Seeing the relationship between the sister's develop and change as secrets are discovered, this makes it a very intriguing read.

Deeply moving and layered with a gamut of emotions and characters that were messy and real, I had to put it down a few times because there was so much to take in.

For a decade Jess has put her life on hold to raise younger half-sister Teagan after their mum abandoned them to join a con man, the subject of a popular true crime podcast. She's reluctantly compelled to accompany her sister, podcast host Salem and her intern Adam on a road trip to uncover what happened to her mum.

There were so many delightful, quiet moments where Jess and Adam just get and see each other. Jess is very insular, brittle, yet has a hard carapace. She refuses to express herself. Adam gently draws her out and gives her lots of space. While there's an instant connection when they first meet, theres is a slow-burn with lots of quiet, unnamed pining as Jess resists opening herself up. Adam, too, is also broken. The death of his best friend and teammate led him to going viral after publicly condemning hypocrites who bullied his best friend.

Kate Clayborn excels in this compelling story about a complex sister relationship, parental abandonment and somehow manages to combine a swoony slow-burn romance. There's so many adjectives to describe this book - heartfelt, poignant, absorbing. All the characters felt so real. I cannot highly recommend this book enough.

Thanks to Little, Brown Book Group UK, Piatkus and NetGalley for the ARC.

This was a very heartfelt read told from the perspectives of Jess and Adam who come into each others orbit thanks to Jess’s eighteen year old sister Tegan who is desperate to find out what happened to their mum who disappeared ten years ago leaving Jess to raise Tegan. Adam is the junior half of a podcast duo and desperate to make a success of finding Jess’s mum who has links to a conman whom his boss did a top rated podcast about ten years ago and is eager to follow up, if they can do this successfully then Adam will get the chance to make his podcast about his friends mental health problems that ultimately played a part in his death. Both Jess and Adam have a lot at stake as Jess has put her life on hold for Tegan and would do anything to protect her whereas Adam is still broken by his friends death and wants to use it to raise awareness of the issues it highlights. Both are truly fantastic characters with a lot of depth and a fantastic emotional connection that absolutely carries this story. The chemistry between the two is what makes this story although it interesting to discover what happened to her mum and also observe how the relationships of the four main characters evolves. This is a very moving and emotional read which just gets better and better as the story progresses.