Natural Selection – Elin Hilderbrand

Stuck on a trip to the Galápagos Islands by herself after her boyfriend suddenly left at the airport, a real estate agent from New York tries to rationalize her relationship while learning to let go and enjoy the solo trip.  When she learns the truth about her boyfriend, she leans into the theories of Charles Darwin, that the species most likely to survive is that which adapts to the world around it.

Natural Selection is a short story from Elin Hilderbrand, one which takes place far away from her usual locale of Nantucket.  Given the short length of the work, there isn’t a whole lot of world building or deep characterizations, but it does tell a complete story, one which maybe could have been blown out to a full-length novel.