When Sparks Fly

In ‘When Sparks Fly’ we read the story of Avery and Declan. Avery runs a hotel/event space with her sisters and loves everything about it. Next to having a great job, and having a great relationship with her sisters, Avery lives with her best friend Declan in a nice apartment. They have a great living arrangement and they share some great friends. But there has always been something more between Avery and Declan. Everyone could see it, except themselves.

Author: Helena Hunting

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Page Count: 288

ISBN: B08R2M3C73

Goodreads Rating: 3.90

Charming, hilarious, and emotional...When Sparks Fly is Helena Hunting at her very best! Avery Spark is living her best life. Between her friends, her sisters, and Spark House, the event hotel her family owns, she doesn’t have much time for anything else, especially relationships. She’d rather hang out with her best friend and roommate, Declan McCormick, than deal with the dating scene. But everything changes when she is in a car accident and needs someone to care for her as she heals. Declan avoids relationships, giving him a playboy reputation that he lives up to when he puts a one-night stand ahead of a promise he made to Avery. While he may not have been the one driving the car, he feels responsible for Avery’s injuries and is determined to make it up to her by stepping into the role of caretaker. Little did they know that the more time they spend in compromising positions, the attraction they’ve been refusing to acknowledge becomes impossible to ignore. When they finally give in to the spark between them, neither is prepared for the consequences. Their love is fragile and all it will take is a blow from the past to shatter it all.

When Avery survives a horrible car accident, she is forced to accept help from Declan for about everything. And soon the grow closer than ever before. But Declan is haunted by his past, and soon things aren’t going as well as hoped.

At first it honestly took me a while to really get into this story. It took a very long time for me to really feel the connection between and Avery and Declan. And I found things taking to long to really start. But luckily, when I did start to enjoy their ‘relationship’, I soon really really loved them. Especially Declan. There just was something about him that I found really charming, and I didn’t want to stop reading about him.

Avery’s character wasn’t my favorite though. There just was something about her I didn’t really like all that much.

The romance was definitely a slow burning one. At times it got a little bit more steamy, but it was mostly sweet and I definitely liked it. I always love the friends to lovers trope. There’s just something about having this solid friendship before turning lovers that I’ve always enjoyed.

This was my first Helena Hunting book, and although it wasn’t my favorite book, I did enjoy the writing. And I’d definitely love to read more books in this series.