The System for a Signature Touch No One Else Offers with Britney Tarno

Julie: Welcome back to the System for Everything podcast. Today’s system tip. The best time to deliver sneak peeks is five minutes before the couple checks Instagram and not a second later. Today’s guest is Britney Tarno. She is a luxury wedding photographer who shoots in. This and beyond. She has been photographing weddings for over 16 years.

Artist in theory, serial encourager, and lifetime Hype Girl always, and those gorgeous wedding photos on my feed. She captured them because she was my wedding photographer. Twice to the same person. I should clarify. We got COVID married and then had a big wedding, but I still like to call him my second husband.

Alright, we are gonna start, as we always do with the system, reboot a quick little reset to start our episode with some humor and humanity. All right? Uh, like many others we have had on the podcast, Britney, you are a huge Disney fan. So given the chance and if. They weren’t animated characters. What Disney Couples wedding are you photographing?

Britney: Oh, Pocahontas.

Julie: Ooh.

Britney: Yeah, for sure.

Julie: Oh, I love that.

Britney: Yeah. On the side of a cliff and with, you know, the singing birds and stuff like that. I definitely think Pocahontas. ’cause you know, Cinderella’s a little. Old school and I feel like Pocahontas could just really do it. And I love neutrals obviously, so

Julie: I love that.

Britney: Yeah.

Julie: Okay. You are somebody who is known for incredible hosting. What are three things you think make a guest feel instantly Welcome in your home?

Britney: I think if you can be prepared on the front end and do all the things that would potentially have you running around like a crazy person before in a very organized way, when you’re settled in your home and in the the party that you’re throwing, I think that it helps people feel settled.

So I think just doing all of that on the front end so you’re not hectic when people are arriving at the house. Um, an excellent candle would obviously be one as well. I don’t have a signature candle. I’m like a cereal candle buyer. I change all the time. Um, I would love to be that person, like, here’s my signature scent, but I don’t have one.

Um, frankly, I would love one and then they would discontinue it. I’d be like, well, now I’m scentless.

Julie: That would happen to me.

Britney: Yeah, for sure. My third thing is all white serve wear. 100%. I think people come in and it feels like you’re at IN’S house. Even if you are not that fancy. I think it makes all of your food look high, even if you’re serving KFC chicken, if you put it on a white serveware.

It’s fancy. So that would be my third for sure.

Julie: That is so true. All right. And then what is your go-to system for getting out of a bad mood?

Britney: Oh, a workout. And if you would’ve said that three years ago, I probably would’ve been like definitely a cupcake. ’cause I also really love cupcakes. But we have this amazing trainer that.

It’s sort of like a mom, big sister role in our life and I go see her every day and even if I wake up cranky, I leave a Okay. So that’s definitely that. Oh

Julie: my gosh, that’s awesome. Alright everyone, you have met the personality. Now it’s time to meet the powerhouse. We are pulling back the curtain on exactly how Britney does sneak peeks her way, what the reaction is like and why.

It’s not just about speed, it’s about making people feel seen. Here’s my conversation with Britney on the system for a signature touch no one else offers. Um, before we jump into the interview, I just want to acknowledge, you know, we’re gonna be talking about sneak peaks, and I know that same day sneak peaks can be a bit of a hot topic in the wedding industry For sure.

You know, some people say, you know, they’re now really expected by the high-end luxury planners, and others believe that they feed into that hustle culture. Mm-hmm. And unrealistic expectations. This episode is not meant to tell you what you should be doing. It is just one perspective from a photographer who found a system that works beautifully for her and her dream couples, your version of excellence.

Your systems might look totally different, and that’s the point

Britney: totally.

Julie: All right. We first worked together, I think in 2016. A friend of mine from high school got married and I coordinated their wedding and you were their photographer. And I remember it was, it was in a country club in Fort Worth and we were both like sitting in this room off to the side, like, you know, just quickly eating as while the bread and groom were, and I saw something that I had never seen editing while eating.

Britney: It’s a one handed job.

Julie: It’s, it’s not normal in the best way. When did you first start offering sneak peeks during the reception? Was it

Britney: for sure

Julie: planned or did, did it just happen one day?

Britney: It was totally planned. It was in 2013. I’ll literally never forget it. It was also in Fort Worth and I tried to look up what venue it was and for the life of me, I can’t remember which is bothering me.

Um, but it was in the summer of 2013, which was about. It was like a solid year after I’d started really shooting weddings, like where I was able to say, Hey, this is my job. Um, and there was, I did not invent this by any means, but there was a photographer that I pretty closely followed on the East coast and she did this, and I was like, man, that is so smart.

