saturday shoutout









carpe librum 

seize the book 


or in my case...books LOL 


today i'm featuring a book that is out this tuesday - the 13th 





Ella is flat broke: wasting away on bodega coffee, barely making rent, seducing the occasional strange man who might buy her dinner. Unexpectedly, an Upper East Side couple named Lonnie and James rescue her from her empty bank account, offering her a job as a nanny and ushering her into their moneyed world. Ella’s days are now spent tending to the baby in their elegant brownstone or on extravagant excursions with the family. Both women are just 26—but unlike Ella, Lonnie has a doting husband and son, unmistakable artistic talent, and old family money.
Ella is mesmerized by Lonnie’s girlish affection and disregard for the normal boundaries of friendship and marriage. Convinced there must be a secret behind Lonnie’s seemingly effortless life, Ella begins sifting through her belongings, meticulously cataloguing lipstick tubes and baby teeth and scraps of writing. All the while, Ella’s resentment grows, but so does an inexplicable and dizzying attraction. Soon Ella will be immersed so deeply in her cravings—for Lonnie’s lifestyle, her attention, her lovers—that she may never come up for air.


this book...think single white female- kinda sorta but more dark 

so many feelings...

i'll start by saying that despite what i'm about to say, i think it's worth the read 

i tore through book - it's written with a quick fast paced format- lean and without a bunch of extras
it's extremely well written with a bit of an 80's movie feel to it (not a bad thing)

HOWEVER...

i really wished that a few chapters would have been told from Lonnie's POV and that ending... yeah i wasn't a fan

again - overall it was good and i would read another book by this author 



indiebound



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