Genre: YA Romance
Release Date: March 28th, 2023
Pages: 336
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s / Roaring Book Press
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Publisher’s Synopsis:
“Meet Winter Young—rookie backup dancer turned global pop phenomenon. His star power has smashed records, selling out stadiums from LA to London. Now he’s bringing his swoon worthy assets to a whole new arena…
Infamous criminal tycoon Eli Morrison has just one weakness—his daughter, Penelope. And Penelope has just one wish for her nineteenth birthday—a private concert with Winter Young. When covert ops organization The Panacea Group approaches Winter with this once-in-a-lifetime chance to infiltrate Morrison’s inner circle, Winter must use his fame, cunning, and charisma to pull it off—only he won’t be on his own.
Posing as Winter’s bodyguard is the fiery Sydney Cossette, Panacea’s youngest spy. Sydney may be the only person alive impervious to Winter’s charms, but as the mission brings them closer, she’s forced to admit there’s more to this A-lister than slick dance moves and a handsome face. Panacea’s unlikeliest partners just might become its biggest heroes—and maybe even more—if they can survive each other first.
The Hating Game meets Mission: Impossible in Stars and Smoke, a smoldering new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu about a superstar tapped to become a secret agent and the reluctant young spy assigned to be his partner.”
My Review:
It’s like a young adult version of James Bond and this book was so much fun! The plot is an exciting adventure from start to finish. Readers are going to love this new series and long-time fans of this author will not be disappointed. It is definitely very different genre-wise from what she has written before, but it’s no less enjoyable. Getting to know our MMC, Winter, we see an intimate look into what his life is like behind the scenes and backstage, plus the negative side of being a superstar and that industry. I really felt for Winter’s personal inner struggles. Both of their childhoods were so tragic. And our MFC, Sydney, is an absolute badass. These two together are gold. The sarcasm and witty humor abound and I was loving every minute of it.
Disclaimers:
Huge thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for gifting me an early copy of this book! I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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