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Moorewood Family Rules
by HelenKay Dimon
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.