HEARTACHE IN A BOOK!!! This was beautiful and I loved reading it so much. UGHHH the yearning, the love, the heartbreak, just everything about it was amazing. WYATT AND PIPER!🥹 omg I love them SO MUCH! They’re perfect together and I’m happy they got their happy ending. AND WYATT during the time they were apart😣 He was lovesick.
This book was actually wonderful and I had such a good time reading it and I definitely recommend!!💗 Also the epilogue was adorable <3

This had so many cliche tropes, and yet I still enjoyed reading it. Sometimes romances like this are a good and satisfying read. I appreciated that the second-chance trope wasn't founded on a large character flaw that the love interest has (which happens way too often). Through reading about their past and present, you get a good understanding of their character and their growth, more than you would have originally.

Thank you so much to Avon & NetGalley for this e-arc.

This is a fun, quick read. The book explores challenging parental relationships in great detail and offers a heartfelt message about the value of discovering your own goals and what brings you joy, as well as the belief that everyone deserves to live a happy, fulfilling life. McQuaid did a good job of navigating the two timelines and writing the relationship between the two major characters. It's hard for me to believe this is the author's debut. She is undoubtedly a rising romance author, and I hope to see more from her.

I didn't know how I would like this movie since the triop of crashing on an island isn't always for me, but I actually kliked it and the two leads and the second chance nature gave the island trap a little more realness. I listened to the audio book which was good.

Piper Adams is over her childhood sweetheart Wyatt. After he broke her heart, she stopped taking risks and focused instead on building a perfect—and perfectly safe—life. However, a cancellation of the flight to her best friend’s (and Wyatt’s cousin) wedding wasn’t part of the plan. Wyatt offers Piper a ride on a small plane to the destination wedding but when their flight crashes in the Caribbean will Wyatt be the last person she ever sees again?

While I’m not a big second chance romance fan, I do love an only one bed/island situation. Piper and Wyatt have not spoken since their high school break-up so they have to work together to not only survive the crash but try to find help off the remote location and it brings up some of their past history. I enjoyed the flashbacks to see how the couple got together and their various struggles. I wish we had more characters as we only really see them in the flashbacks and in the final chapters which help color Piper and Wyatt’s support systems. Also, I’m weird about good in books (a quirk I’m aware of) and the most likely warm block of cheddar cheese that is discovered halfway into their island adventure brought this lactose intolerant girl out of the storyline 🤢. If you want a fun beach read where you can imagine if you could survive with either your ex or your partner and love adventure and only one bed this could be the book got you but might not be the perfect airport read.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

This is the perfect beach read- and hopefully you’ll have snacks and water and sunscreen available unlike our Piper and Wyatt. What happens when you have to get to your best friend’s wedding and your flight is cancelled? Might you fly on a borrowed plane with an ex that you haven’t seen in years and still have unresolved issues for? This is a thoughtful second chance romance with some personal growth and found family themes. I had to suspend reality a bit and enjoyed the ride.

3.75 stars.

Thanks to the publisher for sharing a copy with me. All opinions are my own.

4.5 - Thank you so much to Avon for the complimentary book & ebook!

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Okay I'll be honest, I had been putting this book off because someone who I follow talked about her dislike of the book numerous times and made me nervous. But I am happy to report that this is why you shouldn't always listen to your friends because I really enjoyed it!!

This book is told in two different timelines - the present and the past. Piper is on her way to her best friend's wedding when delays has her stranded. And as luck would have it, she runs into her ex/first love who is her best friend's cousin and is also stranded at the airport. A friend of his allowed him to borrow a plane (he is a pilot) so they could make it to her friend's wedding on time. Well the plane ends up crashing and they are stranded somewhere in the Caribbean for quite some time.

I love the relationship between Piper and Wyatt in both timelines! The past we got to see how their relationship started, how it was during and then how it ended. Piper had tried to avoid Wyatt as much as she could and was upset when her friend didn't warn her that he was going to be there (and yes she acknowledge that she should've figured since as mentioned its her cousin). He was the last person she wanted to be stuck with. Wyatt on the other hand was so calm and so warm to Piper. He knew survival skills from his time in the military that truly helped saved them in those first 24 hrs of crashing.

I am such a fan of forced proximity because guess what they are forced to talk and work together - shocking I know. And with that builds tension and banter. Once Piper started to let her guard down, they were able to connect and they talked about the day they broke up. And it all comes first circle towards the end after she is confronted by her parents who is trying to control her life. I was proud of her for sticking up for herself even if it happened a little later than it should have (I hated her parents). Wyatt was still so smitten with her. I love hearing them talk about times together when they were younger and just seeing how they reconnect.

I saw some reviews about having to suspend reality and yeah I figured I would have to just based off the premise alone. So that didn't bother me.

If you are looking for a fun, forced proximity, second chance romance - give this one a read!

I had been looking forward to this one for a while! It was really cute and an amazing debut in my opinion! I love second chance romance a lot and really enjoyed the plane crash aspect and the suspense it brought to Piper and Wyatt’s story and how it brought them together! Overall, it was a fun read with a different storyline that kept me interested! I can’t wait to see where this author goes! 💖

Imagine this: you're stranded on a deserted island AND you're stuck with the person who broke your heart way back when. That's the setup for Piper and Wyatt's story, and honestly, it's pretty darn cute!

