e-Audio, 09:22:33
Narrated by: Sarah Mollo Christensen
Release Date: July 15, 2025
Published by: Books on Tape (Berkley)
Read from: July 12-14, 2025
Stand-alone
Source: The Publisher’s App (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and their app. I also received a physical hardcover of this book from the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)
Content Warning: Murder, Death of a Parent, Death, Emotional Abuse, Blood, Infidelity, Eating Disorder, Animal Cruelty, Sexual Content
For Readers Interested In: Audio, Contemporary, Sparkly Covers, Most Anticipated, Adult, Mystery, ThrillerAlexandra grew up hungry. Hungry for food, hungry for safety, hungry for love. Which is why she’s worked so hard to have it a beautiful home, a gorgeous doctor boyfriend, and an ambitious job matching individuals with… unconventional emotional responses. Sure, her clients may sit somewhere on the psychopathy scale. But they’re not the dangerous, murderous kind. They’re doctors, lawyers, teachers, and everyone deserves love.
And that’s exactly what Alex thinks she’s found. Love. So she’s floored when she arrives to her dinner with her boyfriend, expecting a ring in a little box, and instead finding her best friend sat at the table with him. They have news. They’re together now. And apparently her birthday dinner is the best time to share the news.
Suddenly, Alex’s world implodes. She has lost the two people in the world closest to her, her only support. She’s utterly alone, her future in pieces. So when she unexpectedly bumps into a client, Rebecca, and Rebecca seems to want to be friends, it feels like a lifeline.
But then Alex’s now ex turns up dead, then more people around her seem to be dropping like flies. And she can’t help but wonder if this new friendship is a match made in hell.
*MY THOUGHTS*
This was UNHINGED. But this was what I needed at the time lol I had so much fun with this. I thought my mouth would be dropped open forever because of how much it kept dropping open in surprise while I read. This book was a mess lol And I loved it.
OK so the main character was so….. Unhinged? What’s another word for that? I don’t want to say what happened because it IS a mystery, but the title of this is kind of a spoiler. She does matchmaking for people who would probably never get picked on dating sites. It sounds weird, but she matches them with each other so I said ok. Suspend your disbelief for now. And it was worth it because this was strange, but good. As you read you find out so much about this character. I can say with absolute certainty that you will have no idea where this is going lol Plus, there is so much weird happening, that once things start happening you won’t even recognize the main character at the end.
The mystery was good tho. I had no idea who it was. But I can honestly say it was because literally everyone in this book is a liar and everyone is unhinged and weird. This wasn’t really my usual read, but I was so intrigued by everything about it and as it turns out, it was definitely something I loved. The mystery aspect and the thriller aspect made this hella enjoyable. The thriller part was mainly the ending. As things progress, you start to see things change for her and that’s when you realize she isn’t as nice as she seems, so you realize that this is also a thriller as well. I won’t say more about that because of spoilers, but I hope you love the transition in this as much as I did.
This was truly a surprise book, but I truly had so much fun reading this. I knew from the back of the book that this was going to be a Nikki book, but I didn’t know how much of one it would be lol I know now that I need to read everything else that the author wrote before lol
Overall, I give this
