This was a cool concept for a book and it was executed well.
I like a past/present POV and the characters were likeable throughout.
This book had big feelings with some mild spice sprinkled in.
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What a cute debut! I wasn’t sure what to expect with this book, but I enjoyed the second chance romance.

On the way to her best friend’s wedding, Piper Adams hits a snag. Her flight has been cancelled and all other flights to the Bahamas are fully booked. At the airport trying to figure out what to do, she runs in to Wyatt Brooks, her former high school sweetheart and the last person she wants to see, who is also headed to Allie’s wedding. Wyatt, however, is the key to getting to the wedding (through his friend’s plane). En route to their destination, Piper and Wyatt’s plane crashes on a deserted island. Told in two timelines, past and present, Piper and Wyatt do all they can to survive and work through all the heartbreak from their past.

This book was the ultimate forced proximity with two people who “loathe” each other stuck on an abandoned island. I really liked Wyatt’s character, but it was hard for me to connect with Piper. She felt very one-dimensional at times, but I did appreciate her character growth towards the end.

I will say, I much preferred the “then”chapters in high school to the now chapters on the island. Their slowburn romance from friends to something more was chefs kiss. The pacing was also a tad bit off in places, but the story was very much enjoyable overall. I look forward to reading more of this author’s work in the future!

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon for the ARC!

Thank you to the Publisher and Netgalley for an opportunity to read the ARC of this book.

Crash Landing contains some of my favorite tropes:
❤️Second Chance Romance
❤️ Forced Proximity
❤️ Angst
Piper and Wyatt were friends growing up and became much more their senior year, each other's first loves ❤️ . They spent a summer together and Wyatt was off to boot camp whereas Piper was off to college and later medical school. Her mother was quite upset with her daughter daring Wyatt as she didn't see him as being good enough for her. Wyatt breaks her heart right before he leaves and Piper never forgets the heartbreak.

Nine years later Piper is off to her high school best friends carribean destination wedding when her flight was canceled. Shescrecently started dating a fellow med student that jer Mother approves of. She runs into Wyatt on her way there as he's also invited. He offers her a ride in his single engine plane and Piper sees it as her only chance to get to the wedding on time.

Their plane crashes in the ocean and they find themselves stranded on a deserted 🏝. Thankfully they find some food snd fresh water.

Wyatt and Piper are forced to dog up the past and help eachother survive. Wyatt asks for a second chance but Piper is hesitant to let go of the past hurt he caused even after knowing the real reason he broke up with her.

The story is in 3rd pov from Pipers perspective and flashes from past to present.

I enjoyed how lighthearted some scenes are but are interspersed with angst and heartache.

Piper is the maid of honor at her best friend’s destination wedding, however, at the airport she learns her flight is cancelled and there isn’t another one until the next day. While contemplating what to do, she sees her former boyfriend, Wyatt, who broke her heart years ago. He also is the cousin of the bride and is heading to the same wedding. Wyatt has the use of a small plane belonging to a friend and offers to take her with him. She accepts his offer, only because she is absolutely desperate to get there.
As Wyatt prepares for take-off, Piper sits as far back as she can in the small plane. Although it’s very uncomfortable to be closed in with the person she never planned to ever see again, because of unexpected stormy weather, the plane crashes into the sea, and they end up stranded on a deserted island in the Caribbean.
Their unexpected adventure begins, as they are forced to work together to find food and shelter. As the days go by, and they begin to be a little friendlier to each other, Piper reflects on whether they could ever have a second chance.
Each day they encounter new challenges as well as many unexpected circumstances as they strive to just survive. This is a fascinating story, that once I got into it, was nearly impossible to put down. The characters are strong, loveable and unforgettable as they learn together how to maneuver through each new situation.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. All comments and opinions are my own.

This book was hard to put down! I had so much fun navigating the relationship between Wyatt and Piper. If you are a fan of second chance romance with a close proximity trope, then this book is for you.
Wyatt and Piper were once the best of friends turned lovers when they were teenagers, but after a breakup they didn’t speak for eight years. Until, one of their mutual friends is getting married and they are both stuck at an airport together when their flights get canceled. Wyatt offers Piper a ride in a charter plane that he can fly, she accepts his offer after deciding she has no choice. Next thing they know, they are crashing on a deserted island.

I got this ARC from NetGalley, all opinions are my own. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Annie McQuaid for an ebook in exchange for an honest review!

Rating: 3/5 Stars

This was an adorable story and was fun to read. I wasn’t a huge fan of Wyatt, which is why it is a 3/5 Star. Beyond that, I did have a good time and it was easy to binge.

