I'm excited to be a part of the Blog Tour for The Opportunist by Elyse Friedman! I received a free electronic copy for honest review from the publisher. Thanks so much to MIRA and Elyse Friedman for letting me be a part of the tour!
Author: Elyse Friedman
Published by: MIRA
Released: December 6, 2022
Source: Electronic Review Copy Provided by Publisher
Synopsis: A deliciously sly, compulsively readable tale about greed, power and the world’s most devious family.
When Alana Shropshire’s seventy-six-year-old father, Ed, starts dating Kelly, his twenty-eight-year-old nurse, a flurry of messages arrive from Alana’s brothers, urging her to help “protect Dad” from the young interloper. Alana knows that what Teddy and Martin really want to protect is their father’s fortune, and she tells them she couldn’t care less about the May–December romance. Long estranged from her privileged family, Alana, a hardworking single mom, has more important things to worry about.
But when Ed and Kelly’s wedding is announced, Teddy and Martin kick into hyperdrive and persuade Alana to fly to their father’s West Coast island retreat to perform one simple task in their plan to make the gold digger go away. Kelly, however, proves a lot more wily than expected, and Alana becomes entangled in an increasingly dangerous scheme full of secrets and surprises. Just how far will her siblings go to retain control?
Smart, entertaining and brimming with shocking twists and turns, The Opportunist is both a thrill ride of a story and a razor-sharp view of who wields power in the world. (Synopsis from Goodreads)
My Thoughts: This was a really fun read that kept me on the edge of my seat. When I heard the synopsis for The Opportunist, I knew that I wanted to read it. Whenever I hear about these situations in real life, I always wonder what is going through the older kids minds. What would they do to save their parent's money from someone who is in all likelihood a gold digger? It's just a fascinating subject.
Most of the people in this story are not good people. I was definitely hooked, trying to see and guess just what was going to happen next. I really enjoyed all the twists and turns in this one.
I really enjoyed this and I think a lot of other people will like this too. I'd definitely recommend giving it a read.
Elyse Friedman is a critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, poet and playwright. Her work has been short-listed for the Trillium Book Award, Toronto Book Award, ReLit Award and Tom Hendry Award. She has also won a Foreword Book of the Year Award, as well as the 2019 TIFF-CBC Films Screenwriter Jury Prize and the 2020 TIFF-CBC Screenwriter Award. Elyse lives in Toronto.
Thank you for checking out my Blog Tour Stop for The Opportunist by Elyse Friedman. A big Thank you to MIRA and Elyse Friedman for letting me be a part of the tour. This is definitely one to add to your TBR.
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