I found The Trouble with Fate from an author's blog that I read. When looking at the product page it looked as though it was getting a lot of positive reviews from many authors whose boooks I read and really enjoy. Based on the reviews and the premise I thought I would give the book a try. 
 This book follows Hedi who is half Fae and half Were. When she was twelve both of her parents were killed and her twin brother was taken to Merewyn (Fae world). She was assumed to have died and has been in hiding from both the Fae and the Weres for ten years. When her childhood crush, Robson Trowbridge, walks into the Starbucks she's working in she realizes that she can't hide from her past forever. And when her aunt is kidnapped by the Weres she needs Robson Trowbridge's help to get her back. 
 For the most part I really enjoyed this book. There were scenes that would creep up on me and when I would get to them I wouldn't be able to put the book down because I would want to find out what would happen. But there were also a few scenes that dragged a bit for me and were tough to get through. Also, this being the first book in a series there was a lot of backstory and oftentimes these would be filled with too much description and not enough dialogue to break it all up. I'm hoping that since the backstory has been explained the second book with have more of a driven storyline. 
 Hedi is a good character. She's nothing too remarkable. She's very average by Fae and Were standards which is refreshing. It gets old and boring to read about heroines who are gorgeous and excell at everything they do. It was nice to see her not know the answers to everything but still try to work her way through her problems. 
 Robson was a good hero for the same reasons. He is alpha but instead of readily embracing being an alpha he tries his hardest to reject it. He's also scarred from the past. The same night that Hedi lost her family Robson as well lost his entire family. 
 I like that both of our characters, by the end, still have things to work out and because of that the romance in this book is a little unconventional. Yes there's romance, but we don't get an instant HEA. It will be something that has to be worked for and I'm very interested to see where Leigh Evans takes our characters in the next book(s). 
 Even though there were some tough spots to get through I still recommend this book mainly on the basis that by the end it's set up for the next books in the series and I think that makes this book worth it.