I See You

October 24, 2016
McAdams (Taking Chances) has been prolifically spinning new adult romance series for the past several years, making this standalone romance a rare opportunity to showcase focused plotting skills. It’s an opportunity not taken. The hyperactive narrative jumps around between Aurora Wilde’s last summer of college and her first year of teaching. The point of view likewise jitters between Aurora and her one-night stand, Jentry. That dynamic pointedly leaves out Aurora’s boyfriend, Declan, with whom she lives in Wake Forest, N.C. Jentry is Declan’s adopted brother, and Aurora can’t get her hot night with the wrong brother out of her mind. Throw in their “bless your heart” steel magnolia of a mother and a ne’er-do-well, lock-picking sister, and the real question is why Aurora doesn’t simply run for her life instead of angsting narcissistically over her choice between these two men. There’s no sense that McAdams grasps what real young adults think or feel; Aurora is a clichéd collection of hormones, self-absorption, and irrational feelings, and her soap opera story is driven by random dramatic occurrences at opportune times. Agent Kevan Lyon, Marsal Lyon Literary.

October 1, 2016
Can you love two people at once? Aurora Wilde's life changes instantly when she shares a passionate night with a brooding stranger. His touch has seared her skin, and his voice is imprinted in her mind. But that's all it was, one night. Now she is happy with Declan, the perfect guy who will give her a happy, stable life. But Aurora's world comes crashing down the night she runs into the mystery man again. The man who haunts her finally has a name, Jentry, and an identity with potentially disastrous consequences. Now she must choose between the man she knows she loves and the stranger she can't forget. Torn between these two very different men, Aurora doesn't recognize herself or understand her actions. Her choice will break three hearts, which is dire enough. Then fate steps in and threatens to take away much more. Best-selling McAdams (To the Stars, 2016) delivers another devastatingly satisfying page-turner with a love triangle that is sure to please her fans and all devotees of searing contemporary romances.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)