Nina Ross is desperate to save her mother's life, but her degree in Art History doesn't really bring in the big money. So she joins the family business of being a grifter. She has paired up with Lachlan, a handsome Irish conman, in order to pay the mounting medical bills from her mother's cancer. Just when Nina thought that they were in the clear and the cancer was in remission, they get devastating news. Nina and Lachlan decide to go for the big whale. A wealthy heiress in Lake Tahoe. They plan and scheme and set off for Tahoe to run the biggest con of their lives. But this isn't the first time that Nina has been to Lake Tahoe, in fact, this isn't the first time that she has been to the majestic Stonehaven on the shores of Lake Tahoe. She isn't there just to land the big whale, she is there to settle some old scores. But is she really ready to risk everything for revenge?
Pretty Things by Janelle Brown is a masterpiece of deception and revenge. Told from the alternating viewpoints of Nina and Vanessa you get inside the heads of two desperate women with secrets they want to be kept hidden. From the very first introduction of Lachlan, I felt that he was a slimeball. Something about him just made me feel icky. There were so many twists and turns in this epic story that more than once I found my gaping open. There was one particular revelation about Nina's mother that just left me speechless. -CLICK HERE FOR SPOILERS. I was very, very pleased with the ending. It felt justified and just right.
Bottom Line - Pretty Things needs to be on everybody's summer reading list. It is an engrossing story that will keep you guessing at every turn of the page. And those kinds of books make for the perfect escape, do they not?
Details:
- Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
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- Pages: 496
- Publisher: Random House
- Publication Dae: 4/21/2020
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- Thank you to NetGalley for the book in exchange for an honest review.
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