The Layover – Lacie Waldon
After ten years as a flight attendant, Ava Greene is poised to hang up her wings and finally put down roots. She’s got one trip left before she bids her old life farewell, and she plans to enjoy every second of it. But then she discovers that former pilot Jack Stone — the absurdly gorgeous, ridiculously cocky man she’s held a secret grudge against for years — is on her flight. And he has the nerve to flirt with her, as if he doesn’t remember the role he played in the most humiliating night of her life. Good thing she never has to see him again after they land….
But when their plane encounters mechanical problems, what should have been a quick stop at the Belize airport suddenly becomes a weekend layover. Getting stuck on a three-hour flight with her nemesis was bad enough. Being stranded with him at a luxury resort in paradise? Even with the sultry breeze and white sand to distract her, it will take all the rum punch in the country to drown out his larger-than-life presence.
Yet the more time Ava spends with him under the hot Caribbean sun, the more she begins to second-guess everything she thought she knew about him… and everything she thought she wanted from her life. And all too soon, she might have to choose between keeping her feet on the ground and her head in the clouds….
My Review of The Layover
I was in the mood for a light weekend cute read and this one was great, apart from one small issue I had with it.
Ava is a flight attendant and is paired up on a flight to Belize, with her arch nemeiss. Well kind of. Jack was partly responsible for the worst night of her entire life and when the plane has issues and they get stuck together in the beautiful island paradise, will she continue to hate him?
I enjoyed this one. It was fun and had some really witty dialogue and funny moments.
I liked Ava a character – so I didn’t quite understand why the biggest thing I didn’t like in the book happened. It’s not really a spoiler because you literally find out about it in the first few chapters of the book, but Ava is engaged to be married. And yes sure he is a total Jerk etc etc. But she is engaged to be married and it borders so close to cheating that it might as well be cheating. Jerk or no jerk. It feels like her fiance was written as a jerk just to excuse her falling for another man.
However, if you ignore this part and go with the story and pretend that she is the victim in all of this it is quite an enjoyable read. I just didn’t like this one part of her story and character. She is such a strong character, it is hard to believe that she would let someone treat her like crap.
I liked the setting and the characters. Gen was probably my favourite of all of them. I wish I was more like Gen!
Ultimately it was a sweet story, a good romance. I loved the tension between the characters and the setting. I just wish that some things were a bit different. But it did the job at helping me escape the kids from lockdown for a few hours!
(3.5 / 5)
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