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Dwell in Possibility by Ophelia Sikes

rpatel675's review against another edition

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3.0

I received and ARC for an honest review...

Dwell in Possibility was a nice short read. I liked Sean and Kay as characters. And even though I know this book was a short read I wish their relationship couldn't have grown more. It seemed as if they saw each other, went on one date and fell in love sort of thing. I feel like their relationship was rushed a little. There was a lot of drama going on in such short time with the bar she worked at and with Sean. I honestly would not want to read the second book but the ending leaves you with a very big cliffhanger and now I must figure out what's going to happen.

bookwormlala's review against another edition

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3.0

Flat, mediocre read

Plot: C+
This book is so lovey dovey and ott...but not really in a good way. "his eyes soaked me in like a salmon breathing in the scent of its long lost home....what the hell kind of language is that? Because this is from a love struck girl, and everything is too perfect. It really seemed to have no plot. But then there was a twist at the end, that i'm sure will be interesting, leading to a cliffhanger.
Characters: C
Katy was ok. She just seemed too love struck, her head in the clouds. I couldn't get a read on Sean. He just seemed too perfect with no depth. Though he has a past, it's put all out there from the very first meeting, and it seems there is nothing left to share. The cliffie changed things though.
Heat: C
The scenes read like a halrequin romance. No very descriptive and language with the climax being compared to a thunderstorm or something. Kind of boring.

The book was kind of flat, but I'm mildly interested in seeing what happens next.

rks97's review against another edition

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3.0

'Dwell in Possibility' is a really great, short and fun read. I got through it very fast and the plot also moved very quickly perhaps too quickly sometimes in terms of the romance and the main character's relationships but otherwise it was great as the plot was full of action and drama.

The story is about Katie who has recently graduated with a degree in journalism but jobs are hard to find so she decided to help her friend out who works in an Irish bar but needs time off work to do something so Katie takes her place and it feels like her time there is never-ending with her boss cheating on his wife with young girls every day and Katie having to face his wife as she works there too. She is completely fed up until she meets gorgeous Sean.

I felt like the book should have definitely been extended as so much had happened in a short amount of pages and the plot could have been given a lot more of the mystery element too. Also, Katie and Sean's relationship and romance could have been given a stronger base.

The two character Katie and Sean were pretty good. Personally, I didn't feel connected to them and I didn't feel any empathy towards them but they were pretty decent characters. The way Katie saw him and just had to 'have him' was very eye-rolley and cringy and I just desperately wanted it to be developed more before they got together.

All in all, a very fun, slightly mysterious story. A very quick read that you won't get bored of as the plot is always full of action and drama

*Thanks to the author who sent me a free copy in exchange of a review!

marissa_mingus's review against another edition

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4.0

Kate promised her friend that she would work at the bar in her stead until she comes back. But now Kate is feeling trapped and has discovered that her boss is a pig who will fondle everything he sees. Then one shift she meets Sean and suddenly Kate finds herself dressing with him in mind. She also realizes that Sean is everything that she should avoid; the ex-felon bad boy. Will Kate keep her distance or will she fall for Sean only to have her world torn apart?

I thought this book was pretty good. I enjoyed the characters and I thought that Kate and Sean’s relationship developed well. I wasn’t prepared for the ending which rarely ever happens to me. The ending alone makes me want to read the next book in the Worcester Night series: A Soul Ajar. I look forward to continuing this series and I cannot wait to find out where Ophelia takes Kate and Sean’s relationship.

I received this book from the author for an honest review.

deejaygee's review against another edition

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2.0

would have rated higher but I'm not a fan of a novella having a cliffhanger. just put all the novellas together into one book... called a novel. so greedy. i won't read the rest even though this was not a bad story.

gailygirl527's review against another edition

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2.0

The instant connection between the main character, Katie, and her love interest, Sean was actually quite believable. Not believable ? That first love scene. I think its November or at least some time in fall, and there is just no way that anyone is having sex, outside, in New England at that time of year. Especially not some girl who barely dated in high school and then ended up in an abusive relationship through out college, because someone like that just wouldn't be that kind of sexually adventurous. Other unbelievable moments were some of Sean's behaviors during the development of their relationship. A single rose left on the pillow? A perefectly cooked morning after breakfast? Him knowing her favorite movie and arranging this over the top viewing at an abandoned drive-through theatre? Suddenly he's listening to classical music? The ridiculous behavior reminds me a lot of Christian Grey from 50 Shades. I don't even want to get into the fact that Katie grew up in a cop family, her father was in fact killed in the line of duty, and she just easily falls into this criminal element without batting an eyelash? It was totally okay for these guys she works for to run off and beat up on some OTHER gang members, but she balks at them running a porn operation??? Where is the chatacter consistency ??? I'm also a bit miffed that the gang members threatening her boss happen to be Cuban, and being as how this is set outside of Boston (a place known for having tense race relations) , I suspect slight racism...
Bottomline, I really wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. I'm really sorry too, because I really liked the synopsis and the beginning.