Blog Tour Review, Someone Had to Do It

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Someone Had to Do It
Amber and Danielle Brown

352 pages
Graydon House
December 27, 2022

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About the Book: 

Brandi Maxwell is living the dream as an intern at prestigious New York fashion house Simon Van Doren. Except “living the dream” looks more like scrubbing puke from couture dresses worn by hard-partying models and putting up with microaggressions from her white colleagues. Still, she can’t help but fangirl over Simon’s it-girl daughter, Taylor. Until one night, at a glamorous Van Doren party, when Brandi overhears something she shouldn’t have, and her fate becomes dangerously intertwined Taylor’s.

Model and influencer Taylor Van Doren has everything…and is this close to losing it all. Her fashion mogul father will donate her inheritance to charity if she fails her next drug test, and he’s about to marry someone nearly as young as Taylor, further threatening her stake in the family fortune. But Taylor deserves the money that’s rightfully hers. And she’ll go to any lengths to get it, even if that means sacrificing her famous father in the process.

All she needs is the perfect person to take the fall…

A December LibraryReads Pick

Readers Digest Online, 27 Best Mystery Books You Won’t Be Able to Put Down

“will have you turning pages as fast as you can….With biting social commentary and critiques of capitalism and privilege, this juicy, intelligent novel is utterly compelling.” –Readers Digest Online, 27 Best Mystery Books You Won’t Be Able to Put Down

“Inspired by their time in the New York fashion scene, influencers Amber and Danielle Brown have crafted a taut and sexy debut thriller about a young Black woman struggling to make it in that cutthroat industry….Fresh dialogue, extravagant parties, and an inside view of the glamorous lives of the filthy rich grab the reader’s attention from start to finish.” –BOOKLIST

“Sister team Amber and Danielle Brown bring their own experiences of the fashion industry into this fast-paced and intriguing thriller.… Brandi is a well-developed protagonist who will be admired for her resolve and ambition….Fans of Alyssa Cole and Zakiya Dalila Harris, whose characters navigate the issues women of color face in the workplace, and of psychological thrillers like Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on the Train will enjoy this one.” –LIBRARY JOURNAL

“A disturbing peek into the world of privilege. Someone Had to Do It is a tense page-turner that had me yelling out loud at the characters.”

-Lucinda Berry, bestselling author of The Best of Friends and The Perfect Child

Someone Had to Do It has everything. A dark and riveting page turner that has the allure of pulling off the perfect crime with an intelligent twist.”

Nadine Matheson, author of THE JIGSAW MAN and THE BINDING ROOM

“Amber and Danielle Brown’s debut is a juicy, brilliant treat of a thriller that combines sexy fashion-world glamour with salient points about privilege, racism, and the corrosive effects of extreme wealth. Somehow, Someone Had to Do It manages to be both a scathing critique of our late-stage capitalist hellscape, and the perfect mental escape from it. I couldn’t put it down!”

Layne Fargo, author of They Never Learn

My Review:

This one started out a little slow for me, but eventually I was hooked wondering who would win the cat and mouse game.  I read through this one in just a little over a day.  As the reader we always knew what was going on, except for the prologue, but that didn’t hinder my need to figure out how it would end.  And there was a room for a twist or two.

It seems I’m on a kick of fashion influencer plots and that normally isn’t my thing, but I did fall into this one, probably since it was more about the murder.  I do think some of the characters were slightly underdeveloped, but this was not bad for a debut and I would definitely read their next novel.  In addition to the cat and mouse play over who will take the fall for the murder, there is a hint of racism and privilege issues.

It is narrated by two strong women, but only one can come out on top.  It is a lot dark and at times a little unbelievable, but an entertaining wild ride.

Authors’ Bio: 

Amber and Danielle Brown both graduated from Rider University where they studied Communications/Journalism and sat on the editorial staff for the On Fire!! literary journal. They then pursued a career in fashion and spent five years in NYC working their way up, eventually managing their own popular fashion and lifestyle blog. Amber is also a screenwriter, so they live in LA, which works out perfectly so Danielle can spoil her plant babies with copious amount of sunshine.

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