The Stopover (The Miles High Club, 1)

I am so thankful that I read the beginning of what I believe will be an incredible series by T L Swan. I seriously saw every chapter as an episode of what would be a phenomenal show. The Stopover is full of rom-com characteristics. I loved the characters development throughout the book. All the hard edges, that turned into softness and melted away like chocolate for Strawberries. Give me more!! Oh and this was a 5/5 spice level! Run don't walk to this book!!!

This book will go down as one of my TOP 5 Favorite Reads! ❤️ It did NOT disappoint!

I giggled, I cried, I held my breath and I belly laughed uncontrollably! Talk about HOT SEXY and SUSPENSE all wrapped up in one!

My jaw hurt from laughing with waterworks at the Bugatti, Bessie and the Bus rides! 🤣 Even steamed up my glasses! 👩🏻‍🏫

I Will read this book again & again and should have ordered the remaining series yesterday! If you love a great suspenseful romance & comedy that you can’t put down, ( I really mean I had a hard time putting it down!) look no further! This book has it all! ❤️😘

lucked out and got an ARC on this one and I'm totally calling this one - the rest of the year be damned. I know there's still 3 months in 2019 but I'm totally putting this down as my personal favorite read of the year. Yes, I've read some other great books, but T.L. Swan gave me everything I always wanted and never knew I did in The Stopover. Maybe that's because I'm usually the Dark Reads girl and this was definitely not that but Jim, Jay, Jamison Miles - I am here to tell the world I am completely in love with you, no matter how delusional that makes me sound!

The Stopover starts with just that - a flight that is going from London to NYC but gets way laid and ends up having to fly into Boston for the night due to weather. Emily Foster, a young and feisty thing is flying back from London in coach but after an incident in the airport, she's bumped up to first class. And it's there that she meets the slightly older, incredibly hot guy that's seated next to her. From the very get go, these two are funny as hell. If they aren't bantering or arguing, they're flirting up a storm. The internal monologues from Emily's side since she occupies the first chapters had me cracking up and 'Jim', her travel companion for the flight had me cracking up with half his dialogue. Between the two of them, you literally get sucked in from the very first chapter and from there, there's not a place in the book that you find yourself slipping out. When they get deferred to Boston, they end up spending the night together and to say that it's mind-blowing, off the walls sex for them with a one of a kind chemistry would be an entirely accurate statement. However, morning comes and they go their own ways - Jim to NYC and Emily, having missed her job interview in NYC back to LA. No numbers exchanged, just a crazy transatlantic flight and a night to remember.

12 months later, Emily lands her dream job in NYC as a journalist at Miles Media and what would you know? Jim just happens to be Jamison Miles, the CEO of the biggest media conglomerate in the nation and Emily's boss's boss's boss. When she's taken to the upper floors to get the tour and meet management, Jamison is in and he recognizes her on the spot. Jamison has never forgotten that night a year ago and he let's Emily know that he hasn't and that he's more than interested in her. So Jamison starts his rather bossy and brusque pursuit of Emily and that's another thing that I loved about these two. Just as on the plane when he was just 'Jim', they're both bossy, both headstrong and as Jamison refers to Emily at times, she can be a snarky bitch which she readily admits. Jamison is used to having anyone he wants without even trying and Emily is just not that girl. She gives as good as she gets and the back and forth between them is entertaining as hell. I'm so used to the billionaire books where the billionaire has all the control and some dark back secret that makes him put the heroine through a ton of angst and she let's him walk all over her while secretly hoping he'll let her in. This book refreshingly skips the usual power dynamic and unnecessary angst and puts two people together where they both stand their ground.

Jamison was a delightful alpha but when it came to Emily he was also secretly mushy as hell. He runs the gamut from scotch guzzling, uptight, bossy CEO Jamison, to slightly more relaxed and at home billionaire Jay to Emily's 'Jim' when he let's all the stress and position go and just is - that's when he's his lightest and most fun. Emily is completely unimpressed by the money, the power or anything that comes along with it - she fell for her Jim on the plane - and for Jamison this is an absolute first and makes Emily his one of a kind.

Of course, there's a side drama and a huge conflict that comes along. But the B plot was well set up and there was nothing overdone or gratuitously added. Going back and looking over my highlights, it was all there for the taking and it definitely wasn't there to pad the story. And I dug how Emily, even with where the story was at, kept herself together and took on more than most could bite off.

