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“Take a Chance on Me” by Elizabeth Eulberg takes readers on a trip to London, where they find themselves learning about Evie and the troubles she encountered back home in Chicago, before she came to visit her father overseas. Trouble at school with her friends and ex-boyfriend has made her self-conscious and uncertain of how to move forward. Being with her father doesn’t help allay her nerves and upset. His own self-consciousness about food and exercise has caused them to drift apart, and while she doesn’t know how to help them find their way back to being the father-daughter duo they once were, she finds that as time passes, the more she wants to try.

Nothing is easy, though. Coupled with her trust issues, she has to worry about him following through. She does have some light in her life, as she has met Aiden, a cute young busker who sings on the streets of London. They quickly hit it off as friends, and she finds herself thrown into his world, growing increasingly more interested in him. Before she knows it, her interest turns romantic, but they both have issues in their pasts that cause them to be unable to move forward in the way they both want and need for themselves.

Elizabeth Eulberg has written a story of friendship that delves into the angst and upset of being a teenager, but also the joy and understanding that can stem from trusting oneself and finding one’s own way. The backdrop of London makes the story that much more endearing. Contemporary romance readers will fall fast and hard as they take their own chance on main characters Evie and Aiden.