Play the Part

By Ebony Brewer

ISBN# 9798986668178

Author’s Website:  authorebonybrewer.com

Brought to you by OBS reviewer Heidi

Review

They were inseparable best friends and neighbors since the moment Thorn’s family moved in across the street.  However, it was all ripped away overnight.  His family disappeared.  The rumor around town was that Thorn’s parents killed him.  However, the truth was actually worse.

It’s been nine years since Sutton lost Thorn.  And, he suddenly shows up on her college campus.  All this time, she thought he was dead.  She’s furious he never reached out to her.  He wants to pick up where they left off, but she can’t. 

“Hawthorne Ransley is dead.”

Something dark and monstrous flickers in his eyes, and fear licks down my spine. He breathes out a humorless laugh, finally releasing my face as he says, “Only on the inside.”

It’s taken him all this time to find her, he’s not about to let her slip through his fingers now.  He’s just going to have to find a way to get her to love him again.  Lucky for him, it’s spooky season.  The time of year that it’s perfectly acceptable going around wearing a mask.  And, she’s attending a Halloween party, the perfect time to make his move.

Sutton has only been living half a life, and with the masked stranger she’s finally able to live.  He brings out a side of her she’s never experienced before.  But will it all come crashing down when he finally reveals his true identity?

I do enjoy a good second-chance romance.  Especially with a couple of childhood best friends.  I enjoyed the connection that Thorn and Sutton had.  And, both really lost the parent lottery, it would seem.  I can understand Sutton being mad at him when she first runs into him, but I’m not buying she would completely turn her back on him, like she was trying to do.

Overall, I did enjoy this book.  However, it’s not very believable.  This guy just goes around with a mask on and nobody thinks it’s strange in the slightest.  Hey Sutton’s best friends.  I’m the guy she’s been seeing, but I can’t show you my face or tell you my name because I don’t want her to know who I am.  And everyone is just cool with it.  Ooookay.  And, she doesn’t recognize him so soon after running into him?  His voice or hair… something? However, if you don’t mind it being so unlikely to ever happen, then it’s a decent enough way to spend a few days.