I was initially excited to read this book as the premise sounded really interesting. Here is the premise -
Beverley Franklin will do whatever it takes to protect her local school's reputation. So when a scandal involving her own daughter threatens to derail the annual school musical's appearance on national television, Beverley goes into overdrive. But in her efforts to protect her daughter and keep the musical on track, she misses what's really going, both in her own house and in the insular Glass Lake community - with dramatic consequences.
And this did sound really interesting, however half way through the book, I realised that maybe I shouldn’t be reading this right now in my time of life as I couldn’t really connect with our central character. That being said - this book is hilariously witty yet mirrored by tragedy. And in my opinion, though this book is very character-driven, it still has this slow-burn mystery that brings a lot of excellent twists and excitements. This kept me reading as I kept guessing along the way of who done it and it has a great pay off towards the end. It was a beautifully written piece of contemporary work with dry humour and dark moments. Another thing that kept me reading was how entertaining and enjoyable it was.
Beverley Franklin will do whatever it takes to protect her local school's reputation. So when a scandal involving her own daughter threatens to derail the annual school musical's appearance on national television, Beverley goes into overdrive. But in her efforts to protect her daughter and keep the musical on track, she misses what's really going, both in her own house and in the insular Glass Lake community - with dramatic consequences.
And this did sound really interesting, however half way through the book, I realised that maybe I shouldn’t be reading this right now in my time of life as I couldn’t really connect with our central character. That being said - this book is hilariously witty yet mirrored by tragedy. And in my opinion, though this book is very character-driven, it still has this slow-burn mystery that brings a lot of excellent twists and excitements. This kept me reading as I kept guessing along the way of who done it and it has a great pay off towards the end. It was a beautifully written piece of contemporary work with dry humour and dark moments. Another thing that kept me reading was how entertaining and enjoyable it was.