A review by maralyons
You Can Trust Me by Wendy Heard

5.0

What a thrill ride! I enjoyed Wendy Heard's last YA novel, She’s Too Pretty To Burn, so I was excited to see that she was releasing a title for adults. The story follows Summer and Leo, two women in their twenties who are beautiful, clever, and pursue wealth by any means necessary along the coast of California. Summer is a few years older than Leo and has always lived off of the grid. She now resorts to theft in order to fund her life. Leo is playing the long game and hoping to snag a billionaire. She meets and falls in with a hugely successful tech billionaire early in the novel. The style reminded me of Janelle Brown, especially her novel, Pretty Things.

Summer and Leo are characters who do bad things, but they're so compelling and you understand their motivations. I loved their sisterly relationship and the feminist bent. Some of the action is maybe not so realistic, but I could not stop listening to the audiobook! It starts off slow with an intriguing premise and then takes off! I liked the dual perspectives, that have Leo as a day ahead of Summer for much of the book. It made things come together so well. The audiobook is well-narrated by Kelsey Navarro Foster and Natalie Naudus, who match their characters very well. I highly recommend this book, a perfect summer read!

Thank you to the publishers for providing this e-book and audiobook ARC. All thoughts are my own.