Lifelong New Yorker Ronnie Khan never thought she'd leave Queens. She's not an "aim high, dream big" person-until she meets socialite wellness guru Marley Dewhurst.
Marley isn't just a visionary; she's a revelation. Seduced by the fever dream of finding her best self, Ronnie makes for the Desert Mountains of Sedona, Arizona.
Healing yoga, transcendent hikes, epic juice cleanses...Ronnie consumes her new bougie existence like a fine wine. But is it, really? Or is this whole self-care business a little sour?
When the glam gurus around town start turning up gruesomely murdered, Ronnie has her answer: all is not well in wellness town. As Marley's blind ambition veers into madness, Ronnie fears for her life.
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The sound of the shovel hitting yet another rock made her shudder. PROLOGUE
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(Thomas & Mercer, 1 August 2022, ebook, 336 pages, bought from @AmazonKindle, #AmazonFirstReads)
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This is a new author for me. I really wanted to enjoy Kismet. I liked the title and the blurb sounded like the kind of thriller I could get into. But something about the book left me cold and didn't quite work for me. There are chapters from the point of view of ravens who seem to wish the humans ill and it's implied they conspire with the killer. This came across as slightly ridiculous. I also really didn't like Ronnie as a character. She's a whiny, wet blanket. The book takes some interesting dramatic turns in the last pages but not enough to make for the points that let it down.
