A review by kristenreadswhat
A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee

4.0

One night stand to slow burn + addiction recovery + texts on page

Ely returns to Brooklyn after years away, having been kicked out of the Orthodox Jewish community for her addiction. She returns for an opportunity to study photography under Wyatt Cole.

Her first night back in town, she has a one night stand. And the next day, she finds out her one night stand is her professor.

Read if you love...
🫶🏼dual perspective
✨one night stand to slow burn
💬texts on page
✨forbidden romance
📷photography
✨in depth look at addiction recovery
🥹caretaking
✨celebrity romance
👏🏼strong character depth & development

This book has been on my TBR for so long and I'm so mad I waited this long to read it. It's so so so so good. 

I absolutely loved both Ely & Wyatt, and the character depth and development for them. They're both prior addicts in recovery, and help each other continue that path.

I loved the art school aspect, and getting to learn more about film photography. 

I loved the insight to different aspects of being Jewish through Ely's past, character development, and the photography project she decides on. 

And so much more that I can't say because spoilers!

10/10 recommend this one!

📍New York
✨Representation: ex-Orthodox Jewish pansexual MC; trans MC
‼️Content: addiction; drug use & abuse; anti-trans; death of a parent; alcoholism; child abuse mentions; grief; abandonment; religious bigotry; and more