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An atmospheric story about race, identity, and revenge with touches of magical realism that delivers. Two Asian women, Soyoung "Sophia" Moon and Shelley "Erin" Hu/Callaghan meet to exact revenge on three individuals (Amy Cloverfield, Gene Struzik, and Auggie Flores) who ruined Shelley's life. Sophia Moon comes to the seedy motel Shelley works offering her a chance at revenge. Sophia has been traumatized in a similar way so she is able to convince Shelley she can help her achieve a new and better life. Shelley accepts Sophia's offer and the plans begin. Told along with Shelley's story is Soyoung's duplicitous background which leaves you wondering what's the reason for Sophia's help, especially as Sophia's help turns into obsession and the revenge is darker than Shelley realizes.

This is kind of a thriller in a way but the friendship element that starts the book throws you off until that becomes weird as the book goes on. Another element explored in the book includes discrimination as both women have experienced this. My only criticism is the weird ending but otherwise I stayed riveted to the story lines
This is a pretty good debut novel. I encourage anyone interested is revenge stories to give this a try.

I'd like to thank NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for allowing me access to read this ARC.