What Pretty Gets You- Blog Tour

 

Author: Chandra Hoffman 

Publisher: Fifth Generation Publishing 

Publishing Date: 10th March 2021 

Many thanks to BookReview Crew for the blog tour and digital copy for review

Blurb

19-year-old Maia works a kiosk at Philadelphia International Airport, waiting to be discovered and watching people’s lives take off while hers stays stagnant. When a handsome commuter charms her with stories of the perfect life in the snow-capped mountains of Colorado, she rashly follows him into a future she was not expecting. Desperate to regain control of her life and sentenced to bedrest in her second pregnancy, Carolyn makes the dangerous decision to hire the young woman she suspects is sleeping with her husband to be their nanny. Friends close; beautiful enemies closer, she reasons.Carolyn and Maia harbor secret pasts. What unfolds in Boulder over the summer exposes the gritty underbelly of their dreams and forces both women to question the bounds of loyalty, the complicated nature of female friendship, and the privilege and peril of physical beauty.

My Thoughts

This was a plot driven book and I really enjoyed it. It took me a few chapters to get into it but I am glad I perceived with it. Themes of betrayal, relationships, family are thread through the book. 

What was interesting and the author really drew out was the chapters alternated between 2 women, Maia who is 'the other women' and Carolyn whos' partner is cheating on her whilst she is pregnant. I think this is what enticed me to read it as it focused on both women whereby its normally one or the other. 

The opening pages are based in airport and sets a good scene. We get to find out about Maia who works there. Generally she goes unnoticed getting on with her daily duties up until Joel. Charming Joel who worms his way into Maia life and they develop flirty communication each time he sees her whilst flying for his business trips. Soon as you start reading this, you know it going to be a bumpy road ahead. 

Both women have/had challenging lives. We learn more about Carolyns manipulative family, her friends and of-course her adulterous husband. The trauma of past and present life and  a toddler plus another one on the way, I really felt for Carolyn but equally she also has a bad side. All the characters do to, we learn the good and bad about them and how they have come to make their decisions...even if we don't agree with them!

Enjoyable read and would recommend. Out now so get yourself a copy. 

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