So Close by Sylvia DayRating: ✩✩✩✩✩
Disclaimer: I had no idea this book had been "in production" for several years to the dismay of many an avid fan. So, my response to seeing ARCs available on NetGalley was just excitement to see something new from an author I had previously enjoyed. Now onto the review:
I will confess that I considered DNFing this one after the first one or two chapters, it felt like too much undefined angst, unreliable narrators and the only woman-identifying lead we had met was heavily unlikable with no apparent reason. Then comes the first of many twists.
From here on, we get an interesting tale of love, obsession, business espionage, damaged families and mysterious backstories. I wont detail too much here, for the spoilers could abound, but this book does keep you reading in desperation to solve the puzzles inside puzzles that Day has built. For fans of the author, this feels like coming home *and* a major shift in the sophistication of the writing. I was concerned that my initial love of the Crossfire series was merely because it was so much better than what else was out there in the genre (especially since the first few chapters left me kind of cold), but here Day write a new romantic thriller that feels fresh and clever among so many great titles now at our fingertips.
My only critique would be that while the twists are exciting and genuinely surprising, there are roughly seven gazillion loose ends in the interwoven stories. Granted a second book in the series is forthcoming, so I cannot wait to read the next one and see how the rest of this plays out.
Disclaimer: I had no idea this book had been "in production" for several years to the dismay of many an avid fan. So, my response to seeing ARCs available on NetGalley was just excitement to see something new from an author I had previously enjoyed. Now onto the review:
I will confess that I considered DNFing this one after the first one or two chapters, it felt like too much undefined angst, unreliable narrators and the only woman-identifying lead we had met was heavily unlikable with no apparent reason. Then comes the first of many twists.
From here on, we get an interesting tale of love, obsession, business espionage, damaged families and mysterious backstories. I wont detail too much here, for the spoilers could abound, but this book does keep you reading in desperation to solve the puzzles inside puzzles that Day has built. For fans of the author, this feels like coming home *and* a major shift in the sophistication of the writing. I was concerned that my initial love of the Crossfire series was merely because it was so much better than what else was out there in the genre (especially since the first few chapters left me kind of cold), but here Day write a new romantic thriller that feels fresh and clever among so many great titles now at our fingertips.
My only critique would be that while the twists are exciting and genuinely surprising, there are roughly seven gazillion loose ends in the interwoven stories. Granted a second book in the series is forthcoming, so I cannot wait to read the next one and see how the rest of this plays out.
Published on 28 March 2023 by Ronin House
Book #2 of 2023
Book #2 of 2023
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