Four Steps to the Perfect Revenge
Lilian Monroe
From the mind that brought you Dirty Little Midlife Crisis comes a funny, fast-paced ride that starts with an impulsive revenge scheme but might just end up a love story. Even after their breakup, Ellie Davis can’t seem to shake her ex-fiancé. First it was the cheating, then it was the rumors, and now she finds out Jason’s been trying to get his greedy hands on her parents’ property. Where does it end? With revenge, Ellie decides. But she might just need a little help first. Enter Fernley Island’s OddJobs app. When the local boat mechanic she hires sends his nephew instead, Ellie has to readjust her plans to account for Hugh Hartford, who’s handsome, brooding, and only in town for a few days. But he keeps showing up, so Ellie keeps hiring him. Little does she know Hugh has his own reasons for investigating Jason Brownlow… As more evidence against Jason turns up, so does the heat between Ellie and Hugh. But if revenge is a dish best served cold, can their spark survive—or will the secrets between them burn it out?
Publication Year: 2023
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Ellie was so annoying and so problematic. And if you ask me, she needed therapy. Her character was a lot. She was a disaster and had horribly impulsive ideas. And she never really had to take accountability for her actions. And if you ask me, I have no idea what Hugh even saw in her. Because from what I saw, she gave him nothing. This is one of those books where the happy ending was not what I wanted. I honestly think she should’ve done more to make it happen. I’m very disappointed on how it turned out. I mean, sure. Ellie was horribly by her ex, and even the town and the aftermath of what he asked did. But she had zero coping skills and pretty immature responses to adversity. I think the biggest problem is that the conflict was just stupid. What happened was completely blown out of proportion in my opinion, so it made the last 20% or so of the book kind of unbearable, because Ellie was pretty unbearable.
To be fair, some of the things that happened were pretty funny, and I did enjoy reading some parts of this. But I didn’t really care too much for the beginning or the end.
0This gripped me RIGHT AWAY with the small town vibes and hilarity … soon I was completely lost to this novel as it also packs a cozy mystery, and absolute chaos. Toss in ‘I Love Lucy’ style antics (only more plausible / less ridiculous) and I was dying of laughter before long. Monroe is quickly becoming one of my top authors, the more of her work I read.
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