And I told Ben, my husband, who was shooting with me, shooting with me at the time, I was like, I think I’m gonna buy an iPad and just try this because we didn’t have an iPad. Because who needs an iPad at that point? Yeah. And he was like, well, when are you gonna do it? I was like, well, when we eat. ’cause I could either sit and eat and scroll my phone to, you know, decompress, which is also necessary, or I could spend 20 minutes and just try this.

So I did and it was very well received and for me really exciting. Um, I, and even now, all these years down the road, I get super excited to do it every time. So, yeah. 2013.

Julie: What kind of responses have you gotten since offering this? Do you have any like, favorite or really emotional reactions?

Britney: Um, the first couple was because I didn’t, I literally decided I was gonna do this on a Wednesday and they were getting married on Saturday, so there was no like, Hey, I do this.

It was just like, surprise, here’s your wedding photos. Um, they were a bit shocked and at that point. We were all living on the internet in a different way. Yeah. You know, Instagram wasn’t really like

Julie: everyone just using the Paris filter,

Britney: right? Yes, for sure. My Instagram still had like, you know, shots of my laptop case of the coffee on it because I was, you know, super trendy, you know, with like hashtag Blessed.

Um, but I think they were really shocked, like, wait, this is today. And I was like. Yeah, it’s, and I’m excited and they were very excited. But I would say mostly shocked just ’cause we had now the communication and then now I think what I love the most and what always comes off as very genuine about it, is the images of that grouping that people choose to be in love with.

You know, because what I love about you is very different potentially of what you love about you, or a moment that felt just happenstance to me could be something that was. Incredibly important to you that I ended up putting in said sneak peek. So I do love and I think couples love to see those um, moments that I maybe didn’t even know happened that end up being very special to them in turn.

So that’s probably like my favorite part of it for sure.

Julie: Have people on the other side of it been surprised by it, like vendors or planners? Is there a moment you love watching it? Just like land for people?

Britney: Yes. I think my favorite thing with vendors is, you know, weddings are such hard work for everyone involved.

Like everyone from engaged to execution. It is. It’s a self poor and it’s a, like you’re, every couple you work for in the wedding industry, like you’re giving of yourself to make their wedding everything they want. Right. And for me, the sneak peek or the, you know, the. Just that collection of photos is a way, almost as a thank you from like, Hey, I couldn’t do what I do without your beautiful flowers or her hair and makeup being perfection or the, you know, the coordinator making sure the timelines for all those things.

So they have that instantaneous grad, instantaneous gratification, instant gratification of, Hey, this is the work that I dedicated to this couple. And in turn, here’s the, the end product right now. ’cause as we know, you know, everything is now. Like with how the internet exists, like you can get married on Saturday and if you don’t share, you know, your holy cow married photo by, you know, Monday afternoon, did it even happen?

So we, for the couple, the couple was first for me, the couple was the first mindset I had about having a sneak peek and the longer. I’ve been in business, the longer I’ve done it, it is as equally important to the people that I’m working with. Um, coordinators source, hair and makeup cake, whoever. ’cause it gives them the tools to market themselves without the headache of chasing me down.

You know, a month later or two months later, like, Hey, do you have the gallery? It’s, Hey, we’re here together, they’re done. I’m gonna airdrop ’em to your phone and just please share freely. So that’s, you know, I think in the industry, people know to expect that of me now and I, yeah. You know, for me it’s like a, like I said, it’s like a thank you.

Like, hey, this is killer work and this is, you know, the way I captured it and I want you to be able to share it to make your business better.

Julie: That was just, you know, as a bride, that was one of the most, I mean, my entire wedding weekend was amazing, but like I, yes, it was distinctly remember like. You walking in with the iPad and all of my bridesmaids came and gathered around me and we were like

Britney: bridesmaids.

Love it.

Julie: Oh, look at this.

Britney: Yeah,

Julie: like brides

Britney: bridesmaids.

Julie: So exciting.

Britney: The bridesmaid high girl is always really fun as well. ’cause they’ll see it and be like, girl, you know, because we all, you know, as females we can be like, uh. Small, you know, play ourselves small, that kind of thing. Be humble and bridesmaids do not, they’re like, you are everything.

I’ve never seen a bride look more beautiful and that’s always a fun it’s

Julie: reaction.

Britney: Well, it really is.

