WHEN SPARKS FLY BY HELENA HUNTING

9/20/2021

I love the best friends to lover’s trope because I get to see how the dynamics change from friend to lover. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. In this case, it worked but it lacked the chemistry I was hoping for.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: September 21, 2021
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Series: None. Complete Standalone.
Pages: 320 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Publisher.

Charming, hilarious, and emotional...When Sparks Fly is Helena Hunting at her very best!

Avery Spark is living her best life. Between her friends, her sisters, and Spark House, the event hotel her family owns, she doesn’t have much time for anything else, especially relationships. She’d rather hang out with her best friend and roommate, Declan McCormick, than deal with the dating scene. But everything changes when she is in a car accident and needs someone to care for her as she heals.

Declan avoids relationships, giving him a playboy reputation that he lives up to when he puts a one-night stand ahead of a promise he made to Avery. While he may not have been the one driving the car, he feels responsible for Avery’s injuries and is determined to make it up to her by stepping into the role of caretaker.

Little did they know that the more time they spend in compromising positions, the attraction they’ve been refusing to acknowledge becomes impossible to ignore. When they finally give in to the spark between them, neither is prepared for the consequences. Their love is fragile and all it will take is a blow from the past to shatter it all.

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𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗡𝗔𝗣𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧: I love the best friends to lover’s trope because I get to see how the dynamics change from friend to lover. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. In this case, it worked but it lacked the chemistry I was hoping for.

Helena Hunting is a fantastic writer and I have enjoyed pretty much every book I’ve read by her. While this one WAS enjoyable, I felt like it lacked the spark and chemistry that I come to associate with her work. While I understand that these two have known each other for ages I think with the circumstances of the story would have made feel a little less rushed. Somehow to me, it just felt a little too easy even though they both had their own issues to deal with. That aside, Helena told a story that both nicked the emotions and made me laugh. I felt sorry for Avery and her sisters and laughed at their interactions. Declan is a wonderful male lead even though his he made some mistakes and had to grovel to get back in his best friend’s good graces. I enjoyed his honesty and the way he handled the situations that were thrown his way.

If you’re a fan of the authors work and enjoy the friends-to-lovers/roommates-to-lovers trope then I definitely recommend giving this one a try. Although it wasn’t my absolute favorite of her work, I still enjoyed it.

𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙:
• The Best friends-to-lovers trope AND the roommates-to-lovers trope
• Books that tackle emotions but also make you laugh
• Authors like Meghan Quinn, Lauren Blakely, and Emma Chase

𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (3.5)