After losing her mother and her home to a deadly house fire, Saffron sets off with her father to their “new home.” Except she takes a huge detour when her dad leaves her on the bench at the train station and NEVER COMES BACK. Lucky for Saffron, he made prior arrangements with the grandmother Saffron never knew to come find her at the train station, raise her for the next five years and never mention she was her grandmother. Until the end of the first book, I thought Grandma Mazy was a crazy kidnapper. Unfortunately, Grandma turned out to be not only the good guy, but also she died.
This book, the second in the series, starts out with Saffron off to find her dad in his new house with his new family. No phone calls. No heads up. The plan is just to show up. Conveniently, Dad answers the door and without so much as a “good to see you,” sends Saffron to stay at the hotel down the street. The next day, he shows up, says “Hey, I’m rich now, but the money all belongs to your new step-mother (who, btw, doesn’t know you exist). We don’t want to piss her off, so let’s tell everyone I’m actually your uncle.”
What.
And on it goes. I’m honestly not sure what the point of the book was.
The only thing I liked about the book was the main character. Saffron is a sweetheart and I just loved her. Grandma Mazy grew on me towards the end of the first book. Every other character in this book, with the exception of a couple minor characters, is an absolute twit.
This one comes out on November 2, 2021, but unless you have some sort of VC Andrews collection and you just have to have this book, there are better options to spend your money on.
Thanks to the author, publisher and Netgalley for this ARC in return for my honest review.
