Ava Simon plans out every single minute of her life. No, seriously. Time for Ava is broken up into 30 minute “units” and she is very meticulous about how each of those units is spent. Ava is a Senior Engineer for STADA, a Brooklyn-based home goods company (think: IKEA). All is well and good at her job until the new boss shows up. Mat Putnam is a young, energetic and talkative AKA the exact opposite of Ava. She’s not old by any means, but she’s definitely not as young as him. When Mat gives Ava a ride home from work one day, a relationship blossoms and Ava finds herself in a position she never thought she’d be in again: happy. But as the saying goes, everything that glitters ain’t always gold. Everyone has secrets and some secrets are too big to hide for long.
This book is not your average romance. Surprisingly, the romance isn’t even the most important part! It’s a big part, of course, but there are bigger forces at play here. It’s also a thriller. At a certain point, I put the pieces together but the way the ending played out was one I didn’t expect. The last 50 pages kept me on my toes, wondering what was going to happen next. Wondering where else there was left to go.
There were two things I really enjoyed about this book. The first is how it’s set up so that the reader follows along with Ava’s thought process. As she starts to put pieces together and ask questions, the reader is doing the same. We follow alongside Ava on her journey through doubt and love, feeling these very same things about other characters. The other thing I really enjoyed was how much it related to the world we live in now.
Without giving too much away, Mat is a part of this group called the Good Guys (yes, I thought the same thing) which is basically a self-help group for men around the world. Yes. You read that right. The connections these men make allow them to help each other get into high places, even when they are nowhere near qualified. Sound familiar? I agree.
The blurb on the back describes the book as “a send-up of male entitlement and a bighearted account of grief, friendship, and trust.” I absolutely agree. The twists and turns of this book make it a fun ride that you don’t ever want to get off. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.
This book is not your average romance. Surprisingly, the romance isn’t even the most important part! It’s a big part, of course, but there are bigger forces at play here. It’s also a thriller. At a certain point, I put the pieces together but the way the ending played out was one I didn’t expect. The last 50 pages kept me on my toes, wondering what was going to happen next. Wondering where else there was left to go.
There were two things I really enjoyed about this book. The first is how it’s set up so that the reader follows along with Ava’s thought process. As she starts to put pieces together and ask questions, the reader is doing the same. We follow alongside Ava on her journey through doubt and love, feeling these very same things about other characters. The other thing I really enjoyed was how much it related to the world we live in now.
Without giving too much away, Mat is a part of this group called the Good Guys (yes, I thought the same thing) which is basically a self-help group for men around the world. Yes. You read that right. The connections these men make allow them to help each other get into high places, even when they are nowhere near qualified. Sound familiar? I agree.
The blurb on the back describes the book as “a send-up of male entitlement and a bighearted account of grief, friendship, and trust.” I absolutely agree. The twists and turns of this book make it a fun ride that you don’t ever want to get off. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.