From: From Love, The Letters
To: Reader
Re: The Missed Connection – Tia Williams
Delivery: Priority Mail 💜💜💜💜
Dear Readers,
Ya’ll know how some romance books that make you think that love at first sight exists, but then others make you feel like loves been sitting right in your face, and you’d miss it even if it hauled off and slapped you. Well, The Missed Connection gave me a little bit of both.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. Tia Williams did a great job developing the characters, and the storyline felt realistic enough that I found myself invested in every decision they made. As someone who will always be a hopeless romantic, this story was a beautiful reminder that love rarely shows up the way we expect it to.
Both Sasha and Wes quickly became my favorite characters.
Wes wasn’t just the attractive guy the author described so well. What stood out to me was his quiet insecurity. He loved deeply, but his own lack of confidence convinced him he wasn’t enough for the woman he loved. Even with those doubts, he continued showing up for her in every way he could.
Sasha, on the other hand, carried so much beneath the surface. She’s a workaholic who struggles with vulnerability. Between feeling disconnected from parts of her cultural identity, growing up without a strong father figure, surviving a terrifying stalking experience, and simply not feeling emotionally safe, romance wasn’t even on her radar. That all changed after a six-hour flight to Paris, where a stranger in Seat F managed to sweep her off her feet before disappearing without so much as exchanging names or phone numbers.
Determined to find him again, Sasha reaches out to someone from her past for help. From there, the story becomes both funny and surprisingly heartfelt.
It wasn’t a specific scene that stood out to me, but the friendship between Sasha and Wes ( Whew Chile! 😉 ) From the moment they met, there was a sense of safety between them. Sasha always felt protected with Wes, but I appreciated that it wasn’t one-sided. There were moments when she protected him, too. Their relationship was built on mutual care, and that made every interaction feel genuine.
I’ll admit, there were moments when I genuinely didn’t know who Sasha would end up choosing. Was it going to be the mystery man from Seat F or the person who had quietly been there all along? That uncertainty kept me turning the pages.
Ironically, the message about “the right person being in front of you the whole time” didn’t really resonate with me personally. Most of the people “right in front of me” are happily in relationships of their own. If anything, I connected more with the version of Sasha before Paris—the woman focused on herself, guarded, and not actively looking for love.
After the flight, though? Sasha had me laughing. She was ready to claim “my man, my man, my man,” and she didn’t even know his name. As ridiculous as it was, it was also relatable in that hopeless-romantic kind of way.
If you’re looking for a romance that will make you laugh, keep you guessing, and leave you smiling without being overly complicated, I’d definitely recommend The Missed Connection. It’s a fun reminder that love doesn’t always arrive on schedule—and sometimes the journey is just as entertaining as the destination.
From Love,
The Letters
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