Island Affair by Priscilla Oliveras

Title      :  Island Affair

Author :  Priscilla Oliveras 

Genre   :  Romance

Pages    :  352

I received this Advance Review Copy by Netgalley and Kensington Books in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you Netgalley and Kensington Books!!

Blurb

Sought-after social media influencer Sara Vance, in recovery from an eating disorder, is coming into her own, with a potential career expansion on the horizon. Despite the good news, her successful siblings (and their perfect spouses) have a way of making her feel like the odd one out. So, when her unreliable boyfriend is a no-show for a Florida family vacation, Sara recruits Luis Navarro—a firefighter paramedic and dive captain willing to play the part of her smitten fiancé . . .

Luis’s big Cuban familia has been in Key West for generations, and his quiet strength feeds off the island’s laidback style. Though guarded after a deep betrayal, he’ll always help someone in need—especially a spunky beauty with a surprising knowledge of Spanish curse words. Soon, he and Sara have memorized their “how we met” story and are immersed in family dinners, bike tours, private snorkeling trips . . . sharing secrets, and slow, melting kisses. But when it’s time for Sara to return home, will their island romance last or fade with the stunning sunset?

Review

Island Affair is the first book in Key to love series, it is the perfect escapade one needs take from the insane reality. The storyline was unbelievably adorable. Something straight outta Rom-Coms. The character description and development was fantastic. How both the lead characters Sara Vance and Luis Navarro evolves emotionally over the 7 days of their vacation is something worth the read. The backstories of these two characters was strong, believable, relatable and deep. The family background of both Sara and Luis was similar and different in its own way. The career choice Sara Vance was something anew which matches the contemporary lifestyle perfectly, no author has dared to give their leads a career option as Social media influencer so far and that was bold and really amazing. And it was actually nice to read about Social media influencers and look into their mode working and life in detail. On the other hand Luis and his fire fighter family made sure the readers get to experience the Key west life at the best. The parts where both Vance family and Navarro family was involved was extremely wonderful and enjoyable. The Navarro sibling though they played only small roles in this book, they left their footprints in the hearts of the readers. Since this book is a series, we can all hope to see more of Navarro siblings in spot light. The supporting characters were highly supportive and help constructing the plot efficiently. They were all one hell of a supporting characters.

The writing style was long and elaborate, which could have been avoided because at times it felt really long and unendurable. If this book had been small and crispy it would’ve been even more good to read. There were lot of Spanish dialogues here and there, and there wasn’t any translation available in the book so it kind of felt alien to Non-Spanish speakers. And the narration of the story was done from the perspective of both Luis and Sara, so there was practically no suspense in this book because both Sara and Luis’s feelings and thoughts were out there in the open for the readers. If the author had blindfolded one side of the story, it would’ve been intriguing. These are few shortcomings of the book other than that, it was really a nice read.

On the whole it was simple, happy and funny read, filled with lots of honeymoon phase romances. The bonds shared between the members of the family was beautifully portrayed. The emotional turmoil one faces when they yearn for being loved and accepted by their loved ones was the core point the author has intended to bring about in the story and had succeeded in doing so.

Island Affair is one cherish-able vacation everyone longs for.

My views

I really like the places where the family bonding was involved. There were lot funny instances which brought a smile to my smug face. The author had simply took me on a vacation to Key West with this one book, and I completely loved the experience. I loved all the supporting characters, I think this is the first book which made me like all the characters in it. I particularly liked all the siblings and among them my favorites are Enrique and Anamaria, I really hope to read about them in the upcoming books in the Key to Love series.

I would recommend this book to humor and Rom-Com lovers. And also to people who loves to travel because this book clearly takes you around Key West like a tour guide along with sprinkles of family drama, romance, humor and emotions. Which is of course an added advantage. Do read this book and tell me how you feel about it.

My rating for this book would be 3 / 5 stars 🌟🌟🌟

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Release Date : 28 April 2020

Happy Reading Folks!!

~Meenu