I liked it, but I didn't love it. What I did love was the unique premise. It's not your typical contemporary romance, which was a refreshing change. We get that awesome forced proximity (hello, deserted island!) mixed with a second chance at love for these childhood sweethearts. The dual timelines keep things interesting, flipping between their past and their present.

There's a little spice to keep things steamy! If you're into New Adult romance and want a story with a different twist, you might want to give Crash Landing a try!

Thank you to Avon, Harper Voyager, and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

The plot was honestly very interesting and is what pulled me into reading in the first place! This book had a solid pace but it skimmed over a lot of details. I also was not a huge fan of the third person POV. It was still a very cute story between Piper and Wyatt!

A really cute romance between two former lovers after they are forced together on a remote island following a plane crash. Wyatt was the pilot and Piper the passenger, and she was totally over home—-until she wasn’t. As they become reacquainted, she realizes that he’s now a grown-up man and she has to decide if she’s ready to trust him, and herself, enough to imagine a future between the two of them.

It’s hard for me to believe that this one is a debut for the author. She’s definitely a new romance writer and I look forward to more from her.

Four extremely enjoyable stars for this one!

I received a copy of the digital ARC via NetGalley. My review is voluntary.

A second chance romance with the excitement of survivor.

On the way to her besties wedding she takes a ride on a plane piloted by the guy who broke her heart years ago. The plane crashes and they need each other more then ever, even if old and new feelings are in the way.

This book was fun. I liked Piper and Wyatt and their story. Told with alternating viewpoints of then and now we get to see their full story and how it unfolds.

Thank you Avon and Harper Voyager for the ARC.

This book is the perfect summer read! Set on a deserted tropical island (don’t mind the plane crash to get there 😂), Piper and her ex–love of her life, Wyatt, are thrown back together and forced to confront their past while awaiting rescue. It’s a second-chance romance with slow-burn tension that kept me invested from page one.

I don’t always love second-chance romances— sometimes the reason for the breakup makes it hard for me to root for the couple—but Piper and Wyatt’s backstory felt believable, even if I did find the miscommunication a bit frustrating at times.

The dual timelines—past romance and present survival—are woven together seamlessly, creating a story that’s both heartfelt and emotionally engaging (I even found myself tearing up at times! 🥹). The characters are lovable and relatable, and their chemistry felt authentic.

I’m giving it four stars simply because there were a few moments where the plot felt slightly underdeveloped. Still, this was a fun and emotional read that I’d absolutely recommend for your beach bag this summer!

3 stars.

This one had a super cute premise but I do feel like after some time I'll forget about the majority of the details for this one. I would pick something up by the author in the future.

Absolutely loved the cover! So beautiful! I was excited to try a romance book with a different angle and a little adventure. It was just ok for me. It seemed to really drag and could have been at least 75 pages shorter. Wyatt and pipers love was cute but not authentic enough. Don’t really care for the parents cliche intervention trope.

Thank you to Avon books and to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for a review. Piper reluctantly agrees to travel on a private plane piloted by her high school ex boyfriend in order to make it to her best friend’s destination wedding on time. But when their small plane crashes they are forced to rely on each other to survive and confront the reason they haven’t spoken in nearly a decade.


I really wanted to like this book. The premise was cute but I think the characters were just not quite old enough and came off as really immature. The stakes of being stranded on an island never felt all that high and then were blown a little out of proportion out of nowhere at the end seemingly for the sake of conflict. And unfortunately the dialogue felt very flat and unrealistic to me. Ultimately, this was not for me unfortunately.

Not a fan of second chance love romances. The same issues are still there, even though they are in danger. But a "safe" amount of danger. I wanted to like this and I am sure so many will. It's a beach read romance, for sure.

Pop culture references did not work for me at all. Didn't enjoy or connect with the main character's voice and didn't love the second chance concept. Just not my cup of tea, but I know plenty of other people who love this one! Cute cover and promo.

This was a great second-chance romance with some epic forced proximity.

Piper just needs something - she can hardly wait to have fun and be with her best friend, who is getting married in the Bahamas! She's been looking forward to it and only finds herself struggling in regards to if her ex-boyfriend, and the boy that broke her heart, Wyatt shows up. Which - of course he does! And of course they are trapped together in an airport full of cancelled flights and no way out - except, he has a friend with a private plane. And wouldn't you know? He just happens to be a pilot. So off they go on an adventure!

Only... it's nothing but a big disaster, from one mistep to another - it's just an utter disaster. I found myself laughing at the absurdity and also saying aww at them having a chance to reconnect and clear the air.

It was funny, it was cute, and the romance was... there. It was for sure more young adult than I think it claims, but overall I really enjoyed it!

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins for the e-arc in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you for the ARC of this book. It was a fun, cute light hearted read. I enjoyed both of the main characters and was rooting for them the entire book. While it had similarities to other books with the similar settings and second chance troupes, I felt that it was unique enough and I couldn't put it down. I would definitely recommend to friends and family for a fun easy read!