Twist of Fate #1
e-ARC, NetGalley
Author: Jennifer Probst
Chiara Kennedy met Sebastian Ryder in a movie-like meet cute: he “saves” her from an annoying pick up at a bar and they strike up a conversation. In “Before Sunrise” fashion, they spend the whole night baring their souls to each other, being completely open and honest to each other. They have an incredible connection, but Chiara instantly knows that they want different things in life and they part ways without even a kiss. He always stayed in the back of her mind – the perfect man, just not perfect for her…
Chiara doesn’t know that Ryder will be in her life again in pivotal moments: first, when her best friend introduces him as her boyfriend. Second, when they bury her best friend. Third, two years later, when he “saves” her again at a bar when he ends up getting roofied instead of her. Fate won’t keep him out of her way…
This is the first book in the Twist of Fate series and, as it usually happens in introductory books, it sets up not only the main characters’ story lines but it sets up the “universe”. In this one, it’s the surviving friends picking up the pieces and getting their lives together after such devastating loss.
It’s very well written and it’s definitely a romance novel, but the focus here is on character development and growth, as this best friend is falling (again) for her best friend’s husband. There is an added fact that I won’t reveal so as to not spoil anyone that really makes you understand why Chiara feels like she’s “stealing ” her late friend’s life. How they got to this complication is a little too far fetched for me, but once I got involved in the story I let it slide.
A good beginning to a new series. I need Ford’s book!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank youNetGalley, Montlake and Jennifer Probst for the advanced copy.
Possible triggers: grief, surprise pregnancy, infertility, child abandonment, drug use
