Book: Happenstance
Author: Tessa Bailey
Genre: Romance Comedy
Publisher: Piatkus
Pages: 288
Happenstance by Tessa Bailey is the story of Elise Brandeis, who wants to work as an actual reporter at Gotham Times but instead is delivering sandwiches there. And so to get there, she is trying to find a story that can impress the managing editor Karina Grazer. A story that took her to Roosevelt Island and got her stuck in a cable car with three strangers- Gabe Gatlin, a construction worker; Banks Pearson, an uptight rugby coach; and Tobias Atwater, a former adult film star. What started with the feeling of being rescued from that car to being connected with the three people she met there, things changed! For better or worse, read the book!
I was very excited to read Tessa Bailey’s book because of all the hype her books got on Instagram. So although I haven’t read the author before this book, I have had some high expectations.
The book started well and kept me hooked and I was enjoying it. The book is spicy and has a lot of smut scenes, and it won’t be wrong to say that it dominates the book and the story. Some fun moments were there that gave good elements to the story.
This is not the first time I read a story where a character has multiple partners, but I feel it needs to give enough time and space to make it promising, sadly that’s not the case here. The story has some elements that give it an emotional touch, but they were not developed enough and the characters needed a little more depth, time, and conversations to evolve more.
There were moments in the book when I thought the story could get a little space and make me connect with it, but it was taken over by the smut scenes and left me with little to no connectivity with the characters. I like reading spicy books but the story, if not more, needs to be a little strong enough and give a good base and connectivity.
Although I didn’t enjoy the book, I can see why it worked for a lot of people. So if the blurb fascinates you, you can check it out for yourself.
I was provided a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
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