Reviews
" As a young woman struggles to read Paradise Lost, she faces her own temptation. Is she brave enough to choose good over evil'... Beverly-Whittemore has crafted a page-turner riddled with stubborn clues, a twisty plot and beguiling characters." -- Kirkus , starred review "Evokes Gone Girl with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." -- Entertainment Weekly, Lanford Beard " Suspenseful and intriguing , filled with characters who both fit the blue-blood mold and break the stereotypes we all associate with the upper class. Her short chapters, with their cliff-hanger endings, will keep readers turning pages late into the night ." -- Booklist " In the tradition of The Great Gatsby , Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows. Bittersweet is a satisfyingly dramatic, super-juicy read." --Jenna Blum, New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers " Bittersweet is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of Seating Arrangements and Astonish Me "In Bittersweet , Miranda Beverly-Whittemore prizes up the veneer of an old, privileged American family to discover depths of intrigue, power, and menace beneath. In its guise as a coming-of-age mystery, the book is both swift and arresting; that the novel also doubles as an insightful meditation on class, aspiration, and longing makes the book reverberate in the reader long past its final line. " --Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia " Gripping, beguiling and beautifully written, Bittersweet is a page turner that chills as it intoxicates . Miranda Beverly-Whittemore has created a family so dangerously enthralling that the more we learn of their greed and bloodlust, the more we aspire to belong." --Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of The Great Man and Blue Plate Special " Part coming-of-age story, part riveting mystery, Bittersweet is a tantalizing tale of an outsider thrust into a glittering world of immense privilege and suspect morals. With a narrator torn between uncovering one family's dark secrets and protecting her own, Bittersweet brilliantly explores the complicated question of what price any of us would pay to seize the life of our dreams." --Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia "The theme of paradise lost courses through this coming-of-age tale tinged with mystery ...For all their lean, blonde beauty and their designer names, the Winslows-including Birth and Tilde, Ev's parents; and Ev's brother Galway, whose attentions encourage Mabel to fantasize about becoming part of the blue-blooded tribe--have more squalid secrets than her own..." - Publishers Weekly, "Evokes Gone Girl with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." -- Entertainment Weekly, Lanford Beard " In the tradition of The Great Gatsby , Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows. Bittersweet is a satisfyingly dramatic, super-juicy read." --Jenna Blum, New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers " Bittersweet is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of Seating Arrangements and Astonish Me "In Bittersweet , Miranda Beverly-Whittemore prizes up the veneer of an old, privileged American family to discover depths of intrigue, power, and menace beneath. In its guise as a coming-of-age mystery, the book is both swift and arresting; that the novel also doubles as an insightful meditation on class, aspiration, and longing makes the book reverberate in the reader long past its final line. " --Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia " Gripping, beguiling and beautifully written, Bittersweet is a page turner that chills as it intoxicates . Miranda Beverly-Whittemore has created a family so dangerously enthralling that the more we learn of their greed and bloodlust, the more we aspire to belong." --Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of The Great Man and Blue Plate Special " Part coming-of-age story, part riveting mystery, Bittersweet is a tantalizing tale of an outsider thrust into a glittering world of immense privilege and suspect morals. With a narrator torn between uncovering one family's dark secrets and protecting her own, Bittersweet brilliantly explores the complicated question of what price any of us would pay to seize the life of our dreams." --Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia , "Gripping, beguiling and beautifully written, Bittersweet is a page turner that chills as it intoxicates. Miranda Beverly-Whittemore has created a family so dangerously enthralling that the more we learn of their greed and bloodlust, the more we aspire to belong." --Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of The Great Man and Blue Plate Special, "Gripping, beguiling and beautifully written, Bittersweet is a page turner that chills as it intoxicates. Miranda Beverly-Whittemore has created a family so dangerously enthralling that the more we learn of their greed and bloodlust, the more we aspire to belong." --Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of The Great Man and Blue Plate Special " Bittersweet is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of Seating Arrangements and Astonish Me "Part coming-of-age story, part riveting mystery, Bittersweet is a tantalizing tale of an outsider thrust into a glittering world of immense privilege and suspect morals. With a narrator torn between uncovering one family's dark secrets and protecting her own, Bittersweet brilliantly explores the complicated question of what price any of us would pay to seize the life of our dreams." --Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia , "Gripping, beguiling and beautifully written, Bittersweet is a page turner that chills as it intoxicates. Miranda Beverly-Whittemore has created a family so dangerously enthralling that the more we learn of their greed and bloodlust, the more we aspire to belong." --Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of