I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

We first meet Olivia in coffee shop on February 4, 2003. After she and a handsome, struggling actor have a near-magic encounter in a coffee shop, they make a spontaneous pact: in ten years, after they’ve found the success they’re just sure they’re going to achieve, they’ll return to the coffeehouse to partner up and make a film together. The only problem? Olivia neglected to get the stranger’s name. But she doesn’t forget the date.

We follow Olivia ever Feb 4 and the events that take place till the 10 year reunion with mysterious handsome coffee shop man. Personally the beginning was hard to get into past the meet cute. It wasn't till midway did I really get invested. Olivia at times would be in her head too much and make comparisons to movies. It started to become too repetitive. At first I did want an alternate point of view but then the story. became more than just trying to meet back up with the actor so I was ok with staying in Olivias mind.

I will say that my idea of what the story was going to be did change as I read. While the concept isn't new, the way the story unfolded had some interesting twists. Hence the title. The ending for sure surprised me.

Overall I thought it was cute and fast paced.

i have just finished and i honestly don’t even know how to put everything i want to say into words. there is so much i want to write about and i’m still very overwhelmed because of all the things this book made me feel; i was not ready at all.

firstly, i must say that it took me by a total surprise. i did expect to like it because the description was very interesting and all the reviews i saw were positive. but i thought it’s just going to be an enjoyable read, nothing else. i surely did not expect to love this story so much, to get attached to the characters so deeply and to end up sobbing because what was happening in the book was too much for my heart to handle.

the idea of the story ifself is amazing. it’s original and interesting and i was very curious to see how the author is going to show what had been happening in the ten years between two meetings of our characters. and it was done very well. every 4th of february had something new and fresh to offer and reading about all the adventures olivia had in that day was incredibly entertaining and i was not bored for a single second. and olivia herself was absolutely fantastic. i have loved that woman since the first page and kept adoring her until the very last. yes, she did have her flaws, but she was an amazing character and having a heroine like her made the story even better.

the romance was excellent. the chemistry, the mutual-pining, the unrequited love (that wasn’t really unrequited but one side did not know that) - all of this made my heart melt and break at the same time. i cried three times during reading and yes, maybe it was a little bit because of the fact that i’m crier and i come apart easily, but it was truly heart-shattering what was happening at some point. until the last pages i was not sure if i’m going to get my happy ending which made me even more emotional.

speaking of relationships i must talk about olivia and fiona. both of them weren’t perfect, their friendship wasn’t perfect but it was still one of my favourite elements of this book. it was great to read that they were friends since they were born and even though they grew apart at some point when they were busy living their own lives, they still met together at the end. these kinds of friendships that are always present no matter what are incredible and i loved that it was such a big part of the story. what they were ready to do for each other, what to give up for each other - absolutely superb.

The premise of this book definitely strains credulity, but once you buckle in for the silly premise, you're treated to a lovely voice and a sweet romance. Definitely recommended!

Olivia meets an aspiring actor and generally sexy-Irish man in a coffee shop. They make a pact to meet up in exactly 10 years to swap their Hollywood success stories (she is an aspiring screenwriter). For the next decade, Olivia’s life takes a twist every anniversary of their meeting until one final plot twist when the 10 years is up.

I struggled some with this book. I wanted to like it a lot more than I did. My first issue was that each chapter was the same date each year for 10 years. While I like the concept, the execution was that the first half of the chapter was a dump of information about everything that had happened in the last year and then the second half was what actually happened on that day.
I didn't love Olivia's self-depreciation and how strongly she held on to the idea that she was a so-called supporting character. And unfortunately, she doesn't really grow out of this through the 10 years. She makes the same mistakes over and over and over and I found it kind of annoying to watch.
Finally, the characters and their ages. As someone in their thirties, it made no sense to me that these characters were also in their thirties and into their forties. Their personalities and the way they floundered through life made it seem much more like they were 20-somethings. Not saying people in their 30s need to have everything all together, these characters just seemed over the top.


