i didn't read any reviews before reading this and i probably should've. is not a bad book by any means, but is just not for me. it read like a hallmark movie, in a bad way and i struggled to finish it.

Thank you to NetGalley, Bethany Turner and Thomas Nelson for the free e-book in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this one way more than I thought I would. I was concerned that the plot wouldn't work so well, but it is unique and it works really well! The chapters are longer than I would like, but it was so clever of Turner to use each chapter as a year of the main characters life. I also really enjoyed the greeting cards at the beginning of each chapter and I kind of wish that there were actually cards like that out there. I really enjoyed the three main characters and really felt for them and their issues throughout the decade. I adored the love story in this one and how back and forth it goes. The ending was definitely my favorite because I really didn't see it coming and it was so shocking that I had to read it twice. I'm also a sucker for a happy ending so it is the perfect ending for me! Definitely recommend!

“ You deserve someone whose love for you causes them to be a person worthy of you.”

Plot Twist by Bethan Turner is a story that made me laugh, made me wonder, and had me guessing how it would turn out till the end. In this romantic comedy I enjoyed the characters and I loved the idea of visiting someone’s life one day a year for ten years. Bethany Turner’s insights on life and love kept me laughing and thinking. She is one of my favorite story tellers.

“Like the way a great scarf can make an outfit you love even better, but you can’t go out dressed in just the scarf.”

Plot Twist was funny, romantic, embraced life, and reminded me to be my best self. I really enjoyed it. I recommend it.

I received a copy from the publisher and was not required to write a positive review.
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What a book! This book was an absolutely unexpected marvel! I did not expect the story that played out or how it managed to constantly tug on my heartstrings. Ironically I wasn’t sure about this book at first. It started off really well but then seemed to lag and I was disappointed and wondering if it was worth continuing and before I had the chance to think that through it ramped up and I could not look away. The pacing after that was perfect and I found myself completely caught up in the pages. The author has crafted such a beautiful story I highly recommend it. There is the potential for this to be easily ruined so I would also recommend you dive in and avoid reviews that could spoil the magic before you experience it. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Thank you to Netgalley and Thomas Nelson Fiction for the ARC.

🌟🌟🌟 3/5 stars

Plot Twist follows Olivia, an aspiring screenwriter, who has a meet cute with an actor at a coffee shop. After their chance encounter, they make a pact - in 10 years, after they have achieved all of their success, they will return to the coffee shop and make a film together. Problem is Olivia never gets the actor’s name. Over the next 10 years , we check in with Olivia and others on the same day each year. She still thinks about the coffee shop actor and becomes convinced that he is A-lister Hamish Macdougal. As she dreams of their reunion, she may be missing the real romance playing out in front of her.

This was a cute story with a fun storyline. However, I did have some issues with the pacing. Spanning ten years plus a slow burn romance, I found it to drag a bit in places. I also wanted to see a bit more growth with the characters since, at the top of the story, Olivia and the characters are 30 years old and as they approach 40, they continue to feel like 20-somethings. That being said, I loved the humor and the dialogue. The romance does pay off and the finale is very sweet and fun. It may not have been the book for me, but I feel that if you go in with the right expectations of a unique character-driven (vs romance-driven) story, you will find Plot Twist to be a heartwarming, sweet book. Fans of Beth O’Leary definitely need to check this one out when it releases on 6/15/21.

ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Full review to be posted closer to release date.

The plot of this book reminded me somewhat of the movie The Serendipity! I enjoyed the unique plot setting where each chapter is a year in the life of MC!

Olivia is a greeting card writer with aspiration to be a screenwriter one day! On the eventful day of Feb 4, 2003, she meets this struggling actor at a coffee shop in Culver City, CA. They both hit it off instantaneously and make a remarkable deal ! They both will meet at the same coffee shop Feb 4, 2013, I.e. 10 years from their first meeting and by that time, Olivia will have a script written and the actor will cast in the movie!

Side character of her friend Fiona and her boyfriend Liam were more likable than Olivia! I would have enjoyed more character development which was a bit lacking and Olivia was way too immature in my opinion!

I enjoyed the uniqueness and the concept of the plot! Get a copy of this book on its release day of June 15, 2021 to be utterly surprised by the unexpected ending!

Thank you @netgalley and @thomasnelson for the gifted galley in exchange of my honest review!

Olivia Ross is a greeting card slogan writer who aspires to write award-winning screenplays. At a coffee shop one day she encounters a handsome stranger ... who she later recognizes as Hamish MacDougal, a heartthrob actor destined to be an A-lister. The two hatch a plot to meet back at the coffee shop in exactly ten years.

We visit Olivia every year on the anniversary of her encounter and each year shenanigans ensue. She dumps her boyfriend, Liam, because she thinks he's too good for her; George Clooney bids on her in a charity auction; she sees Hamish in LAX. All the while she struggles to write the perfect screenplay with Hamish as the leading man. What will happen when their decade-in-the-making date finally happens?

