Thanks to Netgalley and Head of Zeus publishing for providing me with an early review copy.

I wasn't planning on plowing through it like this, but here we are, 50 pages yesterday and literally the other 270 pages today. For me, that's honestly wild. The fact that it's a thriller definitely helped with the speed-reading situation. The pacing is just really well done, and the way the author switches between different perspectives keeps everything moving at this perfect pace that makes you want to keep going.

Now, I need to address the marketing comparison to "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" because it's a bit misleading. If you're going in expecting the deep character stuff and emotional gut-punches that Taylor Jenkins Reid writes, you might want to adjust your expectations, Eleni Kyriacou does not. The only real similarity is that they both take place in 1950s Hollywood. This book does a great job with that setting. I actually learned some pretty interesting stuff about the entertainment industry during that era. The author manages to show both sides of Hollywood, all the glitzy, glamorous stuff alongside the really dark, messed up parts of the industry.

The way it handles the thriller aspects is just really solid. It's got all the twists and reveals in the right places, the suspense actually feels suspenseful, and the whole Hollywood setting adds this extra layer that makes it stand out.

This deserves to blow up next year when it comes out. It's just a really well-executed thriller that does everything you want from this genre. I don't typically give 5 stars to thrillers (that's just how I rate things), but this is about as good as it gets for me in this category. The way it kept me glued to the pages says it all, really. The whole thing is just very captivating from start to finish.