stephaniepao 's review for:

Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh

5.0

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Wow! I didn’t know what to expect going into this, but I was totally hooked. It’s been pitched as Crazy Rich Asians meets Succession, and honestly, that’s spot on. I always love a book about the super wealthy, especially when they behave badly, and this one was packed with juicy drama that had me flipping pages nonstop. I devoured it in under 24 hours.

The story follows Jia Song, a Korean American lawyer who’s just made junior partner. She gets pulled into this wild family drama when she starts working with the Park siblings, heirs to a major Korean beauty brand fortune. Their parents are going through a bitter divorce, and Jia is brought in to help investigate their father’s suspiciously low financial disclosures. What follows is a rollercoaster of secrets, power plays, and major “who can we trust” moment. And I ate it up!

I also loved the integration of Korean culture and language throughout the book. I tandem-read with the audiobook, and the narrator’s authentic pronunciation of Korean words and names really brought the story to life. I highly recommend the audiobook!

This book was bingeable, dramatic, and so much fun. I truly had the best time reading it and could not put it down.

Thank you to Flatiron Books, NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced copies.