Julie: Okay, so the reaction is powerful, no doubt. But I wanna talk about what it takes to actually. Make this happen. Mm-hmm. Because this isn’t just a sweet gesture, it’s a system.

Britney: It’s, I

Julie: mean, editing on site isn’t exactly light work.

Right? I wanna know what this, that workflow really looks like and how you’ve made it sustainable. So what is your timeline look like on a typical wedding day? When do you carve out that time to edit?

Britney: For

Julie: sure. Is it always just while you’re eating?

Britney: It is always on meeting. Um, and it’s always before kind of the meet of the reception starts.

So typically I don’t do any post-processing until after either their first dance or their their parent dances, depending on how the reception timeline’s, um, calculated. Guess that’s the right word for that. So always when the couple and the guests sit down, eat dinner, that’s when I do the sneak peek. And really probably the main thing that allows me to do it is I have done it so long that I know the images as I shoot them, like, Hey, that’s definitely gonna go in there.

Um, kind of my brain looks for, you know, Hey, I need an. Portrait of the bride. I need a really cool portrait of the groom. You know, I need to style their details in a way that’s also gonna go with the reception details. It’s almost like a miniature album is how my brain works to it. Like the how are we gonna make this cohesive for everybody?

So as I’m shooting through the day, I’m, I definitely have it in the forethought of my mind of what I’m trying to get. And then when I’m shooting, so I don’t have to spend an hour actually post-processing, I shoot it. As perfectly as I possibly can on camera. Um, you know, I make those calls with lighting and reflectors.

All of those things. So when I’m putting them on my laptop to work with them, I’m not overcorrecting or correcting mistakes that I made out of rushing or, you know, frankly just not realizing there’s a really yellow building, you know, to our left and they turn her a different color. So I, as I’m shooting, I’ve trained myself to go, okay, this is, you know, this is as close to the end product as I can shoot it.

And that way all the post-processing is tasteful and minimal and frankly doesn’t take a ton of time. I moved my camera bag outta the background because, because that can happen. Those are the edits that take the longest. You’re like, wow, that is my bag in there ready for me to Photoshop out. Um, are there, are

Julie: there any other like tools or automations you use to streamline that process?

Like,

Britney: do

Julie: you have any like culling software or Lightroom presets or.

Britney: Yes, I use photo mechanic to call the sneak peek and everything else. It’s so fast. I had, I’ve had it like a decade before that I did not, it took longer. But photo mechanic is a real gift. And then I post-process, everything in Lightroom always have.

Um, and I don’t have like a, a quote unquote preset by, Hey, I purchased this preset set. That’s not really how I edit. I have kind of a good base. I have my style in general is kind of soft greens and. Rich skin tones, but not overly saturated skin tones. So I know, hey, every image that I take inside, I need to start here.

And every image I take outside, I need to start here. So that’s where the preset process sort of comes in. Um, and then same for a black and white. I have like a base. This is how I want my black and whites to look and then adjust as needed with light.

Julie: Ugh, your black and whites are so gorgeous.

Britney: Thanks. I love a black and white picture so much.

Always

Julie: like all lined in like the hall

Britney: totally

Julie: out

Britney: here. And it’s so particular because some people are color people and then there’s some people, like I want literally every image in my house to be black and white, and I’m like that. So I. To each his own.

Julie: Yeah. Yeah. We’ve got both in our house and it’s in the early days of our daughter being home and like she, she always slept very well.

She always ate very well, but like, you know, sometimes you just gotta walk ’em to calm ’em. That’s just all babies. Oh yeah. And my husband would walk her. Up and down our hallway and narrate the pictures for her. Oh. And he’d be like, this is when daddy saw mommy in her wedding dress.

Britney: I

Julie: love that. This is mommy and daddy having their first dance when they got married.

Like it was.

Britney: That’s so sweet. It was so

Julie: sweet.

Britney: I never realized when I first started shooting that that was really part of my job, you know? I was,

Julie: yeah.

Britney: Addicted to the pretty, and you know, it’s stunning and everything’s so beautiful and I can’t wait to be bride. And then all of a sudden I became a mom and I was like, oh.

This is like, this is what we have to show Halle of, you know, our mm-hmm. Marriage and how we started and you know, my job became. So much more like meaningful to me at that point when I was like, Hey, I, and I knew I liked my parents’ wedding pictures. It just wasn’t personal. And then it became very personal for me to go, oh, I’m giving somebody pictures that their kids are gonna show their kids.

