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I was very excited to be approved for an arc of Perfect Little Lives after loving Someone Had to Do It by twin sisters Amber and Danielle Brown. Their mystery books are thrilling and sexy. I just can’t get enough of their books.

About The Book 📚

Title: Perfect Little Lives

Author: Amber and Danielle Brown

Publication Date: Dec 5, 2023

Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing/Graydon House

Genre: Mystery

Pages: 368

Content Warnings: nudity, sexual content, profanity, violence

About The Author

“Amber and Danielle Brown both graduated from Rider University where they studied Communications/Journalism and sat on the editorial staff for the On Fire!! Literary Journal. Following their degrees, they pursued a career in fashion and spent five years in NYC working their way up from interns to assistants to then managing their own popular fashion + lifestyle blog. Amber is also a screenwriter, so they currently live in Los Angeles, which works out perfectly so Danielle can spoil her 30 (and counting!) plant babies with copious amounts of sunshine.” https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22021571.Amber_Brown

My Review

› Dedication: “To everyone searching, be honest with yourself, answers are not always the truth.”

› Simone is always focused on her flaws, both physical and mental. She works at a publisher and is a freelance book reviewer, wishing she could make a living writing her own books instead of editing other people’s work. Her father is in jail for murdering her mother 10 years ago, a crime which he claims he did not commit. No one in her life knows about her father except her fiance, Reggie.

› Reggie is a lawyer and always focused on work. The sex is great, but Simone feels like they aren’t close and don’t talk about important things. He blows her off for a lunch date and BAM she runs into her childhood best friend, Hunter Bishop. Oh, I should add he’s super cute, kind, and smart.

› Simone wants to return to their hometown to find new evidence so her father can have a new trial and Hunter is right there helping her every step of the way. Her relationship with Reggie is on the rocks as she becomes closer to Hunter. Simone is also trying to convince a true crime documentarian to delay making a film about her mother and father until she’s able to discover the truth. Simone is about to reveal secrets that will ruin their Perfect Little Lives.

› I rate reviews similar to the CAWPILE method
I don’t give a 0 rating for anything.
1-2 Really bad
3-4 Bad (F: Failed)
5 Mediocre (barely passed)
6-7 Good (C)
8-9 Really Good (B)
10 Outstanding (A)

› Characters: 8
› Atmosphere: 7
› Writing Style: 8
› Plot: 8
› Intrigue: 9
› Logic: 10
› Enjoyment: 9

Average 8.4

My Rating ★★★★

› Final Thoughts
• I suspected the killer early on, but there were a couple of twists I didn’t see coming. Exciting and sexy, Perfect Little Lives is a tense and dark mystery. I feel like the blurb gives away too much, so I recommend going into this one without reading it.

 Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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