Guillotine
Ratings11
Average rating3.9
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Ratings11
Average rating3.9
The Menu meets Ready or Not in this dark tale of opulent luxury and shocking violence from the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom. Thrift fashionista Dez Lane doesn't want to date Patrick Ruskin; she just wants to meet his mother, the editor-in-chief of Nouveau magazine. When he invites her to his family's big Easter reunion at their ancestral home, she's certain she can put up with his arrogance and fend off his advances long enough to ask Marie Caulfield-Ruskin for an internship someone with her pedigree could never nab through the regular submission route. When they arrive at the enormous island mansion, Dez is floored—she's never witnessed how the 1% lives before in all their ridiculous, unnecessary luxury. But once all the family members are on the island and the ferry has departed, things take a dark turn. For decades, the Ruskins have made their servants sign contracts that are basically indentured servitude, and with nothing to lose, the servants have decided their only route to freedom is to get rid of the Ruskins for good…
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A big thank you to Edelweiss Plus and Penguin Random House for an advanced peek at the new Dawson book. Of course, it is also your fault that I was trapped in a chair for 6 hours. You see, I popped the book open to make sure it loaded correctly and wham!I could not put this down. I'd recently discovered Dawson last month when I read [b:Bloom 78627220 Bloom Delilah S. Dawson https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1697552294l/78627220.SX50.jpg 103796795] (also a 5 Star read for me). It's time to eat the rich, my friends. Dez is a smart, talented fashion designer who just needs an “in”. She creates one by dating the son of a major fashion publication. He is the worst, but she's willing to put up with a lot to get 5 minutes with his mother. She scores an invite to the family's island for a family event. A whole weekend to woo her idol. It sounds like heaven. I was going to stay spoiler-free here, but what happens next is in the book's description. It still does not prepare you for the events that happen. Guillotine makes The Menu and Hide and Seek look like Disney movies. It's like a well-oiled revenge machine! I love how Delilah Dawson's mind works, I am also a little afraid of her. Well done!
