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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Omg! So good
Ok, that book was excellent the story was really good. I had a lot of emotion, I love a book that does it. It's was well written. I read it really fast this how much I love it I couldn't stop reading it.
The way she brings the story together was extraordinary, I will read this book again.
Really worth the reading ❤️❤️❤️
Ok, that book was excellent the story was really good. I had a lot of emotion, I love a book that does it. It's was well written. I read it really fast this how much I love it I couldn't stop reading it.
The way she brings the story together was extraordinary, I will read this book again.
Really worth the reading ❤️❤️❤️
This book gave me so many feelings. Gael and Jordan are best friends. They rely on each other for so much, and know each other better than any one else does. However Jordan has been keeping it secret (or not so secret) that he loves Gael. Gael is scheduled to get married to a woman.
With a surprise trip to Vegas for Gael's bachelor party, a shared kiss leads to them admitting that they have feelings for each other. However something interrupts their plans, leaving Jordan worried that he won't get the man he's always wanted.
Their connection is so intense and passionate, that you root for them the whole time. There are some things that you just can't fight.
The only drawback for me was the cheating aspect. I think their intentions were in the right place but it is still something I don't like even though I understand the situation.
With a surprise trip to Vegas for Gael's bachelor party, a shared kiss leads to them admitting that they have feelings for each other. However something interrupts their plans, leaving Jordan worried that he won't get the man he's always wanted.
Their connection is so intense and passionate, that you root for them the whole time. There are some things that you just can't fight.
The only drawback for me was the cheating aspect. I think their intentions were in the right place but it is still something I don't like even though I understand the situation.
3.5 stars
Marley Valentine can undoubtedly write aboout feelings, she's very very good at that.
And thare are a lot of feelings floating around this story, pain, regret, desperation, fear, love, hope, happiness. All of them described and analised very deeply.
So what didn't work for me?
Gael. I didn't connect with him at first, I gave you the benefit of the doubt and I kept reading. But he still disappointed me.
Besides the fact that he shouldn't have cheated on Elena, I really struggled to understand why he acted the way he did.
A little digress: he and Jordan met when they were 6 years old and they have been inseparable since then. At 17, Jordan comes out as gay and his parents kick him out.
Gael and his wondeful family take him in: Gael's sisters become Jordan's sisters and Emilio and Maria treat him like a fourth child. Jordan feels a deep sense of gratitude and love them all with his whole heart.
At 19 - just 2 years since he went to live with them - Jordan and Gael go to Vegas and, drunk and excited because they won some money, they kiss each other. Gael wants more, but Jordan stops him.
It's not so hard to understand why: Jordan has just found a little stability and a loving family, but he was still very far from being independent and having a career. How could he risk to lose everything when Gael didn't even admit he was queer?
Ten years later, Gael still didn't come out as anything but straight, so what Jourdan should have done? Letting him treat him like an experiment and then losing the only family who ever loved him?
Why not even once, Gael showed him he was serious and committed to him? I really had a hard time with his behaviour, I didn't get it at all.
And why on earth he started dating Elena? They were close friends, but he used her to try to get over Jordan and, honestly, it was worse than the actual cheating.
"Why are you marrying Elena?"...
"I love her... Ask me why I'm not with you. Why I'm not marrying you.... Ask me why, Jordan."...
"Okay, then. Why aren't you marrying me?"
"Because for some ridiculous reasons, you won't let me love me."
So, Gael went for his second choice? He decides to marry Elena because he couldn't have Jordan (or better, because he didn't do a damn thing to show Jordan he was serious about them)?
Elena is the other problem: she didn't want a partner, she wanted a saviour. She knew Gael wasn't over Jordan and still she dated him, she set herself up for an inevitable heartbreak.
I felt for her until she started resenting Jordan and treating awfully: why was she mad at the person his fiancé cheated her with instead of being mad at the cheater? She was just mean to Jordan, he didn't deserve her spitefulness, it's not like he seduced Gael. On the contrary, he distanced himself from them.
The whole marriage proposal because of the pregnancy was ridiculous: in the first chapters, Gael said the proposal was a spur of the moment and that he shouldn't have done it, but when he begged Elena for forgiveness, he said that he didn't regret proposing.
Jordan was right: Gael could have been a good father without marriage and honestly his parents, especially his mother, don't strike me as the types who would force their son into an unhappy marriage. His mother knew perfectly well that he and Elena weren't a good fit.
I don't know, I really wanted to enjoy this story more but Gael made it very difficult. Also, the whole decade of them pining over each other is basically missing, we don't have the opportunity to see how strong their connection has always been because it's only told.
I loved seeing again Deacon and Julian, though, I'll never be tired of them.
Marley Valentine can undoubtedly write aboout feelings, she's very very good at that.
And thare are a lot of feelings floating around this story, pain, regret, desperation, fear, love, hope, happiness. All of them described and analised very deeply.
So what didn't work for me?
Gael. I didn't connect with him at first, I gave you the benefit of the doubt and I kept reading. But he still disappointed me.
Besides the fact that he shouldn't have cheated on Elena, I really struggled to understand why he acted the way he did.
A little digress: he and Jordan met when they were 6 years old and they have been inseparable since then. At 17, Jordan comes out as gay and his parents kick him out.
Gael and his wondeful family take him in: Gael's sisters become Jordan's sisters and Emilio and Maria treat him like a fourth child. Jordan feels a deep sense of gratitude and love them all with his whole heart.