This book started off promising, but by the last page, I just wanted it over. I couldn't even really appreciate the final twist. While this story is unfortunately not what I thought it would be and definitely wasn’t my cup of tea, if you like stories about people missing opportunities and getting second (third, fourth, fifth, etc.) chances at destined romance, this book would definitely be for you.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own


I tried really very hard to like this book but I couldn't like it much .The story is cliche to me .The girl is shown in a very negative light "according to me " where she has been in bad relationships leading her to a new one .


What I could infer is ,she did like the guy at the coffee shop much but when she got to know he is a well known actor butterflies fly in her stomach.


I liked the concept of the book but I had some issues with the way Olivia was presented

Let me start off by saying I was pleasantly surprised by this story. In reading the premise, I had my own expectations of how the story would go, which Bethany Turner exceeded and caught me off guard! Each chapter focuses on one day per year, February 4, for ten years. You learn so much in that one day, rather than having to read mundane details of the in between to find out how the characters have changed. Olivia, Fiona, and Liam are characters you can’t help but love and root for, despite the infuriating decisions they make! A page turner for sure!

Thank you so much to NetGalley for the electronic copy in exchange for my honest review!

Plot Twist was a very sweet, romantic book that was sometimes more about friendship than the romance itself. It definitely requires suspending disbelief, but the core premise kept me hooked. I really wanted to know what would happen. Olivia's decisions were at times puzzling and sometimes downright infuriating, but I still wanted to know where her choices would take her, and I wanted her to succeed even when I wasn't convinced she deserved to. The title is right, there is a plot twist, more than one, and I didn't see it coming. I would have loved more of Liam, and I think the same story could have been even better with a bit more realism, I was invested in these characters and kept turning the pages until I reached an ending that made the whole ride worthwhile.

Thank you Netgalley for one of what will surely be one of the best books of 2021. The story reminiscent of Sleepless in Seattle made the best backdrop. Olivia’s favorite day for the next 10 years is a story you get lost in as you read each chapter. The ending is a perfect twist as the title suggests. Bethany Turners books are funny, engaging and a joy to read.

Plot Twist was too angsty for me. I read approximately half of the book before being unable to take any more of Olivia’s choices, which continually broke her own heart, and Liam’s. At that point, I just flipped to the end to see if the novel ended as I suspected. (It did.) I really liked the premise of this book, and the writing was good, but my days of reading books with infuriating heroines are over.

I received this novel as an ARC from NetGalley. A chance encounter in a coffee shop between two strangers leads to a promise between an actor and a writer. They plan to reunite in ten years after he’s a famous actor and she’s written the screenplay! As expected things do not go as planned and Olivia begins to have trouble seeing what’s right in front of her. I’d recommend this book as a light, fun quick read.

What a plot twist! .... never expect it to turn out like this. Ten years with a date in mind, ten years of spending every fourth of February waiting for destiny and in the middle is this great character protecting her feelings, afraid of being the protagonist of her own life .
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A beautiful story but I confess that at times I hate it. I suffered a lot every step to the side, every "almost" moment between the characters, I don't remember having suffered like this since "Love Rosie". But it was worth it for that plot twist and that ending. The only thing I did not like is how in decisive situations the story stopped to rethink all possible scenarios, that made me a little anxious. But everything is forgiven after that closing.
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A good story of love, and friendship. A romance that had me biting my nails a large part of its pages. It's my first book of Bethany Turner and I hope I can read more soon

The whole adage of “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is completely lost on me, and I was so drawn to the graphic design of this book’s cover on Netgalley that I didn’t even read the summary before I requested an ARC of this book.

The summary (from Goodreads)

February 4, 2003, is just another day for Olivia Ross—a greeting card writer whose passion project is a screenplay of her own. After she and a handsome, struggling actor have a near-magic encounter in a coffee shop, they make a spontaneous pact: in ten years, after they’ve found the success they’re just sure they’re going to achieve, they’ll return to the coffeehouse to partner up and make a film together. The only problem? Olivia neglected to get the stranger’s name. But she doesn’t forget the date.

