So, this isn't my genre. Nothing against it, but I'm not into summer reading, breezy, rom-com romances. It's just not my thing. But as a follower of the author's social media accounts, I figured I'd buy this book as a "thank you" for the literal stitch in my side author Abby Jimenez has given me laughing over her dog and cupcake escapades (cakecapades?) on more than one occasion. I never even planned on reading it.
But, hey, I have this book hanging out on my Kindle and I figure, "well, I can at least read a couple of chapters" because, you know, being supportive and all. So after putting the kids to bed I opened it up to give it a look-see.
WHAM. At 2:30 this morning, wiping a final tear off my face after a last bought of ugly-crying, I finished this book. I. Could. Not. Put. It. Down. My brain literally refused to let me go to sleep until I finished this book. I'm now a hot mess, running on three and a half hours of sleep and black coffee having to go to work and be a productive adult which due to a haze of exhaustion I'm going to fail at spectacularly.
BUT IT WAS WORTH IT.
This book grabs you by the feels and wrestles you onto the emotions roller coaster then laughs maniacally as you hold on for dear life. This book is snort-laugh out loud funny and chock full of sarcasm. The two main characters, though drawn on the more extreme sides of their personality types, are still understandable and relatable so you root for them and get emotionally invested. Then, once you're invested, you want to tear your hair out in exasperation and smack both of them upside their heads to just figure it out already. Then you snort-laugh some more. This repeats until the author sucker-punches you. Hard. And you ugly-cry. Then the author makes it up to you, so you happy cry.
I'm still reeling and a little woozy from this book (though that may be lack of sleep) but...I kind of want to just pick it back up and read it again. For me, there is no greater compliment. To leave an author's world and want to go right back into it is the hallmark of a well-written, beautifully executed piece of work.
So bravo on a wonderfully rendered first book, Abby. This may not be my genre, but you can better believe I'll be buying your next book. Next time, I'll make sure to start it earlier in the day and have a large box of tissues waiting beside me.
- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Forever (June 11, 2019)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1538715600
- ISBN-13: 978-1538715604
- Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
- Customer Reviews: 1,255 customer reviews
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#9,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #45 in Friendship Fiction (Books)
- #289 in Women's Friendship Fiction
- #450 in Military Romance (Books)
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