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izziede's review against another edition
I haven't left any stars for this review as I really dislike with a vengeance the 'twin' troupe.
I read this trilogy as I love Penny Reid and her work so I thought I'd give it a try.
I still dislike the twin troupe, Mona, the heroine is a twin to her sister Lisa and the premise of the book is her taking her sisters place, making her house sitter/twin sitter believe he is with Lisa not Mona.
So it's not rocket science to foresee that Abram would fall for Lisa/Mona and raise a huge issue that she is Mona not Lisa.
It was well written, a little wordy for me but sparks of Penny Reid genius are there.
The family dynamic is complicated and I could have punched Lisa's bff the face, she was so shallow and annoying.
I felt for Mona but at the same time, as with the twin troupe, she needed to just tell him.... There were reasons why she couldn't but still...
Although Abram is in the music scene he is no manwhore.
No intimate scenes with anyone other than the Hero and heroine. No intimacy at all.
No cheating.
Cliffhanger. Its not difficult to predict the cliffhanger ending but you will need book 2 straight away.
This is not my favourite PR book, Abram appeared in the previous trilogy about Caitlyn and Martin, which i loved.
I read this trilogy as I love Penny Reid and her work so I thought I'd give it a try.
I still dislike the twin troupe, Mona, the heroine is a twin to her sister Lisa and the premise of the book is her taking her sisters place, making her house sitter/twin sitter believe he is with Lisa not Mona.
So it's not rocket science to foresee that Abram would fall for Lisa/Mona and raise a huge issue that she is Mona not Lisa.
It was well written, a little wordy for me but sparks of Penny Reid genius are there.
The family dynamic is complicated and I could have punched Lisa's bff the face, she was so shallow and annoying.
I felt for Mona but at the same time, as with the twin troupe, she needed to just tell him.... There were reasons why she couldn't but still...
Although Abram is in the music scene he is no manwhore.
No intimate scenes with anyone other than the Hero and heroine. No intimacy at all.
No cheating.
Cliffhanger. Its not difficult to predict the cliffhanger ending but you will need book 2 straight away.
This is not my favourite PR book, Abram appeared in the previous trilogy about Caitlyn and Martin, which i loved.
iniya's review against another edition
4.0
Loved reading this new series by Penny Reid... Only problem I had was, it sometimes didn't seem narrated by a 19 year old girl..!
jannat_'s review against another edition
3.0
I want to start off by saying I love this author.
But I didn't really enjoy this book or was captured the way I usually am by a Penny Reid book
I felt the balance of inner monologue and dialogue was skewed in that there was a lot of inner monologue on Mona's part and chunks of paragraph thrown in that I mostly skimmed it. I was in Mona's head for the most part of the book which is usually nice to get into the characters head but I needed some outside interactions to feel for the other main character.
Second, the twin trope, specifically the switching part was hard for me to get into. But that comes down to personal preference. I don't care for those tropes unless it's done really well. Abram was falling for Lisa as Mona whereas as Mona was falling for Abram as Lisa. Maybe because of this, I couldn't feel the angst or chemistry between them. I felt that part of the story dragged on until when things finally picked up at the last page.
Hopefully, the next book will be highly enjoyable.
*ARC provided in exchange for review.
But I didn't really enjoy this book or was captured the way I usually am by a Penny Reid book
I felt the balance of inner monologue and dialogue was skewed in that there was a lot of inner monologue on Mona's part and chunks of paragraph thrown in that I mostly skimmed it. I was in Mona's head for the most part of the book which is usually nice to get into the characters head but I needed some outside interactions to feel for the other main character.
Second, the twin trope, specifically the switching part was hard for me to get into. But that comes down to personal preference. I don't care for those tropes unless it's done really well. Abram was falling for Lisa as Mona whereas as Mona was falling for Abram as Lisa. Maybe because of this, I couldn't feel the angst or chemistry between them. I felt that part of the story dragged on until when things finally picked up at the last page.
Hopefully, the next book will be highly enjoyable.
*ARC provided in exchange for review.
booksfortheliving's review against another edition
4.0
First of all, you should know that Penny was not kidding. This book ends on a DOOZY of a cliffhanger. Maybe one of the worst (obviously making it the best) cliffhanger I’ve ever read in a book.
But let’s back up a minute. What’s the book about? Put simply, Mona pretends to be her identical twin sister Lisa, so their parents don’t find out that Lisa messed up, big time. Lisa and Mona are not very close as they spent their later childhood years separately due to their schooling. Mona was a highly gifted student while Lisa on the other hand, well, made less than stellar choices. So it’s a little messy as Mona doesn’t really know Lisa all that well, and therefore isn’t quite sure how to act like her. Not to mention the fact that Mona is not a trained actress and therefore, isn’t a great one.
So, wanting to be a supportive and helpful sister, Mona agrees to pretend to be Lisa for a week. Their parents are out of town, but their brother’s bandmate Abram is watching the house for them. The only person Mona has to fool is Abram — which shouldn’t be too difficult considering Lisa and Abram have only met once and Abram has never met Mona. Should be a piece of cake, right? Maybe not…
This book has a lot of physics in it. If you’re put off by internal dialogues of characters who are obviously way smarter than you, you may not like this book. It was a little slow at first, but I had to remind myself that this is only part one of a trilogy. So book one was a bit more setting everything up. Starting the fire before letting it rage in book two (I can only assume it will, as I haven’t read book 2 yet).
