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Best Practices

By Gwen Florio
Best Practices by Gwen Florio digital book - Fable

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A tense and claustrophobic mystery set in the Montana wilderness starring Nora Best.

Nora Best is starting her life over . . . again. Spotting a ‘team leader’ job with a therapy program for troubled girls at Serendipity Ranch, Nora thinks it’s the perfect role. She’ll be surrounded by the beautiful Montana wilderness and be able to make a difference in the kids’ lives.

All is going well until it’s revealed a girl recently died at the ranch. The other girls are struggling with the loss. The official line is she jumped from a cliff, but she was afraid of heights and would have struggled to get there alone.

As trouble at the ranch escalates and another shocking discovery is made, Nora’s determined to find out the truth to protect the girls. However, with her recent troubles, the local community, police and program leaders won’t take her seriously. Can Nora overcome her past to help the girls, or are the girls using her past to help themselves?

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3.5
“Thank you Severn House and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. IYKYK, my reviews are always honest. THIS IS A HONDA CIVIC RELIABLE THREE STARS. THIS IS NOT A BAD BOOK. Writing: vocab on Shakespeare/5 | Plot: 3/5 | Ending: 3/5 THE PLOT Nora Best is given a fresh start as a glorified babysitter at a private school of sorts of "out of control" teen girls. With two suspicious suicides in a short span of time, Nora decides to go full Nancy Drew and figure out what's up. MY OPINION Let me reiterate: this is a Honda Civic reliable read. Need a palate cleanser after finishing a book that emotionally wrecked you? On a DNF streak and need something tolerable and easy to read? THIS IS THE BOOK. You've got wholesome Nora armed with her great sense of humour, golden heart, and her two furry sidekicks. You've got a "ranch" full of drama and peak cattiness. You've got girl power. You've got intrigue. You've got romance. You've got action. You've got serious topics handled with sensitivity. And you will surely learn a new word or two because Florio was using all types of fancy dancy words. (Also tbh my vocab is limited... case in point: "fancy dancy"). Yes you must suspend disbelief—this is a citizens gone rogue story. And the reason this wasn't an upgraded Honda Civic reliable read is because Nora did have some obtuse/questionable moments and the last 20% of the book was doing a bit much. But my complaints are minimal. This was an enjoyable lil read. PROS AND CONS PROS: learned a lot of new words lol, funny, wholesome, Nora's character didn't grate me, I don't usually like the private school setting but this was enjoyable and handled well, loved the lil feminist moments Cons: last 20% was doing too much”

About Gwen Florio

Gwen Florio grew up in a farmhouse filled with books and a ban on television. After studying English at the University of Delaware, she began a decades-long career in journalism that has taken her around the country and to more than a dozen countries, including several conflict zones.

Her first novel in the Lola Wicks mystery series, Montana, won the Pinckley Prize for Crime Fiction and the High Plains Book Award, and was a finalist for the Shamus Award, an International Thriller Award and a Silver Falchion Award. She has since released four other books in the Lola Wicks series and one standalone novel. Best Laid Plans was the first book in the Nora Best series and her first with Severn House.

www.gwenflorio.net

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