This was a suspenseful, quick read, where you’re not sure who you can trust and even the narrator doesn’t seem reliable.
Anna Sanchez is living what she would describe as her dream life — she has a husband who she loves madly and is an incredibly successful artist, two beautiful children, and a fulfilling career as an associate math professor. She loves cooking and cleaning, advising her doctoral students — especially Alex, the newest genius PhD student in the mathematics department — and she’s eagerly anticipating a promotion. But, after she witnesses an accident, suicide, murder (??) and witnesses a confusing exchange between her husband and his young and beautiful art curator, her life doesn’t seem to be as picture perfect as she believes it to be. As she spirals into out-of-control drinking and other self-destructive behavior, she’s not sure who she can trust, or even if she can trust herself.
If you’re looking for a book that you can read in one sitting and will keep you in suspense all the way through, then this is a good one to read. Personally, I stayed up until one in the morning to get this one done (which I paid for when my 4-year-old woke me up before seven that morning.) I thought the author did a good job of building the suspense and intrigue quickly, and it was hard for the reader to know who to trust.
Even so, some of this wasn’t as believable. Anna is a mathematics professor, so presumably isn’t unintelligent, and yet she doesn’t act very smart through most of the book. She doesn’t understand when people are taking advantage of her or when she’s being manipulated and used. The situation with her mother doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense if you think about it for too long. For someone as smart as she is supposed to be, she really makes a lot of dumb choices, which was less believable.
But if you can suspend your disbelief from some of the more out there plot points, this was a fun read.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and Bookouture in exchange for my honest review. It has not influenced my opinion.