This was a fun, fluffy romcom that deals with friendship, love, and pursuing dreams. I liked that Olivia was a little bit older than most romance novel heroines--she's 40 by the time of her reunion with her dreamy actor date--and appreciated Turner's focus on her friendship with glamorous pal Fiona. I tended to skim over Olivia's sometimes-excessive inner dialogue, but otherwise was rooting for her and her guy to get together. And while I anticipated the major "plot twist" at the end, there's another surprise that had me smiling. Plus the greeting card slogans between each chapter were clever and cute.

This is a very engaging story, one that I read over a two-day period. The dialogue is cute and quirky, yet believable. But I was unendingly frustrated with the MCs. Olivia thinks she’s this dumpy, sad sack of a person, but we’re given no reason for her to feel that way - her life is actually pretty great, so naturally she breaks up with a boyfriend who was exactly perfect for her. And while she’s acting the martyr, pining for the love of her life, not really dating anyone, said love of her life (who’s supposedly miserable and pining for her as well) has at least two major relationships that we’re aware of, so he can’t be pining too hard if he’s still getting laid. (Note that this is an entirely clean book and intimacy isn’t even referred to by the author. This is simply how my cynical self interprets boyfriend’s behavior because, seriously, they’re in their 30s when the book starts, so none of the characters can realistically be totally chaste).

Believe it or not, I still liked this book. With each chapter covering just one day in the course of a decade, I simply HAD to know what would happen next. And honestly, Olivia and Fiona have the true love story of the book. :)

I received a copy of this book from Thomas Nelson Fiction through NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

Slow burn.
Unrelatable self-deprecating main character with zero development in the decade we follow her.
Atrociously annoying “best friend”/ supporting character.
Inconsistencies galore - MC constantly says she doesn’t know “who’s who” in Hollywood yet constantly names old school movies and actors. Somehow her “friend” with no degree, who job hops, is thrust into amazing opportunists around A-List celebs nonstop?!
The last chapter... just no. 😅

I gave it the old college try- I just can’t love it ☹️

Plot Twist has everything you want in a rom-com! An unexpected love story, an amazing best friend, heartache, pop culture references, humor, swoony-worthy guys, and a journey of self discovery.

February 4, 2003 started out like any other day with Olivia sitting at a coffee shop trying to get work done until a handsome man sits down and eventually ends up saving Olivia from another suitor. Together, they make a pact to meet up in 10 years with a finished screenplay from Olivia and a handful of awards for him. Despite not knowing his name, something always seems to happen on February 4th of every year that ties back to him.

Olivia is so relatable and she is exactly the kind of character you want to read about in a rom-com. Through Olivia's decade long journey you feel every emotion with her and constantly root for her just like her best friend does, Plot Twist is a quick and easy fun filled rom-com read worthy to be read by all rom-com lovers!

Bethany Turner's Plot Twist has a delightful gimmick. And she tells the story with wonderful humor and heartache.

Firstly, I loved how it spanned from 2003-2013. We really got to see Olivia grow and develop over the years.

It was a lighthearted fun read that kept me wanting to read more. I loved the friendships in the book also. Although fun there was an interesting twist!

This has a clever premise - Olivia meets an actor on 4 February 2003 when he saves her from an obnoxious guy in a coffee shop and they agree to meet in 2013 when she will have finished her screenplay and he will be a famous actor. She never gets his name. Each chapter sees Olivia on the next 04 February, giving us insight into her life, her friendship with Fiona, and her relationship with Liam. The transition from greeting card writer to screenplay author is tortuous for her and you gotta give her credit for keeping up with it. The only thing is, her voice sounds the same at the start as it does at the end, when she's, ahem, 40, and I wasn't thrilled with some of her decisions but she does own them. No spoilers from me on how this turns out but know that there is, in fact, a plot twist. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. A light, clean, rom-com.

I have enjoyed Bethany’s other books - I know she brings a lot of fun pop culture references- which she delivered in this book. I was intrigued by the beginning but I wanted more by the end.

This book consists of the same date, February 4th, and covers 10 years worth. It’s an interesting was to plot a story but I didn’t like that there wasn’t any growth from the MC until the 9th year which is like 85% into the book. Everything before then was interesting ways for Feb 4th to play out and then half of the writing was telling rather than showing- to explain what happened the rest of the year after Feb 4th.

I liked the twist at the end but by the end I didn’t care for Olivia and if she got an HEA. She isn’t a good friend and kisses other people’s boyfriend. Olivia is lost in the book which shows in this book.

Olivia doesn’t think she’s a leading lady and compares herself to Joan Cusack but her friends see her for the leading lady she is - I wish we could’ve seen more of that throughout the book. This is published by Thomas Nelson and has no faith element and I think that could’ve helped Olivia find herself.

