A review by alisarae
We Could Be Beautiful by Swan Huntley

When I got this book from the library, I was under the impression it was a thriller. This is despite the cover not looking like a thriller cover in the least, although the title is almost a thriller title. It was just lacking the word "girl" or woman" and a preposition like "The Girl on the Could Have Been Beautiful Train" or "The Woman in the Beautiful Window." At 80% through the book, I was still not convinced that this book was not a thriller. This is because the main character is a rich asshat with a perfect fiancé who refuses to talk about his past (this is a thriller recipe for domestic disaster) and the language of the book is thriller language. She lives in a pure white house with a blood red door. None of her friends or family likes her perfect fiancé. He makes kids nervous and cry-y. Her mom with Alzheimer's freezes up when the fiancé is around. These kinds of clues are dropped all the time but make no mistake, this is NOT A THRILLER. There are some twisted weird family secrets but it has a happy ending sooo...... Anyways, it was like when you are promised ice cream from Dairy Queen and then you are given a popsicle. This is not what was promised.