The Exception

by Sandi Lynn

Eine Braut auf der Flucht, die den Männern abschwor. Ein Milliardär, der niemals für immer wollte. Ein Flugzeugsitz, der alles veränderte.

Jillian

Solange ich zurückdenken kann, war ich die Vorstellung anderer davon, wer ich sein sollte.

Meine Eltern wählten meine Freunde aus. Meine Karriere. Den Mann, der am Ende eines Ganges auf mich wartete, den ich nie gehen wollte.

Am Morgen meiner Hochzeit stand ich vor dem Spiegel und erkannte die Frau nicht, die mir entgegenblickte.

Also ging ich. Ich ließ das Kleid hinter mir, die Gelübde, das Leben, das nie meins gewesen war, und ich verschwand.

Das ist meine Reise. Meine Chance, endlich die Frau zu finden, die ich die ganze Zeit hätte sein sollen.

Keine Ablenkungen. Keine Männer.

KEINE AUSNAHMEN.

Bis Drew Westbrook.


Drew

Ich hatte mir das Leben aufgebaut, das jeder Mann angeblich will.

Das Geld. Das Unternehmen. Die Frauen, die kamen und gingen, ohne jemals von mir zu verlangen, dass ich bleibe.

Ich suchte nicht nach für immer. Ich hatte nie daran geglaubt.

KEINE AUSNAHMEN.

Dann setzte sich eine braunhaarige, blauäugige Schönheit neben mich in ein Flugzeug. Sie war ruhig, zurückhaltend und schön auf eine Weise, die nicht nach Aufmerksamkeit verlangte.

Und zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben fühlte sich alles, was ich zu wollen glaubte, unendlich klein an.

Sie suchte nicht nach mir.

Aber irgendwo zwischen Start und Landung wurde mir klar, dass ich mein ganzes Leben lang nach ihr gesucht hatte.


18+

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Adult, New Adult, Billionaire Romance, Audiobook

Unknown Binding

Published April 22, 2016

About the author

Writing is my passion and my mission is to provide readers with romance novels that will whisk them away into another world and from the daily grind of life - one book at a time.

Reviews

[Riya Kite · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nope.
It sucked.
No steam, no angst and no alpha in the male.
The thing which was there was just a whole lotta "sweet". Sweet enough that it gets annoying.

They say yu shouldn't judge a book by its cover. I couldn't agree more for this novel, the cover depicts something the book DID NOT manage to pull off.

The only thing I can say I liked was the blurb...which was obviously why I started reading this book.

2 stars only because if written in a different manner with characters with less predictable personalities then this novel would have been something I would cry over cuz the plot isn't that bad.

[Mizz · Rating 1 out of 5]

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Beware of Spoilers!

Star Ratings:
Heroine (Jillian): 1/5
Hero (Drew): 1/5
Plot: 1/5
Grovel: none
Cheating: H has girlfriend for the first 10 chapters
HEA: DNF
Triggers: cheating

Average score: 1/5

Best Line: none

Worst Line: "A little panty soaking but refreshing."


“the whole time I was fucking Jess, I was thinking about Jillian, and it needed to stop.”

Personal Review:
I tried with this book but DNF’d at chapter 11 because couldn’t connect with either characters.

For a girl who claims to be in a man-free period, she sure made some stupid choices.

Random Ramblings:
•Urgh that cover…not my favourite


•All I kept thinking in the beginning was how is she paying for all of this?! I know her family is rich but nothing is mentioned about her having her own money
•Ano came across as someone who knew more about life and wanted to pass his wisdom to others – like Mr Miyagi – but he did not measure up to Mr Miyagi in my eyes
•Girl, I get you are on a journey of self-discovery but you don’t neeed to keep reminding me! Get over yourself!

Overall Feeling:

Trying too hard

[TereseDK · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5-3 stars
Eh... It was alright.. Sweet, short read, low on angst but very predictable. The ending, however, was just stupid. The H is very tame and sweet. There is not one alpha bone in his body and when decides to play mind games to convince the h to be with him - well, that just pissed me off. The h is kinda annoying but sweet.
A lot of "sweet" in this one!

[Natalie ~ The Biblioholic · Rating 3 out of 5]

The title alone gave me expectations. Then I read the blurb. Then I looked at the cover. Then I read the book. Then I was disappointed.

If you're looking for a super sappy but likeable hero, then read this book.

If you're looking for a heroine who makes questionable decisions and whose thought patterns are wonky, then read this book.

If you're looking to get ultra frustrated with said heroine, then read this book.

If you're looking for a bunch of "random" coincidences that are too many to be real, then read this book.

If you're looking for people with twitchy eyes, like Drew and Jillian, then read this book.

If you're looking for love without a whole lot of substance, read this book.

Enjoy! xo

[JAIME LOUISE · Rating 4 out of 5]

Completely unbelievable.

COMPLETELY ADORABLE.

(Great read if your brain needs a break)

[Bluebamboo · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book had the emotional depth of a piece of furniture to me.

[Alex ♈ · Rating 2 out of 5]

meh

[Blacky *Romance Addict*]

How does one narrow a right eye? I tried it and ended up squinting or winking. Anyways. Not a fan of the writing style.

[Lynne · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 60%. I kept hoping this book would go somewhere, but alas, I just couldn't keep going. It read like a first draft or brief sketch, with absolutely no depth of character or story. Blah blah blah. I give up on this tripe.

