When a Ciara and Oliver start seeing each other days before Covid-19 reached its peak, they decide to move in together to be able to continue to see each other. In their bubble they both see a unique opportunity to develop their relationship, but it also might make keeping their own secrets that much more difficult. When detectives arrive at the apartment and find a decomposed body, the police are left untangling the love bird’s relationship and determining whose body has been left behind.

I wasn’t ready. I wasn’t ready for lockdown books when I read this back in July 2021. While I enjoyed the unique way Steadman was able to incorporate lockdown into the mix, being extremely sick/pregnant and being reminded of some of the most uncertain times was not a good mix for me. The writing style was fine if not a bit repetitive and though there were some nice twists added in, I couldn’t seem to find a good rhyme while reading the story. I never felt particularly connected to either of our main characters and overall, it was a lackluster reading experience for me.

Hitting a little too close to home, I was not ready to read all about lockdown barely a year out from it starting. I enjoyed the concept and the plot but found the ending to be a bit lackluster. Mixed in with it being ‘too soon’ to have read a Covid lockdown story, this ended up being just okay for me. A decent mystery but nothing outstanding for me.

AMAZON | GOODREADS |★★★

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