Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai

Rating: WARTY!

I used to like NPR, but they apparently think this is "A page-turner you won’t put down" I disagree: it actually needs to be put down if the dumb-ass book description is anything to go by. "When someone live-tweets her coffee shop conversation with a stranger, Katrina finds herself thrust into the spotlight. And though the public is rooting for her to reconnect with the man, Katrina only has eyes for her bodyguard, Jas." WTAF? If she has a bodyguard, isn't she already in the spotlight? And WTF was the bodyguard doing that he didn't notice this invasion of her privacy? Fire his ass. And who gives a fuck about this stranger? And the authority figure in her life - the bodyguard - isn't considered an inappropriate relationship? This novel is so many kinds of wrong it's a dumpster fire. But nice play on "Gone Girl" with the title. Maybe that'll net you a few sales and everything will be A'Rai, A'Rai, A'Rai....