Summary:
In this genre-bending novel, there is no such thing as chance and every action is carefully executed by highly trained agents. You’ll never looks at coincidences the same way again.
What if the drink you just spilled, the train you just missed, or the lottery ticket you just found was not just a random occurrence? What if it’s all part of a bigger plan? What if there’s no such thing as a chance encounter? What if there are people we don’t know determining our destiny? And what if they are even planning the fate of the world?
Enter the Coincidence Makers—Guy, Emily, and Eric—three seemingly ordinary people who work for a secret organization devoted to creating and carrying out coincidences. What the rest of the world sees as random occurrences, are, in fact, carefully orchestrated events designed to spark significant changes in the lives of their targets—scientists on the brink of breakthroughs, struggling artists starved for inspiration, loves to be, or just plain people like you and me…
When an assignment of the highest level is slipped under Guy’s door one night, he knows it will be the most difficult and dangerous coincidence he’s ever had to fulfill. But not even a coincidence maker can see how this assignment is about to change all their lives and teach them the true nature of fate, free will, and the real meaning of love.
Review:
If there’s ever been a book that’s been on my TBR the longest, this one may be it. First published in 2011 and then re-released by St. Martin’s Press in 2018, I’ve always been intrigued by the Serendipity effect and the nature of coincidences (made even stronger after reading Terry Miles ‘Rabbits’) this seemed very intriguing though i never seemed to pick it up until now.
The premise here is something I really love and wish was completely real. That there is a secret organization of ‘Coincidence Makers’ out there making things happen. The questions of fate, free will, and who is really in control is something I’m a sucker for. This book is more ‘magical realism’ that science fiction, it’s speculative in a way that these ‘organizations’ exist like something within the ‘Severance’ universe is going on.
The dichotomy of personalities with Guy, Emily, and Eric feels truly authentic and getting flashbacks that allow us to see them as they grow within their ‘field’ through the anticipation of the ‘current day’ timeline really layered on the context and made the characters full-formed and authentic.
The intricacy of some of these coincidences is extremely entertaining and there are some spectacular reveals and a dramatic conclusion.
For Fans Of: This really hit the ‘This is How You Lose the Time War‘ vibes and the character connections seemed like something out of a Matt Haig novel or even Mike Chen’s ‘Quantum Love Story‘.
Did you choose to read this whole review? Or were these very words planted here by someone? Pick up this book and see the world with a whole new light.
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