Editorial successes always find immediate replicas in our hyper-connected world. The culture of cultures that is globalization is sometimes good, so that we all know about distant creations while leaving a bittersweet taste of uniformity in music or literature.
Si Elisabet benavent conquers the literary universe in Spanish with its youth romantic genre, Beth O'Leary it achieves the same effect, shortly after, with a similar style in substance and form. And both may be fine according to the ipsofactic success, but perhaps it would be more enriching if causes and effects could not be detached in such an obvious way ...
The thing is that in the outbreak of best-selling novels of this scale, replicas like those of Beth O'Leary begin to be reproduced with astonishing periodicity. And it is that once the publisher on duty discovers the vein, it already knows that it has to bet on the author on duty, providing them with the necessary means. Nothing new, since Danielle Steel It covers everything back in the 70s, opening a path already frequented by many writers today.
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Apartment for two
The current romances offer a comical view on many occasions. Cupid must walk like crazy in the vital maelstrom of so many elusive humans with their arrows. It is the price of modernity. And it is the magic of love. Because sometimes Cupid's lost arrows end up piercing the most unsuspected heart, linking two souls whose destinies, in principle, would not even have to touch.
Of course, circumstances are strangely auspicious at times. Because the characters that he presents to us Beth O'Leary: Tiffy and Leon, overcome the difficulties of living together without even knowing each other. Sharing an apartment of minimal size between two strangers can seem at least uncomfortable if not absolutely risky.
But if both lead opposing lifestyles, with inverse rhythms in breaks and work hours, the issue may appear as a solution for the meager income of two lost souls in the city. The perfect plan. When one leaves the other enters. Moments after Tiffy leaves the bed to rush out to his routine, the other occupies it exhausted after an endless night.
But there are certain sayings that suggest that two who sleep on the same mattress ... It is good that they do not share vital moments beyond the notes of rigor to keep the shared space in order. But deep down, they share the dreams that float in the bedroom, dreams that may be conspiring strangely, devising a plan so that their physical encounter comes to pass with guarantees of success.
Only then can it be understood that despite everything, Tiffy and Leon may have an opportunity. Any risky idea can lead to surprises. Even more so for two peculiar characters like the inhabitants of this small apartment. Because the pandemonium of their existence, with the bizarre plethora of supporting actors, ends up forcibly bringing them together with that magnetism that always favors those who risk. Because more than in any other field, in love, he who does not risk loses everything, even the best that he could have met by chance.
In your shoes
O'Leary is above all a good character builder. Essential for any quick youth empathy plot to work. The naturalness of the writer who makes her characters dialogue as if she were out there herself, without over-acting or strange winks at the camera (or rather the reader). Thanks to this naturalness, a story that could arouse suspicion or point to shrillness ends up being a good intergenerational plot.
Leena cotton It is infallible, but it has screwed up. Her bosses order her to take a two-month vacation and, exhausted, she decides to escape smoky London. Eileen Cotton She is unstoppable, but she just became single at seventy-nine and there is (at first glance) no bachelor suitable for her in Hamleigh, her small town.
Upon learning of her grandmother's problem, Leena proposes a drastic solution: for eight weeks, Eileen will go to London to find love while she takes care of everything in Hamleigh and takes the opportunity to disconnect. However, Leena will have to do with crowds of pensioners and the unbearable (but very attractive) professor of the town; And maybe London dating sites and hipsters can beat Eileen. The Cottons are about to discover that living someone else's life is not as easy as they thought… but it may be just what they need.
The Road Trip
The old dilemma of why things happen that happen. If everything is predestined for love to triumph or conspiring for disaster to overtake us, then nothing would make sense. We could not be bothered by an incident at the wheel or any other mishap. Only perhaps the will is capable of rewriting everything. Only under that perception does the world make sense again, also in a love story where it seems that the effort of one party is to flee from the best opportunity that can be offered.
Addie and her sister are about to embark on an epic journey to a friend's wedding in rural Scotland. The playlist is all planned and all the details arranged. But shortly after leaving, a car crashes into theirs. The driver is none other than Addie's ex, Dylan, whom she has avoided since their traumatic breakup two years earlier.
Dylan and his best friend are also heading to the wedding, having their car wrecked in the crash, so Addie has no choice but to offer to drive them. The car will soon be crammed with luggage and secrets, and with four hundred miles ahead of them, Dylan and Addie can't help but grapple with their messy relationship history. Will they make it to the wedding on time? And more importantly, is this really the end of the road for Addie and Dylan?
