The Night Blossoms is a standalone, romantic suspense story featuring Rafael, who was introduced in Attar’s book The Paper Swan. You don’t need to read The Paper Swan to read this story, even though another character from that book is part of this one. The Night Blossoms hardly references anything from The Paper Swan and because of that, I feel like this really is a true standalone.

The storytelling in this book reminds me quite a bit of The Five by Lily White - the POV from the heroine is told in the present and the POV from the hero is told from the past, with both storylines piecing the mystery together for the reader. Unlike The Five, I did not have any idea “whodunnit” until almost right before it was revealed. Attar’s storytelling is intricate and her writing is beautiful, and I loved this book because of it. The romance aspect of the book was great, and it felt realistic. The audiobook was done in solo narration by Stephen Dexter, and it worked fine for me because this book is more like a romantic thriller rather than an erotic romance. I highly recommend this book to anyone that is looking for a great story that is equal parts romance and suspense.