Let’s start with the title- so good, so apt. This book is all about potential- potential career, potential dreams, potential storylines, potential murder. I was up late flipping pages. The book had interesting themes and was well written- an impressive debut! That said, I also had some challenges. Evie is supposed to come from a lower income background in rural NC, she’s Jewish and gay- I had a hard time believing her identity...and I’ll acknowledge that might have been the point- she bucks assumptions, but I didn’t quite buy it. The romance was also…interesting. Without giving anything away, I’ll just say I wanted more from the last third of the book, but I was intrigued overall. I’m curious to see what the author writes next.

Short summary: Evie arrived at the Victor’s house prepared to tutor their daughter for the SATs, not become wanted for murder…even less to become a fugitive with a woman she discovered tied up beneath the stairs.

Thanks to Netgalley and William Morrow. ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

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