ARC REVIEW - Happenstance

by Abstract Book - April 08, 2021

Title: Happenstance

Author: T.L. Hodel

Genre: Dark Romance

Type: The Order Of Raven's and Wolves #3

POV: Dual

Release date: 10th April 2021

My rating: 💋💋💋💋

Parker Whitley wasn’t the golden boy everyone thought he was.

I played the part of good son, exceptional student and led the football team to victory year after year. The prodigal son and Ashen Springs golden boy. The town worshiped the ground I walked on and my parents praised me. But at night I watched her. The beautifully weird girl I saw in the school yard.

Lana Crawford was my kryptonite. I wanted her so bad my body ached every time I saw her. All my mother would’ve seen was the color of her skin. So, I stayed away. Decided to spare my tempting siren the wrath of Lillianna Whitley. Until that night.

Now there was no going back. Fuck what everyone else said, it was time to take what was mine. Sweet little Lana thought she could fight me. Keep me away. There was one thing she didn’t know…
Every Whitley had a demented side.

Parker Whitley was the boy I dreamed about. I watched girls fawn over the football star and wished he’d look at me like he did them. I was stupid. One beautiful night destroyed my naïve teenage vision of him. The only thing Parker Whitley cared about, was Parker Whitley.

But I couldn’t escape him.

He left me with something. A piece of him I couldn’t bring myself to give up. Because despite how he acted, I couldn’t shake that night from my mind. He showed me something that he didn’t show anyone else. His true self. The version of him I dreamed about.

I just didn’t know that he boy of my dreams, would also be the man of my nightmares.

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Star Rating : 4/5 Stars

POV : Dual

Cliffhanger : none

Hero : Parker

Heroine : Lana

Pace of the story : Moderate

Angst Rating : 5/10

Heat Rating : 6/10

Triggers Involved : Past Trauma , Kidnapping and Abuse (not by the H)

Plot Summary :
Lana never had an easy life. With her parents being dead, the only family member she has is her grandmother. She was a child when she first met Parker. He was the boy with a scowling face who beat anyone who tried to hurt her. He was her knight. That Is until he showed his true colors. One weak moment and now her whole life has changed. She was pregnant with Parker's baby and permanently tied to him forever.

Parker has always had a certain type of obsession with the girl who used to entrance them when they were kids. She had this smile that she gave to everyone and it made him so angry. No one deserved her smile. Certainly not him. He was the dark prince who wanted her and knew that he would only destroy her. Him and his whole family was toxic. There was no happy ending for them , so he stayed away. But now things were different. She was going to have his child and there would be no one who would stop him from claiming her.

Overall Opinion :
Ever since the ending of Logan's book , I knew Parker and Lana were going to be absolutely amazing! They had this crazy chemistry and now they were tied up forever.

The whole Story was great and I loved seeing the other characters and their women. T. L. Hodel has done an amazing job of sucking me in this series and now I am totally hooked! I need to know more about every Character and how their story turns out. The wait is simply too much!

I highly recommend this series to all the Dark romance lovers out there! This book of this series was a bit tamer than the others since it did not have any DubCon or NonCon scene, it was more on the contemporary side. But it was still so amazing!