Title: The Stopover
Author: T.L. Swan|
Publisher: Arndell
Genre: Romance
Pages: 423
My Rating:❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤
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The Stopover
Emily Foster is on her way to New York for a job interview when she gets an unexpected upgrade to business class, and finds herself sitting next to a handsome stranger. When a snowstorm grounds their flight, they’re forced into an unplanned stopover, leading to one hot and unforgettable night together. One year later, Emily finally lands the job of her dreams in New York as a journalist at Miles Media. On her very first day, she’s given a tour of the office, and that’s when she sees him again. The man from the plane is back… and he’s the CEO of the company.
Review
The Stopover is the first book in the Miles High Club series. I swear, I had such high expectations. At first, I genuinely thought this was going to be my first five-star read of 2026. I’m not even sure what happened, but somewhere along the way, the book suddenly became… annoying.
Let’s start with the positive things. Like I said, I actually thought the beginning was so good, I was completely obsessed. I loved it from the start. There was banter, chemistry, and it was just great. I really loved the characters in the beginning, and I think this could have been a great book if the rest of it had kept the same vibe and energy.
But somehow, I started to like the main characters less and less. Let’s start with Emily. She’s a journalist who has been trying to get a job at Miles Media for over three years. Considering that, I expected her to have done at least some research, like knowing who the CEO of the company is. But okay, maybe she forgot. Then there was another thing that really bothered me. At one point, she meets Claudia, Jameson’s ex. A few chapters later, she doesn’t recognize the woman at all and asks her colleagues who she is. That felt so weird. Does Emily suddenly have amnesia, or did the author make a huge mistake?
Then there’s the worst character of all: Jameson. At first, I liked him well enough. I don’t mind a male main character who’s grumpy, bossy, or a little controlling. I actually kind of enjoy that in books. But Jameson was just… terrible. He gave me major spoiled rich guy energy, like he gets whatever he wants simply because he’s rich, and that annoyed me so much. I genuinely wanted to scream and hit him.
And together, they weren’t any better. Their relationship was basically either fighting or having sex, nothing in between. It constantly felt like he was using her. One moment they sleep together, the next he’s acting like he doesn’t want to be with her, even though he clearly gives her that impression. He breaks her heart and then thinks he can fix everything with a lame apology and some stupid yellow flowers? Where was the grand gesture?
There was an interesting storyline in between all the fighting and lovemaking, though. Someone was stealing breaking news stories and selling—or giving—them to the competition, and they were trying to figure out who was behind it. I actually really liked that part of the book. I love a little bit of action mixed into a romance.
But there was one character I liked and that was Tristan. And because the second book is about his love story, I am still going to give that one a try later this year. But I am a little disappointed after reading this book and mostly I feel frustrated because he was so annoying and rude. I loved the beginning, so I am still giving this a decent rating, but instead of the expected five stars it is going to be three stars rating and I am curious to find out what book is going to be the first five star read of 2026. I don’t give 5 star rating often though.
There was one character I genuinely liked, though, and that was Tristan. Since the second book focuses on his love story, I’m still planning to give that one a try later this year.
That said, I was a little disappointed after finishing this book. Mostly, I just felt frustrated, Jameson was so annoying and rude. I really loved the beginning, which is why I’m still giving it a decent rating. But instead of the five stars I was expecting, this one gets three stars.
Now I’m curious to see which book will end up being my first five-star read of 2026… though, to be fair, I don’t hand out five-star ratings very often.