Second Chance Romance – ARC Book Review

Hate at first sight. Love at long last?

Moira and Frank are the perfect enemies. At forty-two, newly single Moira’s life is a mess. And now – thanks to their barely-adult children supposedly falling in love – she’s been thrown together with the incredibly rich, incredibly attractive, incredibly arrogantFrank as they agree on a to split up their impulsive kids.

Moira and Frank just need to show how they’re too young to be so serious about a relationship. It’s a fool-proof plan. That is, until their frustrated kids decide to elope. To Greece. Without inviting their parents…

Chasing after them, Frank and Moira frantically search every cobbled street and sparkling beach. It would actually be the perfect setting for Moira to fall in love – if only she didn’t find her present company so irritating.

But days spent competing on jet skis and stubbornly sitting on separate taverna tables, followed by unexpected nights in steamy hot tubs, lead to an undeniable chemistry neither of them can ignore – as hard as they might try…

Will Moira and Frank find their love-drunk offspring in time to speak some sense into them and finally go their separate ways? Or has their unexpected trip brought them together for the second chance at love they didn’t even know they needed…?

A sizzling, hilarious, heartfelt enemies-to-lovers story that will make you both laugh out loud and swoon hard for this second chance at love… Perfect for fans of Emily Henry, Catherine Walsh and Annabel Monaghan’s Nora Goes Off Script.

Moira and Frank hated each other at the first sight. Moira’s daughter Harriet is dating Frank’s son Aiden. Moira is having troubles with her own marriage while Frank is a successful author. When their children decided to elope, the two suddenly start working together to stop their children from marrying, even travelling all the way to Greece so they could stop their children’s wedding.

The plot itself is interesting but overall, I didn’t find this book really appealing as I thought it would be. Nearly each and everyone of the characters are all unlikable, particularly Frank who seemed to be really egoistic. The story kind of got a little boring and bland with no direction as to where the story is actually going in my opinion. The banter between Moira and Frank seemed childish at most. It wasn’t a great rom com novel but more like an over hyped romance book. However, the ending was a bit OK compared to the rest of the book.

I didn’t enjoy this book at all, even though I managed to finish the book really quick. Overall this book is worth 2.5 stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC.