛 put this book down - until I got near the end and then I kept trying to set it down for a bit to make it last longer. If you like family drama and road trip stories, I think you鈥檒l enjoy this book. There are some serious (and sad) points in this mostly-fun story, but I thought the book was well written and relatable. It will be available everywhere Tuesday 4/8!...more
Many thanks to Forever, Dreamscape, and NetGalley for early access to ebook and audio copies in exchange for my honest opinion. I listened/read on a SMany thanks to Forever, Dreamscape, and NetGalley for early access to ebook and audio copies in exchange for my honest opinion. I listened/read on a Sunday while running errands around town, and I enjoyed the story. It's not related to Ana Takes Manhattan, Lissette's debut. Takes One to Know One starts in Miami, where Dani works for a record company and gets a new reggaeton client. She is not a fan of the music, unlike her sister, but she lies to her boss to make her seem like the best fit for this client. Rene, the star, is described as super sexy, and he convinces Dani and her boss to record the new album in Puerto Rico, specifically in Culebra. While Dani has Puerto Rican roots, she has never been there, and her father is actually from Culebra. I was swept away by the beautiful descriptions - I could vividly picture the beaches and the recording studio and everything. I breezed through the book (11.5 hours/400 pages) in one day because I was enjoying it too much to turn it off. If you've ever been to Puerto Rico (or the Caribbean in general), I think you'll enjoy the setting. And if you know reggaeton, I bet you'll enjoy the music portion. For me, the book felt like a mini getaway from a cold, gross weekend in Boston! While this is categorized as a romance, I felt like that plotline could/should have been emphasized more, because this read as more women's fiction than romance. ...more
Thanks to Netgalley, Grand Central Publishing, and Hachette Audio for early ebook and audiobook access in exchange for my honest opinion. I mixed up rThanks to Netgalley, Grand Central Publishing, and Hachette Audio for early ebook and audiobook access in exchange for my honest opinion. I mixed up reading and listening to the audio, and I thought the audio was done extremely well - I tended to listen more than reading because I wanted to know what was going to happen ASAP while I was doing household chores, etc. I definitely recommend both formats, and if you aren鈥檛 already a fan of Harlan Coben鈥檚 writing, get excited because there are SO many books of his that you can add to your TBR! Nobody鈥檚 Fool follows one of the characters in Fool Me Once, Coben鈥檚 previous release which has been turned into a highly-rated Netflix show. I haven鈥檛 watched it, but I took the time to read Fool Me Once, because I figured I should go into this one with as much background knowledge as possible. I really enjoyed Fool Me Once, and it wasn鈥檛 until about 2/3 of the way through Nobody鈥檚 Fool that I was glad I had read that one, as more connections are revealed. I do think you could read Nobody鈥檚 Fool without having read Fool Me Once, but I got more out of this read (and I think you would, too) by knowing more about how the characters and locations involved overlap. The plot starts 20+ years ago, when Detective Kierce is backpacking Spain with his college buddies after graduation. He has a fling which ends with him waking up covered in blood, with a knife in his hand. He flees back to the US and moves on with his life, eventually becoming the Detective in Fool Me Once. Kierce now works as a PI and is teaching a night class for budding detectives when a woman appears at the door - and he immediately recognizes her as the woman he had a fling with in Spain. She bolts, and he follows her, knowing he has to find out what happened - because he thought she was dead. It鈥檚 twisty and exciting, and I absolutely loved it. Coben can do no wrong in my mind!...more
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