I was immediately hooked by this story, right from the opening few pages. It’s always a good sign when I want to highlight a passage or leave a note for later, and I did with this book in chapter one. There were some very well-written snippets, even some laugh-out-loud moments, but it wasn’t enough to distract me from the very poor plot development. This brings me to what I didn’t like about this book.

While I didn’t hate the episodic “same day each subsequent year” chapter set up, a la David Nicholls’s One Day, it drew out the story in a way that was hard to stomach. Each chapter presented a mini “info dump”, where the author hurriedly explains the cliff notes of the prior year’s events. You also found yourself waiting for some sort of happiness for the protagonist over a DECADE of her life, which is brutal.

Finally, I didn’t relate at all to the main character. I someone found her to be not good enough of a friend to her bestie, but also somehow overly devoted to her in an unhealthy way. Her crippling insecurities and poor sense of self were hard to bear. The person that the characters around her described didn’t seem to match with the portrait the author was painting of her via her thoughts and actions.

I finished this book in one day, which speaks for my investment in the story. The investment in the story was the only reason why I will give this book two stars out of five.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

This was a really interesting concept, but I just couldn't get into it. I love the idea of reading about a writer, and the idea of this book was charming. The characters just felt a bit flat to me, and I wanted to like them more. There wasn't a ton of growth that I could see, and it felt a bit hard to get through some of these parts. Overall a very interesting idea.

Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

2.5⭐️

Synopsis:
Once upon a time, Olivia (an aspiring playwright) meets an aspiring actor and generally sexy-Irish man in a coffee shop. Although they don’t trade names, Olivia and mystery man make a pact to meet up in exactly 10 years to swap their Hollywood success stories. For the next decade Olivia’s life takes a twist every anniversary of their meeting until one final plot twist when the decade is finished.

What I liked:
-I loved the beginning of this story. The first 3 or so chapters were exactly what I was expecting.
-The voice of this book was very funny and relatable at many points.

What I didn’t like:
-I absolutely hated that the love story ended up feeling like a love pentagon. The friendships and romantic relationships alike felt unrealistic to me.
-The running idea that Olivia is not the leading lady of her own life is something I personally can’t relate to. I’m sure there are people who feel this way, but I found her ideas about her role in her own life and how others affect her to be incredibly irritating. I thought she would progress through the story to ultimately see herself as a main character in her life (since she is the main character of the story), but she never really does. She makes the same mistakes over and over and over and I found it really annoying to watch. Liam has this identical personality trait and it is even more maddening to watch in 2 characters as it is in one.
-The story is just wildly unbelievable at many points. George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes, (made up celebrity) Hamish Macdougal, and an ex boyfriend all spending thousands of dollars to bid on a first dance with Olivia who is a self proclaimed side-kick literally had me going “really?” and rolling my eyes.
-The fact that this takes place over 10 years is just baffling to me because very little that happens after maybe year 3 actually matters... Olivia and co don’t really grow in that time, they just flounder around from one place to the next being equally clueless until the 10 years are finally up and everything is righted out of no where.
-The constant celebrity name dropping and movie references. This was cute and charming at the beginning, but got so excessive as the story progresses, I found myself skimming pages just to get back to the actual story at hand.

Final Thoughts:
This book started off so promising, but by the last page I wasn’t sure if I hated it or just strongly disliked it. I felt very similarly when I finished How I Met Your Mother... At the end looking back I think to myself “that makes a lot of sense,” but it doesn’t feel like the story I thought I was getting when I opened the book. The journey to get to the end of this book was not what I imagined and I definitely didn’t enjoy it. While this story is unfortunately not what I thought it would be and definitely wasn’t my cup of tea, if you like stories about people missing opportunities and getting second (third, fourth, fifth, etc.) chances at destined romance, this book would definitely be for you.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Usually romance novels are easy to predict. The story has been told many times and variations are hard to come by. However, Plot Twist, as the name suggests defied that trend. I pleasantly kept guessing the ending, only to be proven wrong and the simple writing style made it easy to read.

