If you’ve ever thought yourself unlucky, read The Fortune Flip. It’s a thoughtful romance story about luck, being lucky in love, and turning our luck around. Keep reading this book review of The Fortune Flip for my full thoughts.
Summary
A stroke of luck.
Hazel Yen would love to be that person who doesn’t believe in bad luck. But having lost her job, her mom, her optimism, and even her dim-sum leftovers, she’s sitting in a fortune teller’s booth, desperate for a sign—any sign—that her luck might change. Which is when fate crashes into her, disguised as Logan Wells and his utterly chaotic cat. Except after one spontaneous and mind-melting kiss, Hazel’s terrible misfortune starts taking a turn for the miraculous. Money problems vanish. A new job lands in her lap. And she’s crushing—hard—on the guy who started it all.
Only there’s a problem: Logan’s luck has taken a turn for the worse. A shared lottery ticket could be just the answer they’re seeking or a disaster waiting to happen. Has Hazel’s fortune truly changed? And if so, could winning at life mean losing at love?
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
Just like Red String Theory, Lauren Kung Jessen is able to balance introspective universal questioning with romance. In The Fortune Flip, we are asked about what luck means to us. If we think of ourselves as lucky, is it just another day until the fall? Or do we have a hand in our own luck? The Fortune Flip asks us these questions. With a romance tinge, we are asked if we can ever really turn out luck around. I love when a book is dual POV, especially a romance, so I ate this up. Full of chemistry from the beginning, The Fortune Flip strikes this balance between thematic questions, the pieces of our family which hurt us, and our ability to grab our future.
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I enjoyed the ways in which The Fortune Flip explores and plays with the idea of believing in our future, seeking out luck, and knowing when it’s about to change. At the same time, the individual character arcs here examine when we carry the burden of others. While I thought the character development was more focused on Hazel, I enjoyed Logan’s character as well. If you like your romance books with so introspection and thoughtful questions, then you have to read this one. Find The Fortune Flip on Goodreads, Storygraph, Bookshop. org, Blackwells, & Libro. fm.