Review: Fickle Fate (Peyton's Path Series Book 3) by SM Olivier

Fickle Fate by S.M. Olivier
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

More Teenaged (valid) Angst

I’d probably give this 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.

It seems like quite a few people have been waiting for this book for some time, me included. I don’t know what it is about this series but you get so drawn in you just need to know what’s going to happen next. You have to read the previous two books in order to understand this one as it is a continuing series.

In some respects, the series reminds me of Erin R Flynn’s Upended Life, though this is a contemporary reverse harem book. Both series have young women who have survived abuse which has made them mature beyond their years, who have a great deal of strength but aren’t afraid to be weak. They are both also a bit more forgiving of the men in their lives than I would be!

This book starts a couple of weeks after the end of Fighting Fate. Peyton has been trying to regain her strength and gain weight after being starved whilst in captivity. Peyton is trying to come to terms with what has happened to her, and her family, and is hoping to start dancing again soon and go back to school. The men in her life are being supportive and caring and all she wants is to get back to normal.

So much happens in this book that it’s hard to capture the journey the book takes you on. There is quite a lot of peril in this book, once again, and it’s not surprising they have to incorporate bodyguards into their routines. It’s just as well Peyton’s grandfather is rich. It also seems that having bodyguards does not keep you invulnerable if you leave your house.

Peyton is having more positive interaction with the rest of her family, as it seems her abduction was a bit of a wake-up call for some of them. However, it’s not all positive, and Leah and her mother still hate her. Her own mother seems to have crawled out of the woodwork again too.

Through all that she undergoes, Peyton remains loving, kind and intelligent. She has a lot more poise and understanding of human nature than people twice her age. I know she’s had a trying life but she does seem unreasonably mature sometimes, especially as she’s never had any counselling and no one has given her much emotional support until she met the guys.

There’s quite a bit of steam in this book, and I like that though Peyton didn’t have much experience we see her excitement at learning new things and her throwing herself fully into embracing the different sides to her sexuality and trying to work out what she likes and doesn’t with the help of her more experienced lovers. She isn’t an instant expert, but she wants to learn about her likes and dislikes and those of her partners.

I really hope we don’t have to wait as long for the next book in this series, but if we do I’m sure the wait will be worth it. This is an engrossing book, that sucks you in and grabs your attention to the last page. Of course, once you reach that last page you are probably inclined to throw the book/kindle across the room because you want to know what happens next NOW!!!!. This author is a very gifted storyteller and I want to see where the story goes next.

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