Please note that I read this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my review or rating.
I really wanted to like this book, but honestly it was driving me up the wall. The FMC, Jessie, drove me up the wall the entire book. She didn’t see the forest for the trees and I was tired of her swooning over a guy who was not worth it. I really wish that we had invested more in her relationship with her best friend, provided more backstory to her and her father’s relationship, etc. I just got tired of hearing about Cal and how torn she was.
“Love at First Sight” follows Jessie, a full time nanny dealing with feeling disgruntled with her life right now. She had a long time boyfriend who broke up with her when her father got cancer. She gave up her flat and had to move into a basement bedsit and just doesn’t think she’s going to find the one. Cue her going to Whole Foods and having a moment with a stranger named Cal that turns into bliss after a fire causes them to have to leave the premises. What follows is a pitch perfect day when due to a twist, Jessie and Cal end up not exchanging numbers. Jessie’s best friend pushes her to hang up signs trying to find him, and she can’t get him out of her mind though there’s a guy that has been steadily pursuing her. When Jessie opens the door to her nannying job one day, there stands Cal.
The entire premise of this novel is Jessie really wanting to be with Cal and her deciding to not pursue it because of “family” but still wanting to be with him and torn between another guy. I know another reviewer said that Jessie reminded her of herself when she was 13. And honestly, that is what I had too. She was too indecisive for me. She kept talking about her nannying job like there were her family and it was weird when you saw how her boss treated her. Also she had to be the most naive person in the world when you read about what was going on with a certain plot point. I just thought that Williams didn’t do enough for a reader to get there with Jessie or her love interests or to even really root for her.
The other characters outside of Cal were not developed well at all. I only bring that up because of the ending we get (no spoilers) that had me going well that was a weird change. I think that it could have worked if Williams had devoted time to building up everyone so you could see the ending and be happy with it. All in all, okay romance read, just not something I would re-read in the future.
I read this for CBR17bingo for the “TBR” square. That is the 2nd row, 3rd spot. I had this on my TBR list for a while now from NetGalley. I finally forced myself to finish this one.