Really really enjoyed this! The way it is set up didn’t draw me in immediately but a few chapters in and I was hooked! I loved that it was good and clean and the PLOT TWIST definitely got me!

'Plot Twist' is definitely a fitting name for this book as I didn't see the conclusion coming! This was sweet, fun and did, for the most part, keep me curious to find out what was going to happen at the end.

Olivia Ross, who works as a greeting cards writer, has aspirations to one day become a script writer. On February 4th 2003, her path crosses with a struggling actor in a coffee shop and they make a deal: they'll meet in the same coffee shop exactly 10 years later where Olivia will give the actor a screenplay she has written for him. This book documents the coincidences and ironies that takes place over the next ten years on February 4th.

This was an interesting and fun premise for a book. As a reader, it really made me anticipate and feel eager to get to February 4th 2013 and see what would happen! For the most part the premise worked and it was interesting to see how Olivia's life developed over the course of 10 years and the journey of self-discovery she took - however on occasions it did feel a little drawn out. This book really subverted my expectations and wasn't predictable though, which is a very good thing.

Whilst this is more of a personal pet peeve and probably won't be the same sentiment for other readers, the real life name dropping throughout the book required a suspension of belief to an extent which would take me out of the story and make certain elements feel unbelievable. I understand what the author's intention was, however it did feel a little too much at times.

Overall this was fun, interesting and I feel like it would be relatable to some readers. A book with an unexpected, pardon the pun, Plot Twist that left me satisfied.

WOW! So amazing I seriously loved every second of this book. I loved the characters, I loved watching their lives unfold on one day, over several years. I would read this book again and again!

LOVED! So amazing, I can't wait to read more by Bethany Turner.

This book lives up to its name because it wasn't at all what I expected! I loved it all the more for it. As others have stated, it's difficult to review without giving too much away so I won't say much. I've read several novels that return to a specific day in a similar fashion as done here and none of the others have done it as well as this one. Most of the time, I feel like I've missed something. Not so with his novel and Olivia, our main character. Even though it's only ever one day, February 4, you feel so much for the characters. Each year, they've grown a bit and have changed a bit and it's such an easy transition each time! It's just perfect. I don#t often give out five stars but this one deserves them.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Okay, so you guys know by now that I’m not a rom-com kinda gal! (At least when it comes to books, movies is a whole other story...) But amidst suffering the mother of all book hangovers after finishing the Abiassa’s Fire Trilogy (must-read by the way!), I decided I needed to read something so completely and absolutely opposite to that that I couldn’t draw comparisons...

So I requested this one on NetGalley and away I went... and you guys, I LOVED IT!

Don’t get me wrong, I’m still not a rom-com kinda girl, but this one rom-com... yeah I’m a fan...

In some respects it’s every bit what you’d expect from a rom-com - glitz, glamour, bffs, handsome leading men and etc, but on the other hand, it’s not just fluff, it has some depth too. And it’s a unique take on the genre. The unique part being that instead of a standard chronological storyline, we visit our MC on the same day (February 4) every year over the space of a decade. I enjoyed the format a lot. And the humour... I laughed out loud so many times!

And of course, with a title like Plot Twist, there’s a twist! I half saw it coming, but only half, so that’s got to be a rom-com record! And it left you feeling happy as any good rom-com should. But it also gives you something to think about...

It doesn’t come out until June, but keep an eye out and pre-order if you are a rom-com fan, you will love it! As will anyone who looking for something light and funny to read, but doesn’t want too fluffy!

Thank you @tnzfiction @thomasnelson and @netgalley for the ARC. I was only required to give an honest review in return, and there you have it! 😊