This book was okay. It was very dramatic, and if it wasn’t for the spice, it would lean more YA. I think if someone is looking for a soap opera book, you’d enjoy this.

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for a review.

I was worried about reading a book about a couple that gets stranded on an island. This is obviously a rom com but I was worried about what dangers were gonna be on this deserted island. Don't worry...this is such a fun read, and even when there are dangers I really loved Piper and Wyatt's relationship as they tried to survive on the island.
Any story about people stranded on an island feel as realistic as a story of people trapped in space but I loved the way the author used this device to force Piper and Wyatt to reconcile their drama. I wished we had more of the backstory in the beginning and then getting more details with the flashbacks, because when we first meet Wyatt we don't know why seeing him is so devastating other than a regular break up and that was not the vibe at all.

Piper Adams is completely, totally, one hundred percent over Wyatt, the former love of her life. At least, that’s what she tells herself. After he broke her heart, she stopped taking risks and focused instead on building a perfect—and perfectly safe—life. But bumping into Wyatt at the airport on the way to her best friend’s destination wedding wasn’t part of the plan. Neither was a canceled flight nor Wyatt’s offer of a ride on the tiny plane he’s flying to attend the same event. Desperate to make it on time, she accepts his offer, but things go from awkward to full-blown nightmare when their plane crashes in the Caribbean, stranding Piper on a deserted island with the last person she ever wanted to see again.
At first, rule-following Piper clashes with adventure-driven Wyatt, but as the days tick by, she can see the boy she once loved has grown into a man. A man who makes her laugh, knows his way around a fire, and is annoyingly hot shirtless. A man she could love again. As the chemistry still simmering between them boils over, Piper begins wishing Wyatt was more than just a survival partner. But for their love to survive a second chance, she’ll have to not only trust Wyatt again, but also learn to trust herself and find the courage to let go of her carefully curated life for the chance at something far greater—if they can survive the island long enough for rescue.

I will devour a romance book with a survival storyline and this debut was a quick, cute, and fun read.
This one was a bit different than I've read before. Our MCs, Piper and Wyatt, ex-high school sweethearts crash land on a deserted island on their way to a mutual friend's wedding in the Bahamas.
Not only are they fighting for survival but they are fighting with each other as they go through what went wrong in their relationship and why they didn't work out all those years ago.

While I dislike going from past to present, I think it is necessary to understand the dynamic of their relationship and get an idea of the outside forces that had a hand in their ending. I just wish there was more focus on the present, were supposed to see how while they both have grown and matured their feelings for each other have remained the same but I wasn't feeling it. I would have liked to see more angst. I would have also liked to see more character growth, I felt like Piper didn't stick up for herself to her mother enough.

I recommend this book if you enjoy, second-chance, friends to lovers, forced proximity, survival romance.
Thank you NetGalley, Annie McQuaid and Avon for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

What happens when you and the guy are stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash? Find out in Crash Landing.

So, I loved the show LOST, even though the producers fell on their tooshes when putting together the finale, but nonetheless. I’m always drawn to stories of survival and add in a dash of romance and I’m sold!

Single POV with then and now story line, Piper and Wyatt who were once high school sweethearts and then enemies, reconnect on their way to a close friend’s wedding. And then survive a heckin pane crash. Piper, who has always tried to be the perfect child to her parents realizes that they may have had more to do with her and Wyatt’s breakup than she had thought. Wyatt just thought he was doing the right thing. As they walk through memory lane AND fight to survive at the same time, they just might realize that the connection they had is still there.

In the end, this life-altering event seems to wake Piper up and makes her realize that she only gets one life…no do overs. Finding her voice and going the path she chooses is so heart warming and I love how the story ended. I highly recommend this book! Mark your calendars!

Thank you NetGalley and HarperCollins!

This was a cute, fun debut novel.

What would happen if you were going to go to your best friend's wedding and got stranded on a remote island after a plane crash with your ex? Um. Hello, that is like Lost, but with a spin of Bachelor in Paradise.

Piper and Wyatt have so much history, and they grew up so much throughout the book.

I think some areas deserved more time, and some parts I think were a little predictable, but who doesn't love a HEA?

Piper's mom was a character I was not a fan of, and I really wish there was more resolution between all the characters and her. Lot of build up for nothing to really happen in a way.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for my ARC.

I wasn’t a huge fan of this book for many reasons. Primarily Wyatt and the time jumps.

In this novel we follow medical student Piper who is trying to make it to the Bahamas for her best friends wedding. At the airport she runs into her high school sweetheart who broke her heart. He is on the same plane to the wedding, but when their flight is cancelled he says he can fly his friends plane to the wedding. Unfortunately the plane crashes and these two get to finally hash out what happened all those years ago.

