By: Angela Casella
Many thanks to Hambright PR for the gifted copy of this book!
Within hours of losing her job, Claire receives a call from a stranger that she inherited property from her dad, but her dad is alive. Turns out, her dad isn’t her biological dad. So she hops on a plane to go figure things out. On the plane, she’s seated next to Declan, who is a major hottie. When there’s bad turbulence, and they think the plane is going down, Declan kisses her. She finally makes it to the house and not only learns that Declan is her next door neighbor, but that she also has a half sister. On top of that, the life insurance company doesn’t want to pay, so Claire and her sister set out to figure out what happened to their dad.
I was really looking forward to reading this book, and I really wanted to love it. The last book I read by this author was a 5 star read for me. Unfortunately, this one just didn’t work for me. It felt very slow and drawn out. Her sister Nicole really annoyed me for a good part of the book. That may have been the author’s intention, but it annoyed me to the point where I didn’t want to read the book. I get adding in the mystery to the book, but I wasn’t really here for it this time. I think it’s because we were told that the characters were investigating what happened to their father, but we didn’t actually ever experience much of the investigating. So that part of the plot never really felt fully flushed out.
There was also this “thing” that Declan was keeping from Claire at first about his past. It was kind of repetitively mentioned and it got annoying. It was made out to be this HUGE deal and it really didn’t feel that huge.
Declan did seem like a vulnerable guy and that Claire really helped him open up so that was kind of nice to read. I did enjoy their chemistry. However, even their relationship felt that it was based on superficialness.
Overall, I really wanted this to be better. I felt like I was forcing myself to read it. BUT, like I always say, this is just MY opinion. Others have loved it, and maybe you will too!
Publish Date: April 29, 2024
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