Week 33 Review: Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now

From Goodreads:
"I've got seven days to come clean to my new dad. Seven days to tell the truth…"

For sixteen–year–old Tiffany Sly, life hasn't been safe or normal for a while. Losing her mom to cancer has her a little bit traumatized and now she has to leave her hometown of Chicago to live with the biological dad she's never known.

Anthony Stone is a rich man with four other daughters–and rules for every second of the day. Tiffany tries to make the best of things, but she doesn't fit into her new luxurious, but super–strict, home–or get along with her standoffish sister London. The only thing that makes her new life even remotely bearable is the strange boy across the street. Marcus McKinney has had his own experiences with death, and the unexpected friendship that blossoms between them is the only thing that makes her feel grounded.

But Tiffany has a secret. Another man claims he's Tiffany's real dad–and she has only seven days before he shows up to demand a paternity test and the truth comes out. With her life about to fall apart all over again, Tiffany finds herself discovering unexpected truths about her father, her mother and herself, and realizing that maybe family is in the bonds you make–and that life means sometimes taking risks. 

My Review:
Oh, I loved reading this book! I have some anxiety, but oh, it was hard to see Tiffany and how difficult it was for her, especially with her mom dying, and going to live with her dad-but another guy is popping up, saying that he could be her dad. It was complicated, and it was such a great read!

Tiffany was a really great character to read about. I felt for her pain, her loss of her mother, and being uprooted to live with a guy who she doesn't know. On top of that there's her anxiety, which I'm familiar with, though mine is more something will go wrong vagueness while hers is a bit more specific in each situation. 

I felt so badly for her, to go through so much loss-and change. And pressure. Between her dad's family and the rules and expectations they have for her, and another guy saying he's her father, it's a lot. There are good spots, like Marcus, but it's tough!

Watching everything go down, the relationships that she formed, the things she learned about these people, and what they learned from her, I loved it. And that ending was really great to read, I loved how it wrapped up! 

Loved reading this book, and I can't wait to read more by Dana L. Davis! 

Author: Dana L. Davis
Read: August 16th, 2022
Source: Edelweiss/Library
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a DAC Book and a SAC 2022 Book!
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Published: April 23rd 2018

5/5 Hearts

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5/5 Stars