4.25⭐️Wow, that was powerful and at times hard to listen to but not in a negative way. The author takes you on a forthright journey through a family dealing with various challenges and the impacts each of those things has on the family individuals and as a whole. It really examines the stress and hardships that can occur when the expectations are overly high in a family dynamic.

There is a bit of a mystery that unfolds when Nina’s sister Carmen ones home from college a completely different person then she was. To me everything is quite clear and there were no surprises but that could be because of my personal career.

The audio book was quick and listening at 2x speed I was able to consume it in one sitting at a bit over 3 hours. The narrator Cindy Kay did a fabulous job with her vocals which were very calming and fit the prose.

The most important part before you read this is to take a look at the trigger warnings as they are a lot but the raw look at reality can be very healing for some.

The book comes out June 17, 2025

I am thankful to have gotten a complimentary audio ALC from RB Media through NetGalley to read which gave me the opportunity to voluntarily leave a review.

My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars

⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea (potentially DNF’d or thought about it)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again