Both Mona and Abram are highly likable characters in my opinion. I warmed up to Abram a lot faster than I thought I would considering what I remembered of him from his little cameo in the Elements of Chemistry series. He is the definition of a sensitive musician but seems as though he tries to hide it. Mona is a bit socially awkward, but only in the most lovable and charming of ways.
Penny does a great job building the chemistry with these two, which only makes the cliffhanger that much worse (and by worse, of course I mean better). Penny is an evil genius, and I can’t wait to read what she’s written for Mona and Abram in book two, Space, coming March 11th.
I voluntarily read an early copy of this title.
But let’s back up a minute. What’s the book about? Put simply, Mona pretends to be her identical twin sister Lisa, so their parents don’t find out that Lisa messed up, big time. Lisa and Mona are not very close as they spent their later childhood years separately due to their schooling. Mona was a highly gifted student while Lisa on the other hand, well, made less than stellar choices. So it’s a little messy as Mona doesn’t really know Lisa all that well, and therefore isn’t quite sure how to act like her. Not to mention the fact that Mona is not a trained actress and therefore, isn’t a great one.
So, wanting to be a supportive and helpful sister, Mona agrees to pretend to be Lisa for a week. Their parents are out of town, but their brother’s bandmate Abram is watching the house for them. The only person Mona has to fool is Abram — which shouldn’t be too difficult considering Lisa and Abram have only met once and Abram has never met Mona. Should be a piece of cake, right? Maybe not…
This book has a lot of physics in it. If you’re put off by internal dialogues of characters who are obviously way smarter than you, you may not like this book. It was a little slow at first, but I had to remind myself that this is only part one of a trilogy. So book one was a bit more setting everything up. Starting the fire before letting it rage in book two (I can only assume it will, as I haven’t read book 2 yet).
Both Mona and Abram are highly likable characters in my opinion. I warmed up to Abram a lot faster than I thought I would considering what I remembered of him from his little cameo in the Elements of Chemistry series. He is the definition of a sensitive musician but seems as though he tries to hide it. Mona is a bit socially awkward, but only in the most lovable and charming of ways.
Penny does a great job building the chemistry with these two, which only makes the cliffhanger that much worse (and by worse, of course I mean better). Penny is an evil genius, and I can’t wait to read what she’s written for Mona and Abram in book two, Space, coming March 11th.
I voluntarily read an early copy of this title.
aishareadsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about a story being split into three, especially compared to the last series like this but this was a very solid beginning to this series and I’m looking forward to seeing how this all ends
meera01's review against another edition
3.0
I used to love this author and think she could do no wrong. And while I think she still writes good stories, some are clearly better than others. This one is in the middle. I liked it enough but the main character was annoying at times. Her sister and Gabby were annoying were pretty much the whole time. I did like Mona and Abram together but the manufactured conflict felt just that, manufactured. It didn’t feel real so I didn’t get lost in this book like I do with her better ones. But she still tells a story better than most romance authors out there that I can’t wait to read the next two in the trilogy.
bookishfairy's review against another edition
I'm not rating the book because I went in not having understood the love story would be based on a lie (nice twin sister has to pretend she is bad girl twin sister) and I can't deal with the repercussion of the lie in the drama right now. Maybe I'll come jack to it.
bibliophile_xo's review against another edition
1.0
I love the work of Penny Reid, by and large, but I did not love this one in the least, nor did I enjoy it. I've never in my life rated any of her books this low but there was just too much here that didn't work for me or connect with me.
Let's start with premeditated deception/dishonesty powered by familial entitlement & emotional blackmail (yuck). I hate how the deception lasted the entire book and every time he thought he was saying her name, or having a positive interaction, he thought it was her sister's. I also hated her sister and Gabby both; catty, selfish, wildly irresponsible and don't forget mean-spirited.
I hate the trope of mcs being forced/coerced into doing unnecessary, unethical and unsavory things for family in the name of LoVe.
I regret that I was outside my return window; I think this is a sign I need to get my ass on Kindle Unlimited. Quickly. I felt obligated to skim the entire thing because I paid for it outright. In my defense, I've never disliked a PR book this much and I bought this grouped in with the previous books of the series because I mostly enjoyed them. Won't be proceeding to the next one, unfortunately.
Let's start with premeditated deception/dishonesty powered by familial entitlement & emotional blackmail (yuck). I hate how the deception lasted the entire book and every time he thought he was saying her name, or having a positive interaction, he thought it was her sister's. I also hated her sister and Gabby both; catty, selfish, wildly irresponsible and don't forget mean-spirited.
I hate the trope of mcs being forced/coerced into doing unnecessary, unethical and unsavory things for family in the name of LoVe.
I regret that I was outside my return window; I think this is a sign I need to get my ass on Kindle Unlimited. Quickly. I felt obligated to skim the entire thing because I paid for it outright. In my defense, I've never disliked a PR book this much and I bought this grouped in with the previous books of the series because I mostly enjoyed them. Won't be proceeding to the next one, unfortunately.