Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home, she's built the perfect life. But beneath this fa�ade, Ava's world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn't been used in years, and her toddler's tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point. Enter Winnie Fang, Ava's enigmatic college roommate from Mainland China, who abruptly dropped out under mysterious circumstances. ...
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Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home, she's built the perfect life. But beneath this fa�ade, Ava's world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn't been used in years, and her toddler's tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point. Enter Winnie Fang, Ava's enigmatic college roommate from Mainland China, who abruptly dropped out under mysterious circumstances. Now, twenty years later, Winnie is looking to reconnect with her old friend. But the shy, awkward girl Ava once knew has been replaced with a confident woman of the world, dripping in luxury goods, including a coveted Birkin in classic orange. The secret to her success? Winnie has developed an ingenious counterfeit scheme that involves importing near-exact replicas of luxury handbags and now she needs someone with a U.S. passport to help manage her business, someone who b2 sd never be suspected of wrongdoing, someone like Ava. But when their spectacular success is threatened and Winnie vanishes once again, Ava is left to face the consequences.
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I wasn't too sure about Counterfeit at first, thinking that the story might not be very relatable to someone who doesn't care much about fashion. However, at under 300 pages it's a fast paced read and most of it is a monologue of main character Ava describing her involvement in a handbag counterfeit ring to a nameless Detective which makes it light and engaging to dive into. There is quite a lot of detail that's a bit unnecessary - lots of relationship issues with Ava's husband and stories about her child with behavioural issues which could have been edited down in places. This does help you empathise with Ava though, and you certainly do find yourself rooting for her even though you can see she's talking to a Detective so it can't have gone too well!
At around 70% there's a great twist that I honestly did not see coming and really turned the narrative on its head. Another point of view is introduced here but the characters are written very similarly which was a shame. None of the characters in the book are particularly likeable either, you only feel a connection to Ava because you spend so long in her head. Some of the decisions that she makes also seem unrealistic and a little silly but these do help to solidify the story and build to the ending.
Overall Counterfeit is a quick and engaging read with a nice twist ending. Thank you to NetGalley & Harper Collins UK - Harper Fiction & The Borough Press for the chance to read the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
