e-Audio, 08:48:11
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Release Date: March 11, 2025
Published by: Books on Tape
Read from: March 14-15, 2025
Stand-alone
Source: PRH Audio (I received a free e-ALC from PRH Audio App and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)
Content Warning: Gun Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury Detail, Confinement, Violence, Blood
For Readers Interested In: Action, Adult, Audio, Contemporary, ThrillerDate night goes off the rails in this hilariously insightful take on midlife and marriage when one unhappy couple find themselves at the heart of a crime in progress, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise.
Jane and Dan have been married for nineteen years, but Jane isn’t sure they’re going to make it to twenty. The mother of two feels unneeded by her teenagers, and her writing career has screeched to an unsuccessful halt. Her one published novel sold under five hundred copies. Worse? She’s pretty sure Dan is cheating on her. When the couple goes to the renowned upscale restaurant La Fin du Monde to celebrate their anniversary, Jane thinks it’s as good a place as any to tell Dan she wants a divorce.
But before they even get to the second course, an underground climate activist group bursts into the dining room. Jane is shocked—and not just because she’s in a hostage situation the likes of which she’s only seen in the movies. Nearly everything the disorganized and bumbling activists say and do is right out of the pages of her failed book. Even Dan (who Jane wasn’t sure even read her book) admits it’s eerily familiar.
Which means Dan and Jane are the only ones who know what’s going to happen next. And they’re the only ones who can stop it. This wasn’t what Jane was thinking of when she said “’til death do us part” all those years ago, but if they can survive this, maybe they can survive anything—even marriage.
*MY THOUGHTS*
I quite literally started this on a whim. I read the synopsis and said, “the world is burning. I need something to make me laugh.” So I said I’ll listen to the first chapter to see how I feel. And then….. Next thing I know I was more than halfway through it lol
Ok so the main thing I didn’t like about this book was the plot. It was good and fast paced, but it literally made no sense. The publicist? The police?! Absolutely not. Idc if it WAS small town. That entire instance could have been cut out of the book because Lordt knows they brought nothing of substance. The rest of it was not believable at all. And look I know this is fiction, but I came into this thinking it was realistic fiction lol And it was not.
It was funny tho. I laughed out loud so many times. Her husband made me shoot soda out of my nose. But then it changed and her daughter made me mad. I had a lot of feelings in this book. It was really the weirdest thing I’ve read in a long time. To be honest, Idk how to even write this review. I’m too afraid to accidentally say something that might count as a spoiler. The writing style was great. I was hooked from beginning to end. I HAD to know what was going to happen. It really was like watching a movie the whole time.
I can say that I liked this one, but not because of its literary merit. lol it was more so because of the vibes it gave me. I was entertained, I couldn’t stop reading, and I finished it overnight in one sitting. I do think it had a good message tho because of the reason why it was happening. Not the silly tiff thing with him, but the overall message that started from this. I just don’t actually care for anyone that does anything in the extremes, so this was a lot for me.
This definitely made me realize that there are far too many books out there. I had no idea about this book, but I went looking under the humor tab and look how much I enjoyed it. I hope this makes y’all want to pick it up now. If nothing more than to see what the weirdness of this was lol
Overall, I give this