I did not like Wyatt. I think Piper deserved better. At first I liked him, but then we get deeper into their past and his present self has a complete personality switch and I just didn’t like him. He made Piper cry too much for a man in love.

I did like Piper. I can relate to her in many ways: feeling lonely and like you’re not in control of your life and living with a broken heart. I felt for her in this novel and thought she needed to tell her parents, Tag, and Wyatt to go to H-E double hockey stick.

The plot was interesting and well written. I wish there wasn’t such a lack of communication between Piper and Wyatt at the end. But I did enjoy the scenes on the beach as they tried to survive and took care of each other.

I did not think the time jumps worked. The “Then” times really confused me. One second we are in their senior year then back to junior year, then freshman, and senior. It was too confusing. Maybe dates or HS years would have helped, but I didn’t think these were even needed. Most of the time jumps didn’t add to the story or characterization. And then it shows Wyatt in a really bad light.

I liked the “Now” timeline, but I just wanted better for Piper.

*An ARC was received in exchange for an honest review.

A promising debut romance! This was a quick, exciting read with an unusual forced proximity scenario. When Piper’s flight to the Bahamas for her best friend’s wedding is cancelled, she begrudgingly accepts Wyatt’s (former love of her life and her best friend’s cousin) offer to fly her to the island in time for all the ceremonies in a tiny private plane. It doesn’t seem possible for things to be more uncomfortable until they crash land on an uninhabited island and fight for survival (while also fighting with each other about they way they handled their relationship all those years ago).

Even though the plot features desert island survival, the story has a lighthearted feel and it’s clear that Piper and Wyatt, while not a match on paper, are a great fit in reality. I wish we had seen more of Wyatt’s and Piper’s relationship develop and that there was more focus on the present versus the use of flashbacks. Fans of second chance and forced proximity will find plenty to enjoy. 3.5 stars.

Thank you very much to Avon and NetGalley for the opportunity to read a copy.

Cute. Predictable. The story of Wyatt and Piper plays out exactly how you would expect. I liked the premise of them stuck on an island but felt like they fell back in love super quick. I wish there was a tiny bit more angst. But overall it was a quick enjoyable read.

This had me hooked from the start. I loved how it had the oast so you could understand them more. I enjoyed how it was portrayed and written out. Would recommend this book. Thank you NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read it.

I don't know how to review this book because it's not that I didn't like it— the premise and the plot were good—, it's just that I just felt a little dull reading it. I think my main problem is I found every single character two dimensional, which ultimately did not help in feeling any sort of connection with them.

It was good we got past and present point of view, because I think it was helpful in understanding the type of relationship Piper and Wyatt had in the past, and how it might have affected their personal lives in the present, but my goodness, their frontal lobes weren't fully developed when they first started dating, so I don't think we could've expected more from teenagers.

Piper's mom, I have beef with her. I don't think I've read about a more shallow, selfish and obstinate person in a while. Even at the end of the book, when Piper has had enough— which ultimately prompts her to have a breakdown during dinner— she doesn't hear what her daughter is trying to tell her, even though it's quite clear her daughter is miserable. I hate people like that, with their head so up their asses they are blind to anything but their own sufferings.

The dialogue felt too pompous, like I completely understood they have money, but my god I wanted to shoot myself in the head with all the brand name dropping. Also, for whatever reason— might have been because of the dialogue—, the third person bothered me to no end.

Thanks to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for sharing this emotional romance’s digital reviewer copy with me in exchange for my honest thoughts.

This book really pulled me in at the start but lost steam for me along the way. The past POV didn't have that urgency or maybe wasn't captivating since we already knew how it ended. Overall, it was a very sweet story and I love the cover! A different premise for a romance and I liked it.

I was hooked on this the second I started reading this book! Crash Landing is a second-chances, friends-to-lovers, close-proximity, deserted island survival all in one. I couldn’t get enough of this book and the love story between the two main characters. I mean who wouldn’t love to have a sexy army man with them on a deserted island?

The flash backs gave a great glimpse into Pipers past getting to know her, her best friends, as well as made you love and hate Wyatt along with Piper. The authors ability to keep you captivated during both the ‘Now’ and ‘Then’ of the story is a breath of fresh air. I never once found myself wanting to skip over any parts of this book.

This can easily be the next hit summer 2025 read. I can’t wait to read more from Annie McQuaid!

what a great debut!!! this is a second chance romance which usually isn’t my favorite but i enjoyed this one. it’s a dual timeline with single pov. the characters were also enjoyable!