The Layover

Lacie Waldon’s debut „The Layover“ is a romantic comedy about love, hate and deciding what you really want in life. Ava Greene has been a flight attendant pretty much her entire adult life. But the way she sees it, it’s finally time to put down roots and stop globetrotting for good. Intent on relishing her last ever trip, she looks forward to her layover in Belize – until she finds out that Jack Stone, the man she’s secretly despised for years, is part of her crew. When they get stuck on the Caribbean island she can’t avoid him any longer and the more time she spends with him the more she has to admit to herself that she might have been wrong about him all along. This book is exactly what I needed to read right now. I loved the two main characters and their constant bickering, which is highly entertaining. Ava’s animosity toward Jack is very relatable, if not entirely justified, but that just adds to the authenticity of it all. Her inner conflict regarding her current lifestyle and what she wants her life to look like going forward, is something many readers will be able to relate to easily. Also, I loved the travelling aspect of this book. Not having been able to travel for many months now, due to the pandemic, it’s nice to read something that lets your mind escape to far-off destinations, at least. I recommend this book to everyone who likes romantic comedies, enjoys the enemies-to-lovers trope and/or loves books about travelling to far-off destinations.