Review: The Odds of You and Me by Cecilia Galante

The Odds of You and Me

by Cecilia Galante

Publisher: William Morrow

Pages: 384

Format: ARC

Buy the Book: HarperCollins

Goodreads:  Thirteen days. That’s all Bernadette, “Bird,” Sincavage has left to go until she’s done with her probation and can be free again. Free from making payments to the supermarket she wrote bad checks to. Free from living at home with her overzealous mother who’s constantly nagging her about attending church again. Free to give her four-year-old son, Angus, the normal life he deserves. Her impending freedom and move to Moon Lake, where she’s plunked down a deposit on a brand new apartment, is so close she can almost taste it. What trouble could she possibly get into in just 13 days?

But trouble does follow in the form of James Rittenhouse—someone she worked with a few years ago. At first, Bird is stunned to see James make the evening news when he’s arrested for assaulting someone in a local bar. But that’s nothing compared to the shock she gets when she discovers James hiding out in an abandoned church choir loft. Somehow he escaped police custody, broke his leg, and got his hand on a gun, which he’s now pointing at her.

Although Bird doesn’t tell anyone she saw James, there’s no way she’s helping him. She can’t screw up her probation or her second chance for a new future. And she has her son’s welfare to think about. Still. If only she could stop thinking about the terrified look in James’ eyes and the fact that he’s hurt. If only she could forget that once, long ago, James helped her out, and she owes him a debt like no other. 

Will Bird jeopardize her future for someone who helped her out in the past? A past that holds secrets she’s not quite sure she’s ready to face? Or will she turn a blind eye and learn to live with the consequences?

Kritters Thoughts:  Bird Sincavage has spent the last year or year and a half (can't remember) trying to get back into a good space in her life, she moved her and her son back in with her mother and has been literally working hard.  Someone from the past will come back into her life and send her in a tailspin just before her probation is up.

This was one of those books where I may have talked OUT loud to the character and encouraging her to stop what she is doing and concentrate on the finish line!  I loved that Bird was a great character and full and the reader really knows her, but the secondary characters were just as full.  I fell in love with her son and although there were moments where maybe he acted above his age, I still loved him and he was a constant reminder that Bird was making major decisions each day.

A good simple book with a simple plot line that was just the right quick easy read.  


Rating: definitely a good read, but can't read two in a row

Disclosure of Material Connection:  I received one copy of this book free of charge from TLC Book Tours.  I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.