Possibility by Sareeta Domingo

“We must do what we are able to help ourselves.”

Approaching her 30th year of life, Anika Lapo should be celebrating reaching this milestone. Unfortunately, on the day of Anika's 30th birthday, she wakes up fresh out of life changing surgery. Despite the severity of this out of the blue medical emergency, Anika is propelled to ensure that death will not mark her & to ensure that she now lives a life that is worth living. One in which she can manifest what she deserves. Will the power of Manifesting plunge Anika into a dark spiral of obsession & self-delusion?

TWs ⚠️ DM for warnings.

I really enjoyed the concept of manifesting in Possibility. Through Anika's character, we are able to look at the positive side of Manifesting and how it has the ability to transform our view of what is possible to attain with the right mindset. We are also able to look at the negative side & what happens when we begin to lose focus on reality when the foncept of Manifesting becomes an obsession.

Following Anika's health crisis, it was easy to understand why she desired to seek more control of her life. But, equally, this led to some very damaging and toxic behaviours that led me to not take very well to Anika as a character. I found her to be selfish, self-absorbed & destructive.

I also loved the exploration of displaced grief, I think Sareeta hit the nail on the head with this. As well as what I believe was PTSD, Anika's displaced grief was violent, sporadic & uncontrolled. It was at times difficult to read of her “fall from grace” as she seemed to be quite well-rounded and respectful.

The spicy scenes were a hit for me too 🌶 At times, however, it did feel as though Anika was trying to patch over her issues with sex.

I would say that I went into this expecting a fast-medium paced book, especially as romance was a central theme to the story. However, 'Possibility' was erring on the slow side, but it worked to allow Anika the time to grow.

If there was anything that I'd critique, it would be the lack of exploration of Anika fulfilling her new job role. This was an aspect of her life that she was desperate to change, so it would have been nice to read more on this. Given the lengthy read, I also felt that we needed more meaningful & necessary conversations between Anika, her mum + friends.

Overall, I enjoyed this read + I would definitely recommend it.

This is for the lovers of Maame, slow burn romances & sexual tension. A perfect holiday read 📚

⭐️⭐️⭐️.95

Thank you to Dialogue Books for my ARC