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A review by thepagelady
Better Together by Christine Riccio
3.0
Jamie’s an aspiring standup comic in Los Angeles with a growing case of stage anxiety.
Siri’s a stunning ballerina from New Jersey nursing a career-changing injury.
They’ve both signed up for the same session at an off the grid Re-Discover Yourself Retreat in Colorado. When they run into each other, their worlds turn upside down.
Jamie and Siri are sisters, torn apart at a young age by their parent's volatile divorce. They’ve grown up living completely separate lives: Jamie with their dad and Siri with their Mom. Now, reunited after over a decade apart, they hatch a plot to switch places. It’s time they get to know and confront each of their estranged parents.
With an accidental assist from some fortuitous magic, Jamie arrives in New Jersey, looking to all the world like Siri, and Siri steps off her flight sporting a Jamie glamour.
The sisters unexpectedly find themselves stuck living in each other's shoes. Soon Siri's crush on Jamie's best friend Dawn. Jamie's falling for the handsome New Yorker she keeps running into, Zarar. Alongside a parade of hijinks and budding romance, both girls work to navigate their broken family life and the stresses of impending adulthood.
Thank you, St. Martin’s Press for sponsoring this giveaway giving me the chance to read Better Together by Christine Riccio!
I had a hard time getting into this book. I hate to say this but just like a lot of other people it reminded me of The Parent trap. I stuck with it till the end. I don't think it is a bad retelling, I just think that it was better suited for a younger person. It was a long book. I don't think it was an awful book, just not for someone my age. So in the end I don't think the book was horrible I just think it would have been better suited with someone younger especially with the relation to some movies it seems to have in common it's hard to read a book with its own spin on something that was popular for you when you were growing up. Even more so when there have been so many other different spins made. Happy reading everyone!
Siri’s a stunning ballerina from New Jersey nursing a career-changing injury.
They’ve both signed up for the same session at an off the grid Re-Discover Yourself Retreat in Colorado. When they run into each other, their worlds turn upside down.
Jamie and Siri are sisters, torn apart at a young age by their parent's volatile divorce. They’ve grown up living completely separate lives: Jamie with their dad and Siri with their Mom. Now, reunited after over a decade apart, they hatch a plot to switch places. It’s time they get to know and confront each of their estranged parents.
With an accidental assist from some fortuitous magic, Jamie arrives in New Jersey, looking to all the world like Siri, and Siri steps off her flight sporting a Jamie glamour.
The sisters unexpectedly find themselves stuck living in each other's shoes. Soon Siri's crush on Jamie's best friend Dawn. Jamie's falling for the handsome New Yorker she keeps running into, Zarar. Alongside a parade of hijinks and budding romance, both girls work to navigate their broken family life and the stresses of impending adulthood.
Thank you, St. Martin’s Press for sponsoring this giveaway giving me the chance to read Better Together by Christine Riccio!
I had a hard time getting into this book. I hate to say this but just like a lot of other people it reminded me of The Parent trap. I stuck with it till the end. I don't think it is a bad retelling, I just think that it was better suited for a younger person. It was a long book. I don't think it was an awful book, just not for someone my age. So in the end I don't think the book was horrible I just think it would have been better suited with someone younger especially with the relation to some movies it seems to have in common it's hard to read a book with its own spin on something that was popular for you when you were growing up. Even more so when there have been so many other different spins made. Happy reading everyone!