"Romance masterpiece" - Kylie Scott, New York Times bestselling author
From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a new,
contemporary romance with heart-wrenching twists and laugh-out-loud moments.
In The Unlikely Event is available now!
BLURB:
Sometimes you meet people who are out of this world, so you make them a part of
yours.
A one-night stand born from vengeance in a foreign land.
An explosive chemistry neither of us could deny.
We signed a contract on the back of a Boar’s Head Pub napkin that said if we ever met
again, we would drop everything and be together.
Eight years and thousands of miles later, he’s here.
In New York.
And he’s America’s music obsession.
The intangible Irish poet who brings record executives to their knees.
The blizzard in my perfect, unshaken snow globe.
Last time we spoke, he was a beggar with no intention of becoming a king.
But a king he became, and now I’m his servant.
I’m not the same broken princess Malachy Doherty put back together with his callused
hands.
I have a career I love.
A boyfriend I adore.
An apartment, a roommate, a life.
I changed. He changed, too.
But Mal kept the napkin.
Question is, will I keep my word?
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My Review:
My Rating: 3.5 Stars
I received an arc in exchange for an honest review. I really liked most of the book, it has humor, angst and romance. Honestly though, I think I have to rate this book a 3.5 stars. This is written differently than other LJ Shen books and well I was able to read it quickly there were many that upon retrospection I just didn't care for how they were dealt with. After Aurora loses a dad she never really knew she goes to Ireland where she meets Mal. There is a series of events and they end up having a one night stand.They fall for each other and write on a napkin if they ever meet again they will drop everything or anyone to try and be together.
I will say what I like about the book first. I loved that it was written it differently than the other books. I love the notes because it added more of the story and most of the time they made me giggle. I especially will not be able to look at chocolate the same way. Like always I love how Leigh writes and how the words seem to flow off the pages and the cover art!
What I didn't like. I didn't like how insta love the relationship between Mal and Aurora was. I didn't care how a very sensitive topic was handled. I liked that it was opposite than what we normally think, but as I was talking with another person who read it too we both just thought the way it was handled was poorly.
This was not my favorite Leigh book and I was excited to read it and because of some of the issues this book I just can't give it 5 stars and you know what? That's okay. If you read this book and loved it good for you, not everyone is going to love every book. Read the excerpt below and see if this book is for you.
Excerpt:
When I finally come face to face with the street artist standing on the side of the
pavement, his guitar case open and full of rolled-up notes and change, I understand
why his grandfather told me I’d recognize him with the self-assurance of an avid
believer.
I’ve never seen someone like him before.
He is beautiful, true, but that’s not what stands out to me. He is radiant.
It’s like his presence has a presence. He sucks the air out of everything in his
vicinity, making it impossible not to look at him. Malachy is tailor-made for a huge,
colossal heartbreak. Everything about him—his tattered jeans, filthy boots, white shirt,
and leather jacket that was broken in decades ago—screams trouble. He looks like a
seventies heartthrob. An icon. A Terry Richardson muse. Bruce Springsteen pre-fame.
His voice is like honey and warm spices. It lulls me into a place in my mind I’ve
never been before, even though it’s far from beautiful. It is gruff, throaty, and smoky.
When someone bumps my shoulder to get closer to him, I snap out of my reverie and
realize what I’m listening to.
“One” by U2.
The coincidence is strange. I try to tell myself it’s nothing. This is Ireland. U2 is a
national treasure.
His eyes are squeezed shut as he sings. It’s like no one exists other than him
and his guitar. Something warm rushes through my skin, like a heat wave, and I
shudder in delight.
Warmth.
I always thought there was something melancholy about street performers—the
way people walk past them, ignoring their music, their art, their passion. But this guy,
he’s the one doing the ignoring. The tables have turned. He’s got the crowd eating from
the palm of his hand. Every woman here is under a thick, sweet spell. He’s got that
Harry Styles quality that makes girls want to bed him and older women want to adopt
him. The men are a cross between impatient, annoyed, and jealous. You can see it in
the way they tap their feet, check their watches, nudge their wives and girlfriends to
move it.
The song ends, and Malachy Doherty cracks his eyes open and stares directly at
me, like he knew I’d be here. Like he watched me watching him through closed eyes.
Disoriented—and for some reason wanting to do something, anything—I throw a bill into
his guitar case and look away, realizing to my horror that I threw the fifty euros his
grandpa gave me. Everyone around me murmurs and whistles. They think it was
intentional. I can feel my face flaming red. I bet he thinks I want to sleep with him.
Do I? Probably. But should he know that? Hell no.
About LJ Shen
L.J. Shen is a USA Today, Washington Post and Amazon #1 best-selling author of
contemporary, New Adult and YA romance. Her books have been sold to nineteen
different countries.
She lives in California with her husband, son, cat and eccentric fashion choices, and
enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows and catching sun rays with her lazy cat.
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