When will the starts finally align? And is it then just in the pocket or not?

Synopsis

Has someone ever come into your life and you thought, what if you’d had the chance to get to know one another better? Would we be together?

When Liv finds herself locked in a shed with handsome stranger Ben (after both trying to rescue the same cat), the instant connection they make feels like fate had a hand in it. Has Liv finally found her perfect match?

But everything about the timing means there’s no way they can be together. Not least because Ben has a girlfriend and Liv is moving to Paris the next day.

Over the coming years their paths weave in and out of each other’s lives – together, but always fleetingly.

If only they could stop missing each other, who knows what fate may have in store for them…

My review

When Liv hears a cat in distress, stuck in a shed, she doesn’t hesitate to help the poor animal. But what she didn’t expect, was getting locked in the same shed, with Ben, who helped her rescuing that same cat.
There is an instant connection between them, but with Ben having a girlfriend, and Liv moving to Paris the next day, they part ways.
But Fate isn’t ready with them yet, as over the years, their paths keeps on crossing, fleetingly and not. Will there ever be a right time and place for Liv and Ben? Because no matter what is happening in their lives, they cannot forgot those shared moments in a shed…

It always fascinating me having stories where people who are obviously perfect for each other, meet at the most wrong time in their lives. So obviously I had to read this book, as I wanted to know how it would all end, and what would happen meanwhile. 

Initially I found Liv a bit over the top. She was practically already imaging her whole life with Ben while she just met the guy five minutes ago, and has just been locked in a shed with him. Come on girl, get a grip! 

But I also felt sorry for her, as while it may seem a dream to move to Paris, the circumstances about her move are anything but…
It angered me to see how, while she is a victim, she is the one having to pay the price for it. And it felt so wrong that Liv just agreed with it, instead of fighting against any of the taken decisions. 

Obviously, with Liv moving and Ben having a girlfriend, things don’t evolve from there on, it would make no sense at all.
So parting ways, thinking they would never meet again, was somehow the right thing to do for the both of them. 

I expected in this book that over the years, Liv and Ben would see each other again, and that somehow a friendship would grow over the years and then well, you know.
So not being that kind of story surprised me a little bit. But on the other hand, it also allows the readers to understand the characters better, and see them mature separately. 

While they see each other through the years, sometimes just getting a glimpse of each other,  or actually have a small talk, and we know what kind of endgame we want, it’s the fact that they are having their own lives, their own struggles, their own dreams to chase and their own demons to defeat.
And this shows that meeting someone at the wrong time and place doesn’t only mean that it isn’t because of a move to Paris or about being in a relationship, but it means about meeting them when you are ready yourself to meet that person. 

That of course doesn’t take away that even if meeting at the wrong time and place, that person can have an impact on your life, and how you can’t get him/her out of your head. And no matter how strongly you believe that it’s impossible to have that happily ever after, the right person at the right time and at the right place will make you see and believe otherwise. 

We see mainly Liv’s side over the years, but also Ben shows us insights from his point of view. He isn’t the flawless male hero in this story. He is making decisions based on the wrong kind of reasons, while he thinks they are legit. We see that Ben is the good kind of person, but even if sometimes frustrating, his mistakes make him more human and vulnerable. 

There may be a few secrets Ben may be keeping from Liv. Some were rather unexpected while, for me, the biggest one wasn’t the kind that would make or break any kind of relationship, as there are other ways (trying to be spoiler – free here!).And Liv there truly showed me the growth she has been through, as she knows what/who she wants, and will not go down without a fight. 

This was a lovely story to read, about love being worth of the wait, about love being worth of the growth you have to make yourself. But it is also about how with the right person, finally at the right time and place, things can finally fall into place.