Kismet

Amy has always been inseparably close to her twin sister, Jo, and to Ben, her high school sweetheart-turned-husband. As Jo’s whirlwind wedding weekend approaches, however, the cracks in all of their relationships begin to show. Amy and Jo’s 30th birthday is overshadowed by the wedding, and Ben and Amy have been struggling in the wake of a recent miscarriage. As the family gathers for the wedding and the tiny island town of Kismet turns into a fairy tale, Emmett—now a best man in Jo’s wedding but also a college hookup from Amy’s past—threatens to ruin the whole event. Chalsen debuts with a layered romance that explores larger questions of sisterhood, the past, and moving forward when things seem irreparable. Christine Lakin narrates the twins, who could not be more different, as they navigate their changing selves and consider what it means to be family. She perfectly balances the humor with the heartache.