Many thanks to NetGalley and Random House | Ballantine Books for gifting me a digital ARC of the sophomore book by Francesca Serritella. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4.5 stars rounded up!
Iris is feeling a bit loss after a recent breakup and being overlooked at her job as a lighting designer. Then a mysterious neighbor, an older Frenchwoman, makes her a special personal perfume. One spritz and she is a different person. Suddenly, men are interested and she's dazzling a new client at work, But she also finds herself in the sordid side of the cutthroat NY real estate world.
Serritella, daughter of and coauthor with Lisa Scottoline, proves that her debut novel, Ghosts of Harvard, wasn't a one off, and we can expect more fabulous books! From the beginning, I got caught up in this story, its beautiful writing, the mystery, and the romance - because it really has it all. At its core, it's a story of coming to terms with your past and into your best self. There were lots of fascinating subplots too, and I learned about scents, environmental lighting, glass blowing, and even egg retrieval, I loved the ending too - can't say more without ruining anything but it was perfect. Plus, that gorgeous cover.
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