Book Review: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

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

Rating- 5/5 Lily Pads
Paperback Edition- Bought
Pages-236
Would I recommend it? Yes!
No Spoilers!




Hey everyone. I'm back with another review. Today I will be reviewing "The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight" by Jennifer E. Smith. I really liked this book. This book has been on my TBR list for a long time. I actually bought this book last year and haven't picked it up until now. I have to admit, the hype scared me. I heard amazing things about this book, so I was worried I wasn't going to like it. I was wrong. This book was just so cute and it made me happy. The characters are wonderful and this book wasn't very realistic, but that's why I liked it. Anyway, let's get on with the review :)

The Plot

The plot for this book was so original. I have no idea how Jennifer was able to create this story. This book takes place in twenty-four hours. I don't know how she did it. This book is about a seventeen year old girl named Hadley Sullivan. She is flying to England for her dad's second wedding. She doesn't want to go, but she goes anyway. She ends up being late and misses her flight. She waits in the airport for the next flight. While she's there she sits down and then gets up to move around. When she starts to walk away, she drops some things and this boy who was sitting across from her, helps her. He carries her suitcase and they go to get dinner. The boy's name is Oliver. He is eighteen and is from England and is in Connecticut(where this part takes place) because he goes to Yale. He's on his way back to England for something, but Hadley doesn't know what. They talk and then find out they have seats next to each other on the plane. On the plane they talk and get to know each other. Once they get to their destination, they get separated. Hadley's not ready to lose him. There's a romance between them and it blossoms very slowly. Hadley ends up missing him, and she goes to her dad's wedding. Hadley never got over her dad leaving and moving to England. Her dad was planning on going to England to teach at a university for one semester, but ended up wanting to stay there and so her parents got divorced. Now her mom has a boyfriend and her dad is getting married again. Hadley is not looking forward to the wedding. She's never even met her new stepmother yet. This book is Hadley dealing with her family problems and learning new lessons, and trying to find Oliver again. 

My Opinion

This book was just so good. I love Jennifer's writing. She did such a good job with the romance. Some authors can't pull off romance or have a hard time developing it but this author did it. This book takes place in 1 day and she developed the romance so well, it wasn't insta-love at all. I thought Hadley and Oliver were so cute together. Even though there's romance in this book, the book was mostly focused on her family which I liked. Family is really important to me. There was romance but it's not the whole story. I thought this book was going to be Hadley and Oliver in the airport and on the plane the whole time but it wasn't. I'm not going to say any spoilers. The pacing was perfect and I never got bored. This book made me learn a lot, and I love the whole "fate and destiny" message in this book. This book proves that things happen for a reason,and I love that. If Hadley wasn't four minutes late to the airport, she never would've met Oliver. Let's talk about the characters now. I loved Hadley. She was such a great character. She was nice, smart, independent and mature for her age. She made the right decisions and she was very caring. I loved how clean this book was. There was no swearing and no sex scenes, it was so clean. The main character had opportunities to drink, but she said no. I read alot of books where the characters drink underage as if it's okay. It's not. I'm so glad Hadley stayed herself and I'm glad she is a good girl because so am I. Oliver was a good guy. I loved him(not just because he's british, I love british guys). He was such a gentleman and he treated Hadley well. He's also very smart. He sort of reminded me of Augustus Waters from "The Fault in our Stars". I loved the locations of this book. I'm from Connecticut, so it was cool that the beginning took place in my state. I loved how the book also took place in England. I really want to go to England. I thought it was cool how this book took place in a different country. 
Overall I really liked this book and I recommend it for everyone. If you love cute books with a good romance and a huge focus on family, you should read this book. This book was worth a buy. That's it for my review. I will also be filming a review on my youtube channel. That's my review, stay tuned for more. Happy reading.