A Bet Made at Sea

This was a really cute book! The setting is perfect for summer time or a cruise! The romance was so cute and swoony with no spice!

Cute romance story set on a cruise ship. Nice to hear about the different travels. The romance between the 2 main characters is slow and not steamy.

When Dominic Blackwell and Natalie Jones meet, she has recently discovered that her fiancé has been cheating on her. When she returns home to her mother, it is decided that Natalie should go on the cruise, her mother had planned. Dominic’s company has organised for him and his finance team to go on the same cruise, for the great work.
Together, the cruise setting was a new setting for me, so I enjoyed that component. The dual POV helped with understanding the perspective of each character but I did find their actual dialogue could have more engaging. A sweet read.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This book is about Natalie and Dominic. Natalie is a primary school teacher and Dominic works in finance.
Natalie has just found out that her boyfriend has been cheating on her and is now heartbroken. Her mom offers her her spot on a cruise.
As for Dominic, it’s the company he works for that offered his team to go on the same cruise as Natalie.

I quite enjoyed the dual point of view. It is written in the 3rd person narrative. It was nice to know what they were thinking and feeling. It was also rather well balanced. I think they probably had the same number of chapters with their voice.

The setting was quite new for me as I had never read a romance set on a cruise like this(I think).

The beginning started quite strong with Natalie finding out she’s been cheated on, but it felt good to start in medias res.

Overall, it was a light and easy read that I would recommend!

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for this ARC!

What a great cruise romcom!! I enjoyed Natalie and Dominic’s love story! Dual POV. This book was the perfect summer read.

Dual POV
Forced proximity

Dominic and Natalie find themselves on a cruise together and sparks fly.

This wasn’t my favourite read. I couldn’t get into the characters and it feel too cliched for what I wanted.

I absolutely loved A Bet Made at Sea. Dominic and Natalie had such a great chemistry. I could relate to Natalie’s issues with her father as well. It was so enjoyable reading and watching their relationship progress throughout the course of the novel. I enjoyed living vicariously through the cruise as well. J Addison will definitely be added to my authors to lookout for list.

As someone that LOVES cruising, the book cover caught my eye and I jumped at the chance to read A Bet Made at Sea. Many thanks to NetGalley, J. Addison, and the publisher for allowing me to read this e-ARC in exchange for a review.

The story kicked off strong with Natalie unfortunately walking in on her fiancé cheating on her. She leaves him to temporarily move back into her mother’s home and her mother decides that Natalie should take her place to go on a luxury cruise.

Dominic is a rising star at his company and receives an opportunity to move his team to New York, but he’s hesitant to accept. His boss gifts Dominic and his team the luxury cruise for a job well done and a way to entice Dominic into accepting.

I absolutely loved the cruise ship setting, but unfortunately most of the story line and conversation style fell a little flat for me. The main characters are in their 30’s, but this read more like a Young Adult book to me. This is a Sweet book so don’t expect spice, but do expect some swoony moments.