Meet the jury
A mother-daughter duo who cannot agree on a single book, and built a podcast out of it.
Mom
Mom has been reading longer than BookTok has existed and will remind you of that. She reads the acknowledgments page first, looking for a reason not to trust the author, and has never once been swayed by a sticker that says "Book Club Pick."
Daughter
Daughter cries at blurbs before the book has even shipped. She built her entire personality around enemies-to-lovers and refuses to apologize for it. If the hype says "unputdownable," she has already pre-ordered two copies, one for the shelf and one to actually read.
How we judge
The internet was right. We read the blurb, we read the book, and it delivered. Add it to the cart.
Mom loved it, Daughter didn't, or vice versa. We can't agree, so it's on you to break the tie.
The hype was a marketing budget, not a book. Save your money, save your shelf space.