It was a cute read. I received a copy from the publisher and Net Galley. These are my own thoughts and opinions.

After meeting a cute stranger in a coffee shop, Olivia agrees to meet up with him again in 10 years - he with his Emmy's and she with her screenplay for him to star in. Every year on that same date Olivia experiences coincidences and ironies worthy of any rom-com. Is this all leading her to her rom-com worthy fate or in waiting for this day will she completely miss living her real life?

I enjoyed the unique writing style, the characters, and the - wait for it - plot twist at the end. The story really did read like a rom-com as well; the words easily melted into scenes from a movie in my mind and had a very satisfying and romantic end - as all rom-coms should.

This is a really cute fun book. It's the prefect light read. I've never read a book like this one. Each chapter is a different year same date. It was a sweet romance that was a joy to read. Thank you Thomas Nelson--FICTION via NetGalley for the ARC copy of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

Olivia Ross is a greeting card writer who dreams of becoming a screenplay writer. On a fateful day in 2003, she meets a handsome actor and together they make a pact. In ten years, they'll return to the same coffee shop and she'll have a screenplay written that he'll star in. But, the actor leaves too soon and they forget to exchange names. Olivia spends the next ten years trying desperately to write her screenplay all the while falling in and out of love and thinking of the coffee shop man. But Olivia is too focused on the words on a screen and a life that she could have ten years from now that she starts to miss the "now."

I was a little disappointed with this one. I was hoping it would pick up for me as the story went on, but it never really did. My main issue with the story was our heroine, Olivia. I found her to be so unlikeable and rude to the people around her--especially Liam and Fiona, her closest friends. It seemed as if she wanted the perfect screenplay to fall into her lap and could never see the bright side of things. I liked how the story was told over the course of ten years on the same day Olivia met her coffee shop man. It was a great vehicle to show the growth over time and how everyone's life had changed. There were definitely some cute and heartbreaking moments with Liam, Olivia, and Fiona, but it was really difficult for me to connect with Olivia's feelings since she felt so closed off to them, too. Although this book wasn't for me, I would recommend it to film buffs and those who prefer women's fiction to romance!

Thank you to Netgalley for a free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Thanks to Netgalley and Thomas Nelson--FICTION for the digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Rating ⭐️⭐️/5 stars

DNF this book at 60% I wanted to finish it but it was so painful. This book was not for me. I didn’t like the main character or the time jumping in this book. Just didn’t feel that romantic. This book is not for me.

I liked the way this book was written. Olivia (liv) was a writer of greeting cards for Heartlife. At the beginning of each chapter there would be one of her greeting cards which I found very entertaining and heartfelt. She was also working on a screenplay. While sitting in a coffee shop on February 4th 2003 working on the said screenplay she has an encounter with an actor. He wants to become famous as does she. They decide to meet in 10 years to see who is more famous. They do not exchange names since he is in a rush to make an audition. Liv never forgets the guys face or the date. The next chapter and every chapter after that takes place on February 4th for the next ten years. Something always happens in Liv's life on that day. The writer incorporates Liv's life with her best friend and room mate Fiona and her relationship with Liam. It was a fun book to read and the ending has a twist that was the best. I fell in love with the characters and kept rooting for Olivia and her screenplay which she finally did finish! I highly recommend this book that is being released on June 15, 2021.

Thanks to #ThomasNelson, #Netgalley and @seebethanywrite for an ARC of this delightful read.

When Olivia meets a strange man in a cafe and they agree to meet again in 10 years,  she has no idea of the strange and sometimes ironic things that would happen on the anniversary of that date.

It was interesting to see what would happen on ironic day and so I kept reading, but it was hard to get invested in characters you only saw once a year. Reading Plot Twist was like spending time with a friend you only saw once a year and then had to cram a lot of experiences into a single day.

Olivia had this belief that she was a secondary character instead of a leading lady in her own life, but it wasn't until about year seven that we got a glimpse into why she felt that way. It was frustrating to watch everyone around her enjoying these fairytale lives while she was having this crummy existence.

Personally, I think she would have done well with some time away from everyone where she made a determined effort to figure out who she was apart from her family and friends. Maybe if she had, she'd have figured out who she wanted to spend the rest of her life with before things got complicated beyond measure.

That being said, I was surprised when I got to year ten...some of the things that happened I did not anticipate. I'm glad Olivia got her happily-ever-after but I did not connect with her or any of the characters. I think 10 years was just too long to watch this kind of thing play out and some of the things that happened were unbelievable.

Plot Twist is a romantic comedy that's perfect for people who watch a lot of movies (especially rom-coms). I received an advanced reader's copy from the publishers through NetGalley; a positive review was not required.