At 19 - just 2 years since he went to live with them - Jordan and Gael go to Vegas and, drunk and excited because they won some money, they kiss each other. Gael wants more, but Jordan stops him.
It's not so hard to understand why: Jordan has just found a little stability and a loving family, but he was still very far from being independent and having a career. How could he risk to lose everything when Gael didn't even admit he was queer?
Ten years later, Gael still didn't come out as anything but straight, so what Jourdan should have done? Letting him treat him like an experiment and then losing the only family who ever loved him?
Why not even once, Gael showed him he was serious and committed to him? I really had a hard time with his behaviour, I didn't get it at all.
And why on earth he started dating Elena? They were close friends, but he used her to try to get over Jordan and, honestly, it was worse than the actual cheating.
"Why are you marrying Elena?"...
"I love her... Ask me why I'm not with you. Why I'm not marrying you.... Ask me why, Jordan."...
"Okay, then. Why aren't you marrying me?"
"Because for some ridiculous reasons, you won't let me love me."
So, Gael went for his second choice? He decides to marry Elena because he couldn't have Jordan (or better, because he didn't do a damn thing to show Jordan he was serious about them)?
Elena is the other problem: she didn't want a partner, she wanted a saviour. She knew Gael wasn't over Jordan and still she dated him, she set herself up for an inevitable heartbreak.
I felt for her until she started resenting Jordan and treating awfully: why was she mad at the person his fiancé cheated her with instead of being mad at the cheater? She was just mean to Jordan, he didn't deserve her spitefulness, it's not like he seduced Gael. On the contrary, he distanced himself from them.
The whole marriage proposal because of the pregnancy was ridiculous: in the first chapters, Gael said the proposal was a spur of the moment and that he shouldn't have done it, but when he begged Elena for forgiveness, he said that he didn't regret proposing.
Jordan was right: Gael could have been a good father without marriage and honestly his parents, especially his mother, don't strike me as the types who would force their son into an unhappy marriage. His mother knew perfectly well that he and Elena weren't a good fit.
I don't know, I really wanted to enjoy this story more but Gael made it very difficult. Also, the whole decade of them pining over each other is basically missing, we don't have the opportunity to see how strong their connection has always been because it's only told.
I loved seeing again Deacon and Julian, though, I'll never be tired of them.
emotional
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
emotional
hopeful
sad
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:
No
Reread December 2022
Ok so I don’t know if I was just having a bad day the first time I read this book or what, but the second time around this book was everything. I loved their love. I also loved the narration of the audiobook.
3.5 stars. I didn’t exactly love the twist in the middle, but it wasn’t the worst thing either. Really enjoyed the authors writing style, and plan to read more by her in the future. Not enough down and dirty sexy times for me.
Ok so I don’t know if I was just having a bad day the first time I read this book or what, but the second time around this book was everything. I loved their love. I also loved the narration of the audiobook.
3.5 stars. I didn’t exactly love the twist in the middle, but it wasn’t the worst thing either. Really enjoyed the authors writing style, and plan to read more by her in the future. Not enough down and dirty sexy times for me.
Enjoyed it
I enjoyed this book a lot but I probably shouldn’t have read it after Without you. Without You was such a beautiful and profound story. I definitely feel different about this one.
It was really enjoyable and I couldn’t put it down, but the whole thing was kind of ridiculous. There was cheating, pining and so much angst that I thought I was going to be heartbroken. I literally felt nothing but amusement, I had no sympathy for any of the characters because honestly they were all idiots. Everything that happened could’ve been solved if they all had a conversation.
Personally, I didn’t really like Elena. It was nice that we got to see her perspective, even if her chapters kind of made me dislike her more. Not that I think what happened to her was ok, she definitely didn’t deserve to be cheated on. I just don’t understand what was the point of her being with Gael. She clearly knew how Jordan and Gael felt towards each other. The whole family knew and joked about it! She knew from day one, yet she still acted shocked about the whole thing. She was basically cool with it until she wasn’t.
Overall, I really did enjoy it. I can’t stop thinking about it. The bonus epilogue was so good, i think I actually kind of loved this book. Everything that happened was so unbelievable, yet I couldn’t look away! I stayed up until I finished it.
It was definitely entertaining.
I enjoyed this book a lot but I probably shouldn’t have read it after Without you. Without You was such a beautiful and profound story. I definitely feel different about this one.
It was really enjoyable and I couldn’t put it down, but the whole thing was kind of ridiculous. There was cheating, pining and so much angst that I thought I was going to be heartbroken. I literally felt nothing but amusement, I had no sympathy for any of the characters because honestly they were all idiots. Everything that happened could’ve been solved if they all had a conversation.
Personally, I didn’t really like Elena. It was nice that we got to see her perspective, even if her chapters kind of made me dislike her more. Not that I think what happened to her was ok, she definitely didn’t deserve to be cheated on. I just don’t understand what was the point of her being with Gael. She clearly knew how Jordan and Gael felt towards each other. The whole family knew and joked about it! She knew from day one, yet she still acted shocked about the whole thing. She was basically cool with it until she wasn’t.
Overall, I really did enjoy it. I can’t stop thinking about it. The bonus epilogue was so good, i think I actually kind of loved this book. Everything that happened was so unbelievable, yet I couldn’t look away! I stayed up until I finished it.
It was definitely entertaining.
Great writing and story
Hate the plot twist - ugh so much
And I love how it ended up
Hate the plot twist - ugh so much
And I love how it ended up