Reviews with content warning for Alcohol - With Any Luck

Title: With Any Luck
Author: Ashley Poston
Series: The Improbably Meet-Cute #5
Genre: Romnace
Rating: 3.00
Pub Date: January 23, 204

T H R E E • W O R D S

Brief • Magical • Progressive

📖 S Y N O P S I S

Audrey Love is cursed to be the person before you find your soulmate, the girl you dump for your true love. So when her best friend disappears hours before his Valentine’s Day wedding, Audrey fears that she did the unthinkable and kissed him at last night’s bachelor party. With help from the best man, she retraces her steps to find the missing groom and, with any luck, a true love of her own.

💭 T H O U G H T S

With Any Luck is the fifth novella from The Improbably Meet-Cute collection and I was looking forward to this one as well. The concept definitely reminded me of Just For the Summer so I was a tad apprehensive given how much I loved that book earlier this year.

This one falls in the middle of the road. There were parts I liked, however, it really didn't feel like it offered anything new or unique. At times the two main characters really weren't the focus and I was confused who I was supposed to be rooting for. I didn't really feel their chemistry, especially given they'd spent a wild night together in the past. One thing I really did love was the move away from traditional gender roles at weddings - it was great to see.

Overall, With Any Luck was an overly ambitious undertaking to develop over the span of so few pages. It's simply a case of trying to do too much in such a short amount of space. Despite not loving this one as much as I had hope, I still plan to continue reading Ashley Poston's full length novels.

📚 R E A D • I F • Y O U • L I K E
• wedding settings
• character who have met before

⚠️ CW: sexual content, alcohol, cursing, infidelity

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"Sometimes when you love someone, you both have to do shit you don’t want to."

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1.0

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funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Foi o primeiro contato com a escrita da autora, mas achei bem genérica, nesse conto. A história parece algo saído das muitas comédias românticas millenials, então eu gostei, mas foi isso, nada de surpreendente ou envolvente a ponto de querer saber mais. Ainda quero dar oportunidade ao romance "O amor não morreu" que já li e ouvi resenhas boas.

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emotional

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

“Because it’d be you. I knew it’d be you.”

Such a cute and quick read from Ashley Poston. A 40 pages romance that I devoured upon starting because how can you stop when you're already invested so much - especially with the question...where is Rhett?

I was on the way to read Seven Year Slip so now that I was able to read a short story of hers, I can really justify why I need to read her other books!

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funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

~~Bring~~ | ~~Borrow~~ | ✨Bypass✨

Notes: The 5th in the "The Improbable Meet-Cute" novella series (6 stand-alone novellas released around Valentine's Day 2024), and probably my least favorite, which makes me SO SAD because I love Ashley Poston! (Do not let this novella turn you away from her novels!) I think we just tried to put way too much into way too short of a novella, and it's always hard to do anything any kind of love-triangley in such a short span of pages.

Overall Rating: ★★ / 2.38

Rating each element of the book out of 5★
Characters ★★
Atmosphere ★★★
Writing ★★★
Plot ★★
Intrigue ★★
Logic ★★
Enjoyment ★
Pacing ★★
Dialogue ★★

★ did not like / ★★ it was okay / ★★★ liked it / ★★★★ really liked it / ★★★★★ loved it

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

I like Ashley Poston a lot but 42 pages isn’t a lot to play with. It’s a cute idea but I think it needs more space to develop.

Nobody thought to check the bride’s room though? Like, she obviously didn’t show up to anything that morning either and nobody checked on her??? Girl, bye.

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