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3.31 AVERAGE
3.31 AVERAGE
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
This feels repetitive and I don't actually care about any of the characters
3.5-4 ⭐️
I really loved the characters. They were very well developed and yet could still surprise you.
Beck and Jillian’s banter was hilarious, sexy and just so much fun. I enjoyed the revelations at the end of how everything came together.
Be prepared for a lot of drama and arguments around the breakfast, and dinner tables. This was where most of the action happened. It helped build up the mystery since no one was spilling their secrets to the family. However it also kept the reader at bay or built up the mystery for us readers, where the secret wasn’t all that grand.
If you are looking for a fun, reality style drama comedy this is your book.
I really loved the characters. They were very well developed and yet could still surprise you.
Beck and Jillian’s banter was hilarious, sexy and just so much fun. I enjoyed the revelations at the end of how everything came together.
Be prepared for a lot of drama and arguments around the breakfast, and dinner tables. This was where most of the action happened. It helped build up the mystery since no one was spilling their secrets to the family. However it also kept the reader at bay or built up the mystery for us readers, where the secret wasn’t all that grand.
If you are looking for a fun, reality style drama comedy this is your book.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was hoping for a page-turner. This was not that.
Light family drama centered around a family of conartists. Listened to it in the car and found it entertaining.
This was a fun and fast paced read about a complicated and flawed family with a generational dedication to their “family business,” - which is in this case, grift con and fraud! The promotional blurbs compared it to Knives Out, but I think a better comparison would be “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.” Each character is fun and dialed up to 11, it made for a very cinematic reading experience.
Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this prior to publication.
Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this prior to publication.
Jillian Moorewood is fresh out of prison and fresh out of patience dealing with her con artist family.
6/10 ⭐️
Tropes | Forced Proximity
Heat Level | ☁️ closed door, fade-to-black
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Given the packaging, I assumed Moorewood Family Rules would be a humorous contemporary romance with a plot based on con artists.
If you are expecting a believable romance which is integral to the plot, this is not the book. The romance could be removed and not affect the story at all.
If you are looking for a story about privileged, spoiled sociopaths doing evil things to each other, then this hits those buttons.
The mood of this book was a struggle. There was a lighthearted, breezy quality which clashed with the character’s actions. Would someone be blasé about their sister trying to murder them?
Part of what I love about a good heist story is a balancing of the scales and the Robin Hood factor. Or, at the very least, people who learn a lesson and are redeemed or make restitution. In this case, there is no redemption, but we have a whole family of Sheriffs of Nottingham competing to be the least worst human.
Where I was rooting for Jillian to bring these con artists, Ponzi schemers, love scammers, and confessed murderers to heel, that never really happens. We’re left with a deeply unsatisfying end after a promising start.
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Thank you to NetGalley and Avon/Harper Voyager for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Expected publication Apr 25, 2023.
6/10 ⭐️
Tropes | Forced Proximity
Heat Level | ☁️ closed door, fade-to-black
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Given the packaging, I assumed Moorewood Family Rules would be a humorous contemporary romance with a plot based on con artists.
If you are expecting a believable romance which is integral to the plot, this is not the book. The romance could be removed and not affect the story at all.
If you are looking for a story about privileged, spoiled sociopaths doing evil things to each other, then this hits those buttons.
The mood of this book was a struggle. There was a lighthearted, breezy quality which clashed with the character’s actions. Would someone be blasé about their sister trying to murder them?
Part of what I love about a good heist story is a balancing of the scales and the Robin Hood factor. Or, at the very least, people who learn a lesson and are redeemed or make restitution. In this case, there is no redemption, but we have a whole family of Sheriffs of Nottingham competing to be the least worst human.
Where I was rooting for Jillian to bring these con artists, Ponzi schemers, love scammers, and confessed murderers to heel, that never really happens. We’re left with a deeply unsatisfying end after a promising start.
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Thank you to NetGalley and Avon/Harper Voyager for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Expected publication Apr 25, 2023.
Good story, but zero character development and chaotic writing.