Island Affair
(Keys to Love, #1)
by Priscilla Oliveras
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Publication Date: April 28 2020
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pages: 283
ISBN: 9781420150179
Genre: Adult Fiction | Romance | Contemporary
Source: Own
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Synopsis: Sara has always felt like an outsider in her family. Both of her parents are huge successes in the medical field and her two older siblings followed in her parents' footsteps. Sara made her own path in life and is a social media influence with over 500,000 likes. Sara's brother and sister were teenagers when Sara was born, making it almost impossible for her to connect with them since they didn't form a strong sibling relationship as children. This, coupled with never feeling like enough or wanted by her parents, led Sara to suffer from a slew of anxiety problems that led to an eating disorder. Sara has been in recovery and doing great but her parents' constant worrying frustrates her.
Having recently finished chemo and being declared cancer-free, Sara's mom books a family vacation to Key West to help celebrate. Sara's father has left strict expectations for all of his children - make this vacation as stress-free as possible. Not wanting to feel like an outsider, Sara invites her boyfriend to go along with her but when he stands her up at the airport Sara has no choice but to make a drastic decision.
Sara convinces Cuban firefighter Luis Navarro to play the part of her boyfriend. Luis is hesitant at first because he is dealing with his own issues but he reluctantly agrees to play along on the condition that his family doesn't find out.
Review: First of all, this font is so horribly tiny and the spacing between lines is very minimal. I ended up having to read this on my kindle because the font hurt my eyes so bad. I actually almost chose not to read it at all since it was so bad. Which would have been a shame because I really quite enjoyed this read! I'm shocked by the low rating on Goodreads because this was such a lovely meet-cute.
Overall I really enjoyed this book. The relationship between Luis and Sara was really sweet and they were such a perfect couple. I loved all the steamy parts between them but was very disappointed that when they finally connected, the author skipped it and jumped to the after. That was disappointing. I loved the Navarro family dynamic. I could picture all of those things happening and I loved seeing their strong bond and relationship. I actually had a hard time connecting with Sara throughout the entire story. I really wanted to like her but I just couldn't relate to her and she seemed whiny. Parts of this book felt very rushed, and the ending wasn't spectacular - there was absolutely no closure! It's also been several years since I took Spanish so some of it went right over my head. I wish the author explained what some of those sayings meant, I ended up having to Google them.
“As long as we allow the past to negatively affect our present, it's impossible to build a positive future.”
― Priscilla Oliveras, Island Affair
I definitely recommend this to anyone who is interested in a quick, cute, steamy love story. It's the perfect summer read and the plot/setting makes you just want to be in Key West, laying on the beach with a cabana boy while you sip margaritas.
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