My thoughts
I can't believe this is my first book by this author. I will be reading more. This book was so good y'all. From the first page to the very last word it had me hooked. It was funny and had me tearing up too. I adored the three main characters. At first I was leary of Truman. I mean, how could I not be...
Jane was keeping her brother's daughter Cricket when he and his wife, Jane's best friend, were away. Jane was divorced from a local man and the whole town blamed her for his infidelity. Go figure.... He was from a rich family. Jane was fairly content with her life but very suspicious of men. After what her ex did you can't blame her.
Cricket is Jane's fourteen year old niece. She's a treasure. Truly a good kid. She loves her aunt and pretty much minds what she tells her.
Truman lives next door. He's watching Jane and Cricket. He does things that will have you wondering about his intentions. I liked him but was also very intimidated by him. He was an older man with a lot of tattoos. He was always watching Jane and Cricket. Keeping up with how long they were gone. He went inside their house a couple of times. He also replaced the back door for Jane after he broke the window of the previous one. Who does that if they are not up to know good??
Rob is Jane's ex. He and his family are rich, selfish, pieces of work. I didn't like any of them.
This book really was a fun one though. You got to know people on a real level. Their thoughts and how they treated each other. I'll never understand how any woman can blame another woman when the husband does such awful things. That will always blow my mind. In this small town though it is what most of the women have done to Jane.
I think this story is one to keep you thinking. Do you really know your neighbors. The new ones?
The audio for this is amazing. The narrators did such a good job. They brought each character to life. Made them all the more realistic.
Grab this book and hold on. You are in for a pleasant read...
Thank you Lake Union and Brillance Publishing for this ARC.
About
A wickedly funny and empowering thriller about women, the manipulators who underestimate them, and keeping your dignity while saving the day by the author of I Thought You Said This Would Work.
Jane Baye is a regular person, good at a lot of things, but identifying the serial killer right in front of her isn’t one of them.
In 1990, college senior Jane wrote to an incarcerated woman because it seemed like a nice thing to do. Thirty-six years later, that felon, actually a man, has moved in next door. He’s watching her every move, with a decades-long plan for Jane that a nice person like her would never see coming.
Especially because Jane is wrapped up in her own a small-town golden boy with talk of forever and a diabolical history of cheating. When she exposes her ex, the entire town of Wonder Lake turns against her.
It’s no wonder she doesn’t see what’s coming on the night of the Norwegian heritage festival.
But woe to those who mistake Jane for a pushover. When celebration becomes a fight for survival, the very qualities that make her ordinary become the weapons she’ll bet everything on.
Jane Baye is a regular person, good at a lot of things, but identifying the serial killer right in front of her isn’t one of them.
In 1990, college senior Jane wrote to an incarcerated woman because it seemed like a nice thing to do. Thirty-six years later, that felon, actually a man, has moved in next door. He’s watching her every move, with a decades-long plan for Jane that a nice person like her would never see coming.
Especially because Jane is wrapped up in her own a small-town golden boy with talk of forever and a diabolical history of cheating. When she exposes her ex, the entire town of Wonder Lake turns against her.
It’s no wonder she doesn’t see what’s coming on the night of the Norwegian heritage festival.
But woe to those who mistake Jane for a pushover. When celebration becomes a fight for survival, the very qualities that make her ordinary become the weapons she’ll bet everything on.