Mm-hmm. And down the line, I think that’s why I don’t, I try not to buy into trends, you know? Yeah. Like try not to buy into things that are overly trendy. ’cause I’m like, Hey, they’re gonna know you got married in 2025. Your are

Julie: so classic and

Britney: timeless. Thank you. That’s really what we want. Always.

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Britney: Yes. Sometimes there are weddings where the reception timeline is kind of crunched, so I don’t get to it until later in the day. Um, and so Dakota, my little sister, obviously shoots with me.

You know that there can be times at a reception where I’m like, Hey, I need to take 15 and go get the sneak peek done and out, and she’ll take over during like the kind of the meat of the just dancing. Not anything. ’cause she’s. My second shooter for sure, but I also trust her explicitly with like, she knows how to do this as well.

Oh yeah. So sometimes we will do it later in the day and she’ll shoot instead of meat. But I try to get it done as often as possible when nothing’s happening. But that would probably be like the caveat is if it is a super crunch timeline or it rained and we’re all eating dinner late, whatever it is, um, we just adjust it to later in the day.

Julie: So obviously I already knew you going into, you know, and I was in the wedding world going into planning my own wedding. I. I literally, before we even went, like on our venue tour, before we booked our venue, I was like, you available this day? Okay, cool. We’re gonna ask the venue. Because I was like, that’s favorite.

This is our photographer. That’s it.

Britney: That’s always like the biggest honor ever.

Julie: Oh, it was the best working with you. Um, so how do you, so, you know, you didn’t need to sell me when in your, you know, sales process or anything like that on Yeah. You having this available to people. So how do you frame this for people that don’t know in your onboarding process?

Britney: Okay. Like the sneak peek in general.

Julie: Yeah.

Britney: Um, so anytime we talk to a new couple, they, you know, the question’s always like, Hey, what’s your turnaround time? Which isn’t. Obviously a very important question. Um, so we explained to them at that point, like, Hey, um, when you sit down, eat dinner, we edit a selection.

Usually it’s like 30, sometimes it’s like 70 because I get, I get Cole happy Yeah. And excited and I’m like, here’s everything. Um, but we let them know at that point, Hey, you’re gonna have access to these that evening. And then the rest are ready two weeks after that, just so they’re aware like, hey, and, and this is kind of sad, but some people have family that.

Can’t end up coming, you know, or yeah, a friend that had a baby or whatever and they weren’t able to be there. So we always talk to ’em about that as well. Like, you’ll have these for people who love you, who weren’t able to be there, and frankly, after you do all that work at your wedding and pay for all of it and pick it all, all of that, it’s really kind of fun to be like, look how good I look, you know?

Or like these flowers were everything anymore. So that’s, we let them know like, Hey, you’ll have this capability, and it’s never. Salesy. Like, I don’t, I don’t necessarily think that someone would book me opposed to someone else directly because of the sneak peek, because it’s not everything by any means.

Yeah. But I think it’s a, I think

Julie: it’s just a bonus that gets people,

Britney: it’s a bonus and it’s cool. And it’s, frankly, for me, it’s just become such a part of what I do. It never feels like an imposition. Um, it just feels like part of that routine that I do at work, you know, every day.

Julie: Offering something like this that is.

Like a signature touch, something that other people aren’t really doing. It only works consistently if it actually fills you up and doesn’t drain you.

Britney: Exactly.

Julie: So I wanna talk kind of about the heart behind the hustle of it. What motivates you to do this? Even when you’re tired or It’s Yes. Like getting late at night.

Britney: Yes. You’re doing the sneak peek at 1130. Um. For me personally, I love for the bride and groom to feel loved in that way and feel cared for in that way. That is very important. But business-wise, um, I think people who follow me on Instagram or know that I’m shooting a wedding that Saturday, they’ve come to expect, Hey, this is, this is coming.

Like we saw mm-hmm. So and so’s getting married at the ADO office and I can’t wait to see the photos. I think it would almost be a, uh. Not a let down, but like a, oh, where are they? You know, if they aren’t there that night. And I think to avoid the burnout with it is. It’s, I mean, it’s fun. Like, it’s so fun to share something new and exciting and you know, to let people know like, Hey, I’m working with somebody in, you know, years and years ago, is like, Hey, fake it till you make it.

If you have like, you know, an off month. It’s like Cheryl stuff. Um, which is so real. Yeah. But it’s, you know, for me, this is what I like, this is my life’s work. This is what I feel so-called to do, and still so called to do after all these years. So that’s kind of my. Hey, look like, look how fun and look how beautiful.

