Better Together, Christine Riccio
Better Together, Christine Riccio
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Better Together
A Novel

Author: Christine Riccio

Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Karissa Vacker

Unabridged: 12 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2021


Synopsis

Freaky Friday meets The Parent Trap in New York Times bestselling author Christine Riccio's Better Together, a sparkling and heartfelt story about sisters, second chances, finding romance, and finding yourself.

Jamie’s an aspiring standup comic in Los Angeles with a growing case of stage anxiety.

Siri’s a stunning ballerina from New Jersey nursing a career-changing injury.

They’ve both signed up for the same session at an off the grid Re-Discover Yourself Retreat in Colorado. When they run into each other, their worlds turn upside down.

Jamie and Siri are sisters, torn apart at a young age by their parents' volatile divorce. They’ve grown up living completely separate lives: Jamie with their Dad and Siri with their Mom. Now, reunited after over a decade apart, they hatch a plot to switch places. It’s time they get to know and confront each of their estranged parents.

With an accidental assist from some fortuitous magic, Jamie arrives in New Jersey, looking to all the world like Siri, and Siri steps off her flight sporting a Jamie glamour.

The sisters unexpectedly find themselves stuck living in each other's shoes. Soon Siri's crushing on Jamie's best friend Dawn. Jamie's falling for the handsome New Yorker she keeps running into, Zarar. Alongside a parade of hijinks and budding romance, both girls work to navigate their broken family life and the stresses of impending adulthood.

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books

About Christine Riccio

Christine Riccio is the New York Times bestselling author of Again, But Better. She’s been on a quest to encourage more humans to read since the third grade. Her YouTube channel PolandbananasBOOKS has over 410,000 book-loving subscribers. She makes comedic book reviews, vlogs, sketches, and writing videos chronicling the creation of her own novels. She’s also one of the three YouTubers behind BOOKSPLOSION—YouTube’s longest-running book club. She graduated from Boston University in 2012 with a degree in Film and TV and now lives in Los Angeles, CA.

About Brittany Pressley

Brittany Pressley is an Audiofile Earphones award winning narrator in NYC. She has recorded over 100 titles and has received several nominations for American Library Association's annual list of Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults. She is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and voice actress. Her voice can be heard on national and international TV and radio commercials as well as several animated series and video games. She is a proud graduate of Columbia University.


Reviews

I really enjoyed this book. Christine’s writing has improved tremendously since she first published Again, but Better. Where the main character of her debut novel was an obvious Christine insert, Siri and Jamie in this book were both unique, each with interesting and distinguishable storylines. It ma......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer

Welcome to another remake / retelling of one of my favorite movies Parent Trap ( sorry my friends but I’m old school about this one: I always prefer 1961’s Hayley Mills’ performance to Lindsay Lohan) You know the drill: the sisters were torn apart at young age and they find each other at Colorado re......more

*3.5* Better Together era uno de mis lanzamientos más esperados del año porque, muchos ya sabrán, Again, But Better es uno de mis libros favoritos de toda la vida y si soy honesto mis expectativas para este estaban demasiado altas. Al final del día siento que eso afectó un poco mi experiencia leyendo......more

Goodreads review by Monte

reading vlog here For those that don't want to sit through a video of me live reacting, or don't want to be spoiled I'll try to summarize my thoughts here. Overall I don't think that the actions of either parent were really addressed even though both siblings took a lot of time to talk about how what......more

Goodreads review by Kristy

A cute albeit long read about family and finding yourself Jamie and Siri wind up at the same Re-Discover Yourself Retreat at Colorado because their lives are both slowly crumbling. Jamie is an aspiring comic in LA, but she can't seem to make it through her set without throwing up. She's been kicked o......more


Quotes

"Thoughtful and entertaining."Kirkus

"A unique coming-of-age story....a refreshing perspective on two women looking at the lives they think were set before them and realizing the opportunities that await them if they could just take a step away from the four walls they were raised in... A wholly original story of sisterhood." —Hypable

"Compelling... Both realistic fiction and romance readers will enjoy this updated Parent Trap." -School Library Journal