Waggoner Caraval Carry On Cassandra Clare Celeste Ng Chance of a Lifetime Charlie Jane Anders Chris Pavone Claudia Gray Clockwork Angel Colleen McCullough Contemporary Cynthia Swanson Dean Koontz Deborah Harkness Diane Ackerman Diane Setterfield Diversity Doing Harm Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Elsewhere Emily Croy Barker Emily St. Tags A Court of Thorns and Roses A Darker Shade of Magic A Head Full Of Ghosts Alexandra Bracken All The Birds in the Sky All the Bright Places All the Ever AFters Amie Kaufman Amy Harmon Anna and the French Kiss Assassin's Apprentice assassins At the Water's Edge Audrey Coulthurst Austenland Ava Jae Beauty Beauty and the Beast Beyond the Red Book Haul Book Outlet Book Outlet Haul Book Review Brandon Sanderson Britt Bennett C.M. I don’t think I will be reading any more Julia Bartz books. Towards the end it just became a crzy mess of “what the hell is going on here?” Then there was a feeling of Alex going through a bit of Stockholm Syndrome, and I didn’t like that. At first, I enjoyed the book and was curious to see where it was going. Julia Bartz is good at building suspense but lacks fully developing her characters and sticking to one storyline. This was definitely a book by a first-time author. Taylor is another writer attending the retreat. Several things were touched on but never fully developed: the ghost story, Wren and Alex’s friendship and possible lesbian relationship, Roza’s backstory, and Taylor’s backstory. A ghost story is touched on, but I didn’t think it was developed as much as it could have. This sounds enticing, but as the story progresses, it gets darker and more twisted. Roza will choose the best one, and the writer will receive a publishing deal and instant success. They will spend their time at the retreat writing a complete novel. Roza Vallo reveals to the five attendees that there will be a winner at the end of their month-long stay. Alex is not looking forward to seeing Wren again, but there are worse things waiting for her at the retreat than a former best friend. At the retreat, more details about their friendship will be revealed.
Alex wins an invitation to this retreat, but so does Wren. Roza is holding a monthlong writing retreat at her estate for five lucky novice writers. Wren and Alex both revere the author Roza Vallo. The story of this breakup is slowly revealed to us. She is still getting over the end of her friendship with her best friend Wren, who is also a writer.
She works in publishing and dreams of getting an agent and getting her books published. While it was an easy and quick read, it did not live up to its hype.Īlex is a thirty year old writer living in Brooklyn. It sounded exciting, and I was looking forward to a good thriller. This was one of my most anticipated books for 2023.
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