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Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

4 reviews

alexasolis98's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Abby Jimenez really knows how to write a romance. You get to read about characters heal from their trauma and find they happily ever afters. Their healing journey is real and beautiful. Briana and Jacob were a wonderful couple. It was nice to read about big loving families.
Only itty bitty issue I had was that it was a bit repetitive and thus made the book a little long.
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holz_18's review

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emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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callie_castle's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

For me this was a story that started off strongly but in the third half went completely off the rails. It felt like Abby forgot it was a romantic comedy, and the last third of the book suffers greatly for it. I completely hated a character I started off liking and ruined any affection I had for her.

I am well aware that trauma changes the brain. Iโ€™m a person who has faced their own trauma in life -but everything Brianna did in the last third is completely inexcusable. She was beyond cruel and quite frankly how Jacob handled the way she treated him has me worried for his wellbeing.

Iโ€™m so disappointed that this book ruined everything it had built and destroyed its own story. A single book should not manage to jump the shark like this.
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sami_leigh's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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โ€˜I feel my heart twisting around her in a way that is completely out of my control and can never be undone.โ€™

โ€˜Thereโ€™s a special peace in sleeping next to someone you love. When you slip into the dark holding them and wake up and theyโ€™re still there and you know that everything that matters is just opening your eyes away.โ€™

โœ‰๏ธ First person Dual POV
โœ‰๏ธ Fake dating
โœ‰๏ธ Workplace romance
โœ‰๏ธ Slow burn ๐Ÿ”ฅ
โœ‰๏ธ Well established secondary characters: Alexis & Daniel (Book 1), Benny, Jacobโ€™s entire family.
โœ‰๏ธ MC Growth: trust, risking a relationship, childhood trauma, past relationship trauma, self worth.
โœ‰๏ธ Considerate representation of anxiety 
โœ‰๏ธ Epilogue
โœ‰๏ธ On my comfort reads list ๐Ÿ˜

Available on Kindle, Audible, and paperback.

โš ๏ธ Toxic relationship (past), infidelity (past relationship, not MC), pregnancy, miscarriage, grief, divorce, panic attack/disorder, mental illness, parental abandonment (past).
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