And like, this couple was amazing, and I love this, that, and the other. So it’s, it’s still really exciting. Like, it truly never feels like a, I’ve gotta get these images ready. It’s like, oh my gosh, I can’t wait to, you know, to curate this. The curating process feels the most creative. To me, when it comes to it, like picking it, putting it together, it really tells a part of the story.

Um, but it, it’s super exciting to me. Every time, you know, 700 something weddings in like, it’s like, whoa, I can’t wait. So I guess I should be really grateful that I do still feel like that. ’cause I know there are people in the industry that deal and do I deal with burnout? Yes. As anyone in the wedding industry does.

Um, ’cause it’s so giving of oneself in the best way, but you just pour and pour and pour until you’re like. Now I’m tired, but when it comes to the sneak peek specifically, it feels. Uplifting. And it feels like it, it feels like it fills my cup. That’s a bad sentence. Aw, no, it’s great. It’s, it’s a bucket filler.

It’s a bucket filler for per my third grader. It’s how she describes stuff like that, but it’s, it’s like the cherry on top of a really great, hard days of work opposed to a detraction or something, something else to do. Um, it just feels like a gift really.

Julie: Is there anything you have to do to protect your boundaries while still going above and beyond?

Britney: I think I used to share all of my personal life on the internet. Mm-hmm. As well as my work life. And we had some family health things happen a few years ago and it was like a, an instant pullback for me. ’cause I always wanna be like, everything’s great, you know, on the internet. And we had like just some really like sad, heavy things happen and I was like, you know what?

I don’t wanna talk about this. I’m just gonna not. So that was the reason I. Stopped sharing so freely. But then as the months passed, I was like, Hey, it’s kind of freeing to have work. Britney, who lives online, you know, and is a wedding photographer and loves Disney World, I definitely put that online. Um, but then there’s the home Britney, that’s just Halley’s mom.

Um, and just Ben’s wife and Dakota’s, you know, ride or I, um, but for. We moved about three years ago, and for the longest time, no one knew what I did for a living, and I just loved that. I loved that separation and that felt like an escape from a job that can be really all consuming if you allow it. It was that, that separation of church and state, I guess the, Hey, this is the work Bernie, and this is the Bernie who’s living her life and her work fuels opposed to.

All I am is work all the time. And I think that takes time for anybody to learn. ’cause you in a job like this, like it’s so fun. It’s so fun and you love the people, and you love the people you work with, and then you just keep gassing it without a balance of also, I’m a person who’s not a wedding photographer.

And once you learn to have both, I think it makes both. Even better. But that’s probably the boundary is I was like, Hey, this is, these parts of my life are just for me. They’re not for our couples, they’re not for the internet, they’re not for Instagram. They’re just things that I love and that we do day in and day out, and no one really needs to know about that.

So that’s, that helped a lot.

Julie: Do you have. Any tips or what would you say to a photographer who’s listening to this and who’s curious to maybe try this system out, but they’re really scared of that burnout or they’re scared of setting that precedent and letting people down?

Britney: Yes. I think if you shift your mindset into that, yes, it’s good for your marketing to put on Instagram, right?

It’s, you know, it’s instant gratification. It’s, it’s likes, it’s shares, is this and the other. Um, it’s really. Just another way to serve the people that you’re working for and truly working with, because there’s a couple excited about it. Yes. Over the moon, they’re, they’re texting their friends, their brides.

You’re thrilled. But the people who are doing, you know, a different version of what we are doing, they’re desperate for this content. They’re desperate for the ability to go, Hey, I spent, you know. All this time designing whatever it is, and I’m gonna, now I can get it out there. So I think if there’s ever a, a season as a photographer of like, man, I don’t wanna look at this laptop.

Just shift your mindset to, yeah, I might be a little tired, or you know, my head hurts, whatever it is. But there’s somebody sitting at their house that has already. Gased it. They’ve already given their all, they’ve already done, you know, what they needed to do at this wedding, and now it’s the rest of my job to make sure that they have something to show for that, because it’s never changing that, you know, the internet is where we live.

Like how, how many people go to your website? Not a lot, you know? Yeah. If they all live, you know where your now is, and giving people the capability to share it now is just wildly important to me. I would say over the years has become just as important as making sure my couples have them, is making sure my planner friends do, and my florist friends, and they all expect it.

And I think once a photographer sets that p. And it’s expected. It’s not necessarily pressure. It’s almost like, Hey, I’m, I’m grateful. Like I’m really grateful for you that you and I have heard that endless times. Like, I’m so pumped to work with y’all because I know we’re gonna have pictures tonight. I’m like, heck yeah, you are.