I could quote this book to the high heavens and God knows I have enough of them. There are some classics in here. But I'm not going to add a single one because I don't want to ruin a single line or scene in this book for anybody that decides to read it. Where's the fun in already having somebody giving you some of the all time best exchanges in the book? I will say that anyone that knows me knows that I don't go in for laughter much but even with the flu I found myself laughing so hard I was literally hacking up my lungs and massively alarming the dog.

One final note: I remember reading Mr. Masters and really loving it and I skimmed a couple of her other books also but I have to say this author has evolved with this book. Massively evolved! It has two wonderful MC's who take an organic journey filled with humor, bickering, flat out arguing, great make up sex, flirtation, lust, compromise, misunderstanding and love. I also really enjoyed some of the side characters - my God, her friend Molly has some funny moments to add in and Tristan Miles is a lovely, lovely sidepiece.

So here's to camping in New Jersey, Bessie, Manhattan public transportation with some good old fashioned groveling and a side of Viagra Mike! Long live flight delays and really hot, bossy men!

**********10 Stars and to hell with the rating system. This is my idea of perfection.

(And yes, this is a totally honest review!)

~ 3.5 Stars ~

Alright, I've been waiting forever to read this one and so glad I finally got around to it! So let's get down to the nitty gritty...

One of my first and most favorable impressions of this book was the incredibly witty and clever banter that goes on throughout the entirety of this book! I have so many adorable passages highlighted, and overall it there were so many laughs that I just needed. Overall, I love how this love story unfolds. While some of it is highly predictable, they were handled well (ex. The Other Woman trying to steal my man scene! It gave a little bit of drama, but it wasn't like the END ALL BE ALL and causing all these issues, thank you for that). It is a little hot and cold and a bit moody for a bit, but that's also explained later.

I loved the idea of having the CEO boss but then off the clock he's actually more of a cinnamon roll and that the main pairing met under misleading circumstances so that everyone was able to put their best foot forward at the first meeting. There were also some really swoon-worthy moments that just had you loving the read.

However, I felt like this book was a lot of miscommunication! Which is one of my lesser favorite tropes. It wasn't bad enough for me to put the book down, but I was getting there. For these two characters, control is everything, and neither one of them is interested in giving it up. Both their stubbornness and pride is where the miscommunication stems and you get the majority of the drama from in this book.

Points taken away for the third act breakup, for Jay acting literally terrible, and then their "last night" escapade - that was just mean. Also, the fact that there was such quick turnaround... one month without each other and like, all is well? That just didn't do it for me. I didn't want these characters to suffer in the first place, but a less than one month turnaround just felt... not quite right.

If I ever have to hear the phrase "Just the right amount of suction" again I will scream. Sorry. Too much was actually too much.

At times, the wording/writing felt really unnatural, like English was a second language. Which there's no issue with, but you would hope some of those issues are edited out/corrected when reviewing the book before publication.

Overall, it's an extremely fast and easy read. Will be reading the others.

Talk about twist and turns. I really like Jay’s brother Tristan. Emily is strong and unimpressed by extreme wealth. She does have some relationship issues as most of the men she dated in the past weren’t right for her. The saddest was her last boyfriend who like many athletes have issues since losing his stardom and for him, his identity, and he doesn’t know how to move forward. Jameson is the typical male, who is under the distinct impression that he has to be the CEO 24/7 while not stopping to be the guy that Emily met 12 months ago. He was engaged to the female version of himself but while they were on a mutually agreed upon break he fell for Emily and this scares the bejesus out of him. Meanwhile someone is purposely sabotaging the family business. I need a chart to keep up with everyone and everything. Fun read.

I had mixed feelings about this one. Some of the writing was SUPER cringey, but I still enjoyed a good chunk of it. There was a little moment where I did a little skip while I was listening to it.

Audio book girlie here.

They have some moments where there is cute banter, flirty, and just plain giggle worthy. I LOVE the way they meet the first time and then again a year later.

Most of the cringe came from the spicy scenes. Some of the words/phrasing I just didn't care for. Also, there were some hardcore eyeroll moments as well where the characters annoyed the crap out of me.

I wouldn't read this if you're looking for a masterpiece or fantastic writing. However, if you're here for vibes, then you may enjoy this one.