Special thanks to NetGalley for the Arc of this book.

After hearing about this book on Anne Bogel's Podcast "What Should I Read Next", I knew I had to check this book out. The premise of this book sounded so good. An author who's in an extreme writing slump hears a story idea from one of his students at a writing workshop. Years pass and out of curiosity, our main character looks up the student to see if his novel was ever finished. Turns out the student passed away before he could ever publish the idea. Deciding not to let such a good idea go to waste, our failing author writes the story himself and it becomes an instant bestseller. But when he receives a mysterious email calling him a thief, he investigates.

I was ready to get my socks knocked off. Unfortunately, this book fell flat for me. While I enjoyed the twists and turns, the first 80% of this book makes it hard to reach them. The writing came off as pretentious and flowery to me, with our narrator sounding like he was better than everyone else. The entire first chapter was an info dump of our main character and his writing career.

While this book wasn't for me, it may be for you! Check it out on May 11th when it releases.