And it’s, you know, and we’re all gonna love it. So shift your perspectives to, you know, just back to giving because what are we doing here? Like,

Julie: yeah,

Britney: we’re shooting weddings and we’re planning weddings, but we’re, we’re loving on people, you know, and we’re serving people and we’re encouraging people, and that’s just.

A not, not an imposition. It’s like it’s just a second opportunity to do those things.

Julie: I love that you have found a system that works for you, not just one that looks. Good on paper.

Britney: Yeah. It’s,

Julie: and that’s, you know, that’s the goal for all of us. Right?

Britney: For sure. I would love to find a system in a lot of other parts of my life like that.

Julie: Oh, I got a podcast for that.

Britney: I get, I was, I was scrolling through. I was like, Ooh, yeah, I need to listen to that. Oh, it’s such a fun niche.

Julie: Tell everyone,

Britney: tell everyone. I was like, I’m putting this on Instagram story. No, I love, I love passionate people. I would say like. Probably more than anything in my life.

I just like to talk to people that enjoy what they do or passionate about anything. So the fact that yours, the systems is the coolest thing ever to me it’s like,

Julie: oh,

Britney: I love when stuff is simplified. Same. You know? Yeah. Let’s talk about it. Like use systemize your laundry. Same. Your car has a system in the back to make sure you don’t fall apart.

I just, I think that’s amazing. I love that.

Julie: Oh, well I love you and I thank you so much for coming on the podcast. I love you too.

Britney: I’m so excited. I

Julie: want you to tell everyone where they can find you. Yes. Online, how they can work with you

Britney: for sure.

Julie: I’m not positive exactly when this episode, this, this episode is not gonna air in time for people to sign up for your fall minis, but they will, it will definitely air in time for people to get on your newsletter list and sign up for then your spring minis if you live in the DFW area, except for like a couple like.

Just personal photos that are behind me on the shelf.

Britney: Yes. Every reframed photo in our home like, and we have a lot, it’s kind like I lived from like the multiple mini sessions that my husband and I have done with Britney. Yes.

Julie: And

Britney: like both of our wedding ceremonies

Julie: and not

Britney: get many people say with

Julie: our doll, with our daughter.

Like,

Britney: I’m pretty excited. We can’t wait. Yes, for sure.

Julie: So where online can we find you?

Britney: Yes, I am reside at Britney Tarno on Instagram mostly, or you can go to Britney tarno.com to see the, the highly curated section of my life. Dakota, just snap. That’s so real. We did our website ourselves and we cried a lot over it, so like, go check it out because we’re really proud of it.

And I have a newsletter link on Instagram where you can sign up to get mini session released. That’s, that’s the non-wetting work I do is mini sessions for the. Couples we have that have had babies, or four babies, so many babies. Um, and we love to see them a few times a year. So that links on there, you know, if you’re getting married.

We’d love to see you. We wanna hang out at your wedding. So anywhere of those two, you can find me and I put my cell phone on here. It’s probably a bad idea. So those two probably ideal.

Julie: We’re gonna link your cell phone in the show

Britney: notes. Here’s her passport. Um, so yeah, Instagram, my website’s definitely the best place to do it.

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Julie: right. Thank you so much, Britney. All right everyone, we are shutting it down today with a book review. Um, I just finished Famous Last Words by Jillian McAllister. Uh, the book opens with Cam who’s juggling solo parenting on the first day, back to work after her maternity leave because her husband.

Conveniently vanished right before daycare drop off. Rude. But the plot twist, he’s not just skipping breakfast duty. He’s at the center of a hostage situation and Cam suddenly finds herself under police scrutiny. Seven years later, he’s still missing. Cam stuck in this limbo between grief and motherhood and wanting to believe that he.

Was a good person. She receives an anonymous message with coordinates and a time, and she’s pulled back into the mystery hoping for answers that never came the first time around. The story is told through dual POVs, cam and Nile, who was the negotiator. He never quite recovered from the siege. This one’s definitely a slow burn and it’s an emotionally layered thriller.

It’s less about action and more about unraveling heartbreak memory and what it means to move on when no one ever tells you how. I gave it four out of five stars. It kept me hooked, gave me just enough answers and made me yell, oh, come on. Which is all I ask for out of a good thriller. And that’s it for this episode of the system for everything, whether you came from behind the scenes of Britney’s, real time sneak peeks, or stuck around for a thriller that made you.

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