Reviews with content warning for Miscarriage - Yours Truly

My first Abby Jimenez! Very cute. I enjoyed the love story thoroughly. Untimately it lost stars for me because two people can only not communicate a certain amount before I start banging my head against the wall! I found it so unrealistic that the relationship built on communicating via letters at the beginning would end with the amount of miscommunication that it did.

AAANDDD at the same time I thought the insecurities and past traumas and anxiety were all so well written. I loved that neither MC relied on the other to provide them therapy to get through their hard times and had already done a lot of their own self work.

I loved all the characters, main and supporting. Everyone had a place in the story and it was so nice to feel like you got to get to know everyone in the MCs lives. I also loved the dynamics of sibling caretaking and the weight that puts on someone, while at the same time the recognition that caretaking can only go so far and sometimes people have to do their own work to get better.

So many good feels around how the FMC talks about marriage and relationships in life post divorce. The pain is so clearly depicted, but so are the moments of learning and hope.

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emotional funny lighthearted 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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courtneyhollyy's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

I’m crying, this was so good 😭😭 I’d give ten stars if StoryGraph would let me!!

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ktdaugherty's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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meaghancook's review against another edition

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3.5

I wanted to like this so much more. I did like this so much until the last 20% of the book. It is unfathomable to me that I’m supposed to believe

Alexis AND Amy AND Kelly AND Briana are pregnant at the same time. What’s in the water in this place???

I liked the mental health representation and how this book handled chronic illness but at times it felt like inclusive language and situations were thrown in just to be checked off of some list.

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lindsaymck's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Oh, boy, I thought Briana was hilarious (as the best friend) in the first book!

Briana and Jacob were an electric pair for me. The fake dating/real feelings, the letter-writing, and the way they gave the other exactly what they needed was everything - they are a perfectly matched couple. Jacob’s anxiety was absolutely flawlessly written, but put that with Briana’s trust issues and you have this really realistic couple trying to navigate complex issues and trauma. Briana is able to understand and soothe his anxiety, often before it can even build, while Jacob makes her feel safe and trusting after being abandoned by her father and cheated on by her husband (with her friend, yikes).

Jacob is so pure - protect him at all costs! He is so soft and sweet with Briana and the way they promise to be harmless to one another is beautiful and so memorable.

I almost forgot that he freakin DONATED HIS KIDNEY to save her brother and Briana agreed to fakedate him for his brother’s wedding to his ex. This added such textured layers to the story of Jacob not knowing if her kindness/interest was out of obligation for his generosity and Briana not knowing if he was still in love with his ex (and soon-to-be sister in-law). This made any miscommunication pretty justified to me and kept the stakes high.

“If you’re with someone who doesn’t speak your language, you’ll spend a lifetime having to translate your soul… Briana’s different. She understands you, even when you don’t say anything at all.”

^ Love this. Soulmates don’t need their love to be translated.

Also…

“And just so you know, there is no greater show of love than someone bringing you food without being told.”

Facts.

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