The unintentional theme of this post is people pretending to be something they are not. As you will see, this rarely ends well. These books were worth the delayed bedtime and the irritable mood the next day as a result.
Lucky by Marissa Stapley. As an infant, Lucky was dropped off at a convent by her mother and picked back up by her father. Her childhood was anything but ordinary as her father was a career conman. Lucky adopted John’s ways and spends a lot of her young adulthood on the run as a result. A wrinkle develops when Lucky discovers she has a multi-hundred million dollar winning lottery ticket. Lucky knows that if she turns it in, she will have to answer for her crimes. Add in a quest to find Lucky’s long-lost mother and you have a story you cannot put down.
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Pretty Things by Janelle Brown. Like Lucky, Nina is the child of a con artist who falls into the family business despite her efforts to get out. Nina makes a living off stealing from the wealthy who share their extravagance on social media. The main heist targets an heiress from Nina’s childhood. Nina and her boyfriend Lachlan pose as renters on Vanessa’s Lake Tahoe estate hoping to take Vanessa for what she is worth. None of this goes according to plan and Nina finds herself in a deep hole that she cannot even rely on her mother to dig her out of. Pretty Things is current in its portrayal of the sometimes deceptive appearances put on by influencers. This book carries home the message that what you see online is rarely reality.
Impostor Syndrome by Kathy Wang. Julia, an executive in Big Tech experiences an impostor syndrome different from the one that probably came to mind. She is a Russian spy who has landed the position of COO at Tangerine, a company that appears to be a hybrid of Facebook and Google. Julia’s “handler” has asked her to use her status as COO to steal users’ data in increasingly risky ways by utilizing “God Mode.” Obviously, madness unfolds. This book is a perfect mix of ambition, glamour and suspense. Image from:
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