This was good, not great. It was described to me as Succession meets Saltburn, but I’d say it also reminded me a bit of The Inheritance Games. It dragged a bit at times, but the ending was spectacular. Maya Miller is a former reality TV star and party girl. She’s now a bit of a mini mogul, with her makeup line and name all over the gossip mags. She’s managed to snag the most eligible bachelor, Colin Sterling. The Sterling family is equal parts aristocracy and media conglomerate. And . . . they are not nice. When Maya and Colin return from their wedding, they learn that their cousin Arianna (heiress to the whole fortune) has been brutally murdered. The entire family decamps to their English countryside estate, where they are told it is a lockdown for their own safety. But Maya is beginning to think it’s actually to keep secrets in vs. out. Maya is determined to figure out what happened to this mysterious cousin she’d never even met. All bets are off when the family learns that Arianna has left her entire fortune to Maya, of all people. It is a wild ride. I wish it were maybe just 50 pages less, but I still enjoyed it.
the stripe
by GRACE ATWOOD
The Stripe is a lifestyle blog for the stylish bookworm. Since its first post in 2010, it has aimed to be a daily source of inspiration for the modern woman. Written by Grace Atwood, The Stripe aims to leave you feeling like you just had coffee with a great girlfriend: savvier, more confident, and always learning something new.