I can't quite make up my mind about this story* about two best-friend podcasters, Benny and (narcoleptic) Joy. Though hugely successful at what they do, the sudden disappearance of Joy and her husband, Xander, becomes a national mystery and, of course, of intense interest to their many avid followers. See About the Book below.
It's written in the present-tense narrative (bad choice) and peppered with chapters of Joy's draft memoir, which chronologically recounts events leading up to the time of the disappearance. I found this messy, and it took a minute to realise where in the course of events you were. The flow was not smooth and sometimes rather overworded.
It's a decent enough story, but I couldn't engage with the characters. I found them slightly frustrating. The best-friend relationship hovered very annoyingly at the gate of something more serious, and it takes the whole book to establish where this relationship should (although obvious) be.
As a first novel, it's commendable, but I felt it needed ironing out.
*Provided by NetGalley
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