How did such a horrible book rate almost a 4-star rating? I really need to stop relying on Goodreads ratings for book recommendations!

[Lexy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very good and I think Sandi Lynn is my favorite author this year

[Ricci · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was a big fan of Sandi Lynn but now all her books are all the same. Nothing ever changes. I find all her books very predictable and rather stale. All her characters and even the store line is so generic. I feel no connection to the story. It's all the same, the tone of all her books from start to end just doesn't connect with the reader anymore. Sorry to say but her writing needs a big improvement. Once you've read one book I feel like you'll be reading the same book again and again. The only difference is the storyline will be slightly different but the characters are all the same. Rich guy meets average girl. Sandi Lynn please change it up! Your becoming too predictable! A big shame!

[Emma · Rating 1 out of 5]

Seriously cringeworthy dialogue through most of the book!!!

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

If u looking for fairly tale, this is the one u looking for. Two people acted runaway bride n groom, met in a plane with too many coincidences, they being a couple in New York.

Something touching is forgiveness, life is too short, see Jillian's sister, 24/25, got brain cancer then left everyone in Hell n be the angle in Heaven. Spent too much to angry someone wasn't worth. Forgiveness is something we need, to move on, try to make our own self little bit easy in the Hell.

I do think something impossible is, if you don't have four millions, can u start your self reflection tour? Anyway, I don't think it is a big deal, book is a tool for me to stay away from Hell, at least for hours, days.

[Janan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don't waste your money. I don't get how this book got such a high rating. I was just skimming through the it just to finish up.

[LorraineW · Rating 5 out of 5]

A runaway bride meets her soul mate. Jillian and Drew and a lot of coincidences bring them together.
Jillian escapes from her overbearing parents to finally live her own life. Meeting her soulmate was not in the plan but sometimes you can’t fight fate. Great story, good characters and a happy ever after.

[Myprivatebookclub · Rating 1 out of 5]

At least it was a short read.

I disliked Jillian's eagerness to like the first man she saw after she decided to find herself and have an inner journey.

I disliked all the impossible coincidences in the book - anything could have happened without those at all.

I definitely disliked that the main characters were telling everything to their friends and also everything, which happened in the book was expressed in the dialogues by each character in the book.

I ached for Kristen, so applause to author's writing skills.

[Carol · Rating 3 out of 5]

Even though I liked this book I felt it had to many similarities to her other book, One Night in London. Yes things were changed a bit but still the same.
Both books the characters meet each other by chance and spend one night of sex knowing they will never see each other again.
Both books they run into each other unexpectedly.
Both books one of them is not ready to make a commitment.
I could see if they had been written many months or years in between but they are only a few months apart.
In this book I didn't find it realistic that her father could be this cold hearted hateful man and then instantly turn into the father she wanted him to be. Wouldn't happen that quickly.
Easy read!

[Bobby · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was so stupid it made my head hurt. The author wrote a story like she was an amateur and didn't know what was appealing.

Now let's talk about the characters, they were horrible, bitchy, and annoying.

The storyline was horrible, wasn't written good and was just plain horrible!

The dialogue was stupid and not very intelligent.

I would never recommend this book to anyone, To be honest I am embarrassed I read the whole book when it was obvious in the first 2 pages the book is horrible and stupid.

[Vicky · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have enjoyed other SL books, but this one was merely 'meh'. Jillian, in my opinion, was borderline alcoholic... man, she really relied on a drink virtually every time she face something 'challenging'. Drew was just blahhh. He had a gf who he, at some point, was into. And the fact that he fucked her while thinking of Jillian... not cool... really not cool. The 2 stars are for the fact that, although I didn't like very much about this, the actual writing was good.

[Yesenia Gonzalez · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it, her other series were great so of course this one was too. I liked that she went off on her own to discover herself. Drew was great too he was the best even tho he was mean to his ex girlfriend it was understandable. I liked how all the coincidences in a way brought them together which was great! Sad about her sister but I liked the sisters strength I just liked everyone.

[Marissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was just too sticky sweet, with everything falling perfectly into place in a predictable way. I needed so much more from this story. Also, I don't care for the whole "I'm with someone but I'm not 'happy' and 'it's been over for a long time' but we're still together" bit. No, don't use that as a justification to essentially cheat.

[fongyukyuu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my cup of tea. Right when it switched to Drew's POV it was hit you over the head obvious it was written by a woman. What kind of heterosexual man notices subtle blonde highlights?! Definitely not my type of hero.

[Shanon Kenney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read!

This is another hit by Sandi Lynn! I've read everything she's done and this one is defiantly another hit! You won't be disappointed

[chass · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars. This wasn't a BAD book, but it was over the top korny.

[Katrisha Reantazo · Rating 2 out of 5]

this wasn't sandi Lynn's finer books. it felt like I was reading something from a different author. it lacked everything!

[Keisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 Stars!

[Rea · Rating 2 out of 5]

too cheesy for me

[Martha is Reading · Rating 5 out of 5]

** 4.5 Stars **

Sweet and Short. Not to angsty but still enjoyable ;)

#HighlyRecommended

[June Howarth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant story again could read these books all day every day and never get bored of the author

[Tatjana · Rating 5 out of 5]

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