Week 39 Review: Better Together

From Goodreads:

Freaky Friday meets The Parent Trap in this sparkling and heartfelt story about sisters, second chances, finding romance, and finding yourself.

Jamie's an aspiring standup comic in Los Angeles with a growing case of stage anxiety.

Siri's a stunning ballerina from New Jersey nursing a career-changing injury.

They've both signed up for the same session at an off the grid Re-Discover Yourself Retreat in Colorado. When they run into each other, their worlds turn upside down.

Jamie and Siri are sisters, torn apart at a young age by their parent's volatile divorce. They've grown up living completely separate lives: Jamie with their Dad and Siri with their Mom. Now, reunited after over a decade apart, they hatch a plot to switch places. It's time they get to know and confront each of their estranged parents.

With an accidental assist from some fortuitous magic, Jamie arrives in New Jersey, looking to all the world like Siri, and Siri steps off her flight sporting a Jamie glamour.

The sisters unexpectedly find themselves stuck living in each other's shoes. Soon Siri's crushing on Jamie's best friend Dawn. Jamie's falling for the handsome New Yorker she keeps running into, Zarar. Alongside a parade of hijinks and budding romance, both girls work to navigate their broken family life and the stresses of impending adulthood.

My Review:
I really enjoyed reading this book! I had a great time with her first book, and with this one following 2 perspectives, Jamie and Siri, of sisters who really don't know each other. I've never seen the Parent Trap, but the magic to make them look like each other, I couldn't wait to see how the story unfolded from there!

I watch YouTube a lot. And Christine from polandbanaansBooks is someone whose channel I follow, and I have since just before Again But Better. So I was watching all the video's that she was releasing as she was writing this book, editing it, most if not all of the publicly shown process of publication. I didn't know the story yet, but I knew the story of the book, so that was just a great part of reading this book!

This is the story of two sisters, who are having quarter life crisis. Siri is a ballerina, but she got an injury that means that she won't be able to dance professionally. Jamie wants to be a stand up comedian, but she has stage fright. That they switch lives, get a chance to live in each other's shoes, maybe explore different things that they could want to do in the future, was such a great read!  

Watching the relationships develop for each sister, they were so cute, and I enjoyed them so much! And they added something really great to this coming of age story. Because this book was also about family, and about growing up, and I had a really great time reading it! 

I had a great time reading this book, and I can't wait for the next book from Christine Riccio!

Author: Christine Riccio
Read: September 25th, 2021
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Loved her first book and it sounded really great, and it's a RR Book, SAC 2021 Book, Sophomore Challenge Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Published: June 1st 2021

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars