The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch

A Novel

De: Jacqueline Firkins

Narrado por: Rebecca Gibel

A beautiful story of friendship, and second chances at love

Imogen Finch has just been through her sixteenth breakup. She saw it coming, so she’s not as crushed as she might be, but with all sixteen of her exes leaving her for other partners, she’s come to believe a prediction her well-intentioned and possibly clairvoyant mother made over twenty years ago: that Imogen would never come first at anything or to anyone.

Is her love life failing due to a magical curse? Insufficient effort? Poor timing or personality mismatches? Everyone has opinions on the matter.

Imogen’s ready to give up altogether. But when Eliot Swift, her secret high school crush, returns to their small coastal town after a decade of nomadic travels, Imogen has new motivation to try again. Eliot’s full of encouragement. He suggests that her curse is not only imagined, it’s easily breakable. All they need is one win—any win—and she can believe in love—and in herself—again.

From trivia games to swimming races to corn-shucking contests, the pair sets out to snag Imogen her first first. But when victory proves more elusive than Eliot anticipated and when his deep-seeded wanderlust compels him to depart for far-away places, Imogen fears she is destined to remain in second place forever.

Fortunately for them both, sometimes magic lingers in the most unexpected places. And love is far from predictable.

©2023 Jacqueline Firkins (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

Reader is kept guessing until the end.

It was an unusual take on a romance, but an interesting one because the author cleverly laid out the pros and cons of what the choice would be.

Amazing story!

Not sure what I was getting into, but this novel constantly surprised me! Wonderful voice, and wonderful characters… everyone one thinks of themselves as second best, but life and the journey to acceptance of love and family is always first. Really loved this book!