The Sweetest Revenge
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Lizzy Dent
“I love, love, love Lizzy Dent.”—Emily Henry, author of People We Meet on Vacation and Happy Place Bridesmaids meets Emily in Paris—in London—in this hilarious and heartfelt story of one handsome neighbor, one no-good ex, and the summer Amy Duffy makes the comeback of her life.Her past is a mess. But her present is about to get delicious.Amy is more than one disastrous night of drunken revenge on her boss/ex-boyfriend’s Audi—the night that tanked her rising TV producer career and led to a hasty move to London for a fresh start. She is thirty years of awesomeness. At least, that’s what Amy tells herself every morning before trekking to her mediocre job making trailers at a failing British TV channel.Two years later, she’s finally starting to believe it. Sparks are flying between her and Jake, her handsome new downstairs neighbor, and there’s a competition at work that just might get her career back on track while bringing her and Jake even closer. But then, in a twisted turn of fate, the ex-boyfriend who wrecked her life is hired as her new boss and past and present are about to epically, hilariously collide.
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Author
Lizzy Dent
Pages
368
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2023-07-25
ISBN
0593545478 9780593545478
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"In a word, this book was hot. It was a easy reading short story filled with heat. The story is from Abigail’s POV and the only two people who actually speak are her and Makenzie.<br/><br/>Abigail, who had a wicked crush on the younger Mackenzie, finally gets up the nerve to make a move. She is sorely rebuffed leading her to attempt the epic revenge. Mackenzie, who has had negative experiences with women pretending to be interested as an office dare, doubts Abigail’s attraction when the older woman approaches her, so she blows her off! Big mistake!!<br/><br/>As always the narrator was wonderful and really made the story pop. I loved the way she differentiated the two women.<br/><br/>I received this book in exchange for an honest review."
Georgette Atkinson Brown
"Perfect summer read "
pg Bentley
"I really liked the plot and the resolution. I enjoyed the book thoroughly despite hoping for some love scenes. There was one implied love scene in the book, but no deliberate spice. There is very good tension between the characters, however it never truly gets resolved, as Lizzy doesn’t include it. The ending was fairly quick and while it was very satisfying, I wish that the fate of the antagonist was expanded further. Overall, 7.5/10. I don’t recommend to anyone who wants lots of spice, however I do and I still liked the book. I think it’s a great choice for someone who isn’t comfortable with explicit sex scenes but still wants a good romance."
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Lauren Monaghan
"The Sweetest Revenge is a perfect summer read if you're looking for a bit of comedy, a comeback story, and some love mixed in along the way. Amy and Jake are a perfect match of two people who have each suffered some epic viral humiliation (public urination on a car?! jumping off a cliff to escape reality tv?!) and are building themselves back up. <br/><br/>[Note: As I wrote this opening graph, I realized that Amy (the female MC) working on The Comeback Special for her network CTV is an extended metaphor for her personal comeback story that plays out throughout the novel. It's clear that my brain was not fully functioning from 4a-6a when I read this!]<br/><br/>Often times lately I have been reading books and feel like there are a lot of superfluous characters that are only there to fill space rather than add to the plot. The nice thing about this book for me was that every character who Dent bothered to introduce to the reader ended up playing some type of role in the overall arc of the narrative. Phew!<br/><br/>Thanks to NetGalley for the digital ARC."
Ashley Rowe
