3.5 Smooches
Synopsis
Lilly Hughes hates traveling, but her job requires it. Learning her flight gets grounded leaves her stranded with no place to go.
Silas Harper is on his final stretch of R&R and just wants to get to his destination when fate intervenes putting him in the company of Lilly.
Intending never to see each other again they settle for one night of heat and passion. Denying their undeniable connection they part ways as agreed, but will they stay parted forever? Or will a twist of fate bring them back together?
Review
Twist of Fate was a story of what was supposed to be a one-night stand turning into something so much more.
Silas and Lily agree to one night together, no phone numbers, no last names and no strings attached but fate had other ideas. Neither of them could have imagined that a few years down the line they would be in each other’s lives again and this time it won’t be easy for them to walk away thanks to that one night’s conception.
“There isn’t much I don’t remember from that night. It was the best night of my life.”
I have to admit that in the last month I have read at least 2 books with this same story line; man meets woman, man and woman have one great night, years down line man and woman meet again and man realises he has a child. So I’m not sure if I’m being a bit mean because I’ve heard this story line a few times but I just didn’t love it as much as the others I have read. I enjoyed it, but I didn’t love it.
“I love this woman and I’m never going to let her go again. She’s ruined me and no one will, or ever can, replace her and I need to make her mine.”
I really liked Silas, he was a great guy who was easily likeable and I did enjoy his character. However I struggled with Lilly, I’m not 100% sure why this was but she just seemed a little insensitive at times towards Silas and the situation, especially during the heart-breaking story line concerning Silas and Kristin. There were great supporting characters such as Ezra, Lucas and Megan. They gave an extra little something to the story and made me smile and laugh a little with their personalities.
“I think I’ve always known deep down that you would come back to me. That’s why Miles and Delilah are so happy together. You’re my Miles.”
The plot (like I’ve mentioned) is something I’ve read a few times recently and although I really enjoy this sort of story, this one just wasn’t one of my favourites. I think for me this story seemed more unbelievable than the others, probably due to how short this book was and the writing didn’t flow great for me. I did really enjoy the part of Lily being an author and the drama and sadness that Silas and Kristin’s part played within the book.
“I can’t promise you a happy ending, because true love never ends.”
Overall it was a okay-good read; there were some good characters and aspects of the plot that I did enjoy. I think this genre is so competitive at the moment and with just a few tweaks to maybe the length of the story to maybe add in more aspects to the plot and working on the characters development a little more, then this author will be on to a winner and will go far with her future work.
Bethany
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