Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review.
Not much to say about this, it started off interesting, we have a story within a story that slowed the story down, and then we have the twist/reveal and I found myself finding the ending totally unbelievable. But it reminded me a bit of a book I just finished, The Ending Writes Itself. All in all, a strong three star read, but not a book I would re-read in the future.
Revenge Plot by Stephanie Wrobel follows a mysterious man named Arnie Tenderton who along with a young boy named Theo seemed focused on getting to a destination. Then Arnie purposely crashes his car and then we shift over to a book agent, Claudia Conley. Claudia we find is experiencing some holiday blues. Her brother won’t join her, but she’s focused on celebrating by herself. Then a car crashes near a place she is renting for the holidays. Claudia meets Arnie and Theo and brings them inside. After some initial commentary with Arnie though, Claudia becomes scared about why he is really there. And why he has a book that he insists that Claudia must read. The book shifts around too to some internet sites, emails, that talk about elusive and mysterious writer, Jo Stone.
Don’t want to get into things that are spoilery, but the story within the story answers some questions about the set up to why Arnie is there to confront Claudia. But in the end that does drag the story down significantly. And honestly that is all I really need to say, the book was significantly slow once we get past the first half. Also, it was weird all of the Claudia and Arnie third person POVs dealt with food. It just was weird considering the book was focused on writing, agents, and editors.
