Better Together: A Novel

Written by Christine Riccio

Narrated by Brittany Pressley and Karissa Vacker

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

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Jun 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9781250803467

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.

Reviews for Better Together

[Elizabeth Iman · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A bit hard to be unbiased but here’s my try. I enjoyed the story, Christine’s background makes her writing flow like a movie which isn’t terrible per se. A bit long but I understand why, the story was entertaining enough not to drag.

The characters were funny enough for me to look the other side when the “curses” came around. I disliked those but they weren’t as obnoxious as you could potentially think they are. I find Christine did an excellent job at making me end up liking a character that I didn’t like how whiny it was at the beginning. When did I start liking Siri, what a plot twist lol. I started liking Jamie but then she turned a bit… too much?

Regarding the magic part, again, I don’t mind how ~convenient~ it was but I can see why other readers might find this poorly executed. Pilot and Shane insert was super weird but it doesn’t make the story worse.

[Renee Smith · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Awesome book and audio was ? great. I laughed, got angry, cried , basically all the feels. I could have listened to hours more!

[Angelica Perez · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I really enjoyed this one. I also really liked the narrators. Both did a good job of making their characters sound unique and interesting.