The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

Publisher: Poppy

Release Date: January 2, 2012

Source: Publisher

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?
Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. She's stuck at JFK, late to her father's second wedding, which is taking place in London and involves a soon to be step-mother that Hadley's never even met. Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport's cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he's British, and he's in seat 18C. Hadley's in 18A.
Twists of fate and quirks of timing play out in this thoughtful novel about family connections, second chances and first loves. Set over a 24-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it.(from Hachette Book Group)

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I LOVED this book so much. I know it may seem like I say this often, but seriously there’s only been a few this year that are really memorable and this one’s definitely one of them. I was in a reading funk and nothing was really calling to me until my friend Jennifer suggested this one to me, and I thank her for that because it worked. I was just about twenty pages in when I realized how much I was falling in love with this story and had no doubt I would love it till the end, and let me tell you that I was right.

The writing was just so easy flowing and fast that I didn’t want to put it down. This is a great contemp novel that will have readers believe in love at first sight, even for a skeptical like me who doesn't even like insta-love in her novels. This one worked perfectly, it’s not cheesy,  the scenes with Hadley and Oliver didn’t feel forced or as if they were moving too fast. It was realistic and relatable, and don’t let the length of the novel fool you, I felt every emotion while reading it, from the happy curiosity when we begin to know Oliver (who I always pictured as Jim Sturgess)to the anger about her parent’s divorce and her father’s wedding. I still disliked the father until the end but other than that, I loved everything else about this novel.

The characters are not flat, the plot is not just plain and simple. I felt connected to Hadley, I could understand her resentment and feelings of abandonment, and even got teary eyed at one point. This one came very close to home for me, I think that’s why I couldn’t forgive the father so easily but the blooming romance made up for it. I loved the scenes with Oliver and Hadley and never wanted them to end, they were two people going through some really difficult times in their lives that fate seemed to have brought together and ended up changing their lives a bit, it was sweet and romantic, and the ending was perfect, it reminded me of how I felt at the end of Sixteen Candles, giddy *sigh*. If you need something to get you in a better mood, something light but original, then I highly recommend this one. Actually I recommend this one to everyone, it’s sooo good, read it!!

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