whitneydaniell

by: Liv Constantine
Published: May 23, 2023
Genre: Thriller, Murder Mystery, Fiction
320 Pages, E-Book ARC Courtesy of NetGalley
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WOW! What a great story of twists and turns. After Slone’s husband is sadly murdered, Slone’s life is flipped upside down by s series of events that seem far too coincidental.

Two years after the murder-suicide of her husband and his cousin, Peg, Slone has remarried Peg’s husband, who survived the “incident”. Slone found love with Whit by some twist of fate and restarted her life only for the proverbial rug to be pulled out from under her. Surgery. Lupus. And a new home health nurse. Will Slone’s life ever be the same?

The story starts out s-l-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-w, it really took me a while to get into it. Even though the story drags for a while, the whole plot and twist are right in our faces the entire time but you just don’t want to believe it. Since I don’t want to spoil it, let’s run through the characters and some crucial scenes:

• Rosemary – Slone’s (ex) Mother In Law, Robert’s mother, and Peg’s Aunt – She reminded me of Verna Thornton from Scandal, she is who I pictured when reading from Rosemary’s POV. She is a strong woman and refuses to let the people around her, play in her face. She had great intuition and I loved to see it.
• Athena – Slone’s New Home Health Nurse – She’s tricky because I didn’t trust her but, once everything was revealed, I still was waiting for another shoe to drop. I didn’t like her tie-in with the tragedy but loved her redemption story.
• Emmy – Slone’s Daughter and, Rosemary’s Grandaughter – Girl, you needed a leave of absence and to go see about your mother.
• Whit – Slone’s Husband – Narccisst. I knew he was up to go good from chapter one.
• Slone – Took her way to long to sniff out the trouble but, I get it, you need to build up the drama. Once she got wind of everything, I loved the comeback.

Character development was great. The writing was good. Again, my only gripe was the pacing, it drug along pretty slowly for me. However, I enjoyed the story as a whole and was fond of Slone, Emmy, and Rosemary. This was a great quick read and I would absolutely tell others to check it out.

This was my first read from the duo, but based on this book, I will add a few others of theirs to my TBR.

One-Word Summary: Belladonna