He has a terrible attitude and shows no real redeeming qualities. Apparently the author is Scottish but this came off so silly I was expecting him to call Ava “Sassenach” and get it over with. And he talks like Jamie Fraser from Outlander, so it’s all “tae” instead of to and “aye” for yes. The jerk who literally shoves her out of the way and takes the last seat is a Scotsman named Caleb… Scott. So now she hates him and he’s the worst person ever. Her flight has been delayed by acts of nature, which isn’t anyone’s fault, but she’s busy making it all about her when a man-brat comes in and takes the last first class seat on the plane she wants to catch. Ava is annoying and insufferable and the sorts of things that happen in the course of everyday life turn her into a brat. Where to begin? The book’s description will tell you “The universe is conspiring against Ava Breevort.” Let me correct that.

I love this new cover trend, I really do, but maybe if I had taken time to check out who the author was (I’ve heard a few things about her On Dublin Street) I might have been warned that I was not in for the light, modern rom-com I expected. The book tricked me with the cutesy, cartoon cover and then delivered a story that was anything but fun.

Although in this case, F is for Failure to be worth reading, Full of terrible tropes we should let die, and Frightfully hard to read.

Maybe it’s appropriate to give a book called Fight or Flight an F.

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