Necessary Monsters (Who've Gone Through Menopause!) Reviewing KILLS WELL WITH OTHERS (by Deanna Raybourn)
There are friends... and then there are your Ride-or-Dies, The People Who Have Your Back (No Matter What). One thing I’ve learned, over the years, is that it doesn’t matter how many “friends” or “followers” you have, or how many “likes” you get, on whatever social platform. What does matter is what happens when you’re at your lowest. Your ugliest. Your neediest (or, your I-absolutely-don’t-need-anyone-iest, which of course, is when you absolutely-really- do ). Because the people who show up for you then, in all your whateverness? They’re the ones worth holding onto, listening to, and sharing your best—and your worst—with, forever. Deanna Raybourn’s newest spy thriller, Kills Well With Others , gives us a masterclass in the why... and does so, in surprisingly poignant--and frequently hilarious--fashion. They’re a foursome, alright... but definitely not your killer Sex-and-the-City kind of quad (not even the and...