3.75-4 stars - I’ve read my fair share of lifeboat/survival-at-sea novels, but this is by far my favourite! A solid romance storyline with actual chemistry, including the quite well done older woman/younger man trope; a plot twist I genuinely didn’t pick up on until shortly before it was revealed; and AN OIL RIG SEQUENCE 😍 I also cried happy tears when they were rescued, and I haven’t cried at a book in a looooong time. For my first Beth O’Leary novel I was pretty impressed!
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

Swept Away blew me away. It’s a seriously good book. It packs a pinch as a rom com /chick lit type book, sure, but it’s got so much more depth to it than that. The author has taken a fascinating plot line and layered it with detailed character analysis and social commentary. Beth O’Leary knows how to create an interesting character but this time she has taken them into the realms of representing modern gender perspectives and she has done it without being preachy or obvious or condescending. This is her best book yet.

All the makings of a great novel! It’s like Adrift but hopefully with a less heartbreaking ending! I absolutely love the concept and Beth O Leary never disappoints! Can’t wait!