Scan barcode
A review by elenagroves
A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee
4.5
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!
The beautiful thing about reading books by authors yet unknown to me is that I undertake the reading journey with the publisher's description in hand, absolutely no preconceived notions of how the experience will go, and a dream. A Shot in the Dark is, as I've come to find out, a superbly crafted and intricate novel that follows two individuals with shadowed, still-raw pasts whose paths cross one fateful evening and intertwine over the course of a charged summer in New York City. This novel deftly explores themes of gender identity and sexuality, trans- and homophobia, mental health issues, substance abuse and addiction, religion, and intimate relationship dynamics while maintaining a pulsing momentum until the very end. I am admittedly not a die-hard fan of the contemporary romance genre, but of the contemporary romances I've read, this is indisputably one of my favorites.
The beautiful thing about reading books by authors yet unknown to me is that I undertake the reading journey with the publisher's description in hand, absolutely no preconceived notions of how the experience will go, and a dream. A Shot in the Dark is, as I've come to find out, a superbly crafted and intricate novel that follows two individuals with shadowed, still-raw pasts whose paths cross one fateful evening and intertwine over the course of a charged summer in New York City. This novel deftly explores themes of gender identity and sexuality, trans- and homophobia, mental health issues, substance abuse and addiction, religion, and intimate relationship dynamics while maintaining a pulsing momentum until the very end. I am admittedly not a die-hard fan of the contemporary romance genre, but of the contemporary romances I've read, this is indisputably one of my favorites.