The Great Man and Blue Plate Special " Bittersweet is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of Seating Arrangements and Astonish Me "In the tradition of The Great Gatsby , Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows. Bittersweet is a satisfyingly dramatic, super-juicy read." --Jenna Blum, New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers "Part coming-of-age story, part riveting mystery, Bittersweet is a tantalizing tale of an outsider thrust into a glittering world of immense privilege and suspect morals. With a narrator torn between uncovering one family's dark secrets and protecting her own, Bittersweet brilliantly explores the complicated question of what price any of us would pay to seize the life of our dreams." --Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia , "Gripping, beguiling and beautifully written, Bittersweet is a page turner that chills as it intoxicates. Miranda Beverly-Whittemore has created a family so dangerously enthralling that the more we learn of their greed and bloodlust, the more we aspire to belong." --Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of The Great Man and Blue Plate Special "Part coming-of-age story, part riveting mystery, Bittersweet is a tantalizing tale of an outsider thrust into a glittering world of immense privilege and suspect morals. With a narrator torn between uncovering one family's dark secrets and protecting her own, Bittersweet brilliantly explores the complicated question of what price any of us would pay to seize the life of our dreams." --Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia , "Evokes Gone Girl with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." -- Entertainment Weekly, Lanford Beard " In the tradition of The Great Gatsby , Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows. Bittersweet is a satisfyingly dramatic, super-juicy read." --Jenna Blum, New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers " Bittersweet is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of Seating Arrangements and Astonish Me " Gripping, beguiling and beautifully written, Bittersweet is a page turner that chills as it intoxicates . Miranda Beverly-Whittemore has created a family so dangerously enthralling that the more we learn of their greed and bloodlust, the more we aspire to belong." --Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of The Great Man and Blue Plate Special " Part coming-of-age story, part riveting mystery, Bittersweet is a tantalizing tale of an outsider thrust into a glittering world of immense privilege and suspect morals. With a narrator torn between uncovering one family's dark secrets and protecting her own, Bittersweet brilliantly explores the complicated question of what price any of us would pay to seize the life of our dreams." --Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia , " As a young woman struggles to read Paradise Lost, she faces her own temptation. Is she brave enough to choose good over evil'... Beverly-Whittemore has crafted a page-turner riddled with stubborn clues, a twisty plot and beguiling characters." -- Kirkus , starred review "Evokes Gone Girl with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." -- Entertainment Weekly, Lanford Beard " Suspenseful and intriguing , filled with characters who both fit the blue-blood mold and break the stereotypes we all associate with the upper class. Her short chapters, with their cliff-hanger endings, will keep readers turning pages late into the night ." -- Booklist " Beverly-Whittemore captures both the idyllic beauty of a Vermont summer and its dark shadows ...gothic tangles wind the plot more and more tightly. ...A suspenseful tale of corruption and bad behavior among wealthy New Englanders. Readers who enjoy coming-of-age stories featuring dark secrets that affect generations will find much that appeals here. " -- Library Journal " In the tradition of The Great Gatsby , Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows. Bittersweet is a satisfyingly dramatic, super-juicy read." --Jenna Blum, New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers " Bittersweet is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of Seating Arrangements and Astonish Me "In Bittersweet , Miranda Beverly-Whittemore prizes up the veneer of an old, privileged American family to discover depths of intrigue, power, and menace beneath. In its guise as a coming-of-age mystery, the book is both swift and arresting; that the novel also doubles as an insightful meditation on class, aspiration, and longing makes the book reverberate in the reader long past its final line. " --Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia " Gripping, beguiling and beautifully written, Bittersweet is a page turner that chills as it intoxicates . Miranda Beverly-Whittemore has created a family so dangerously enthralling that the more we learn of their greed and bloodlust, the more we aspire to belong." --Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of The Great Man and Blue Plate Special " Part coming-of-age story, part riveting mystery, Bittersweet is a tantalizing tale of an outsider thrust into a glittering world of immense privilege and suspect morals. With a narrator torn between uncovering one family's dark secrets and protecting her own, Bittersweet brilliantly explores the complicated question of what price any of us would pay to seize the life of our dreams." --Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia "The theme of paradise lost courses through this coming-of-age tale tinged with mystery ...For all their lean, blonde beauty and their designer names, the Winslows--including Birch and Tilde, Ev's parents; and Ev's brother Galway, whose attentions encourage Mabel to fantasize about becoming part of the blue-blooded tribe--have more squalid secrets than her own..." -- Publishers Weekly
