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A review by thathappyreader
The Plus One by Mazey Eddings
5.0
4.5 stars rounded up to 5.
I received an ARC of this book from the publisher but the thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own.
I love a good friends-to-enemies romance and this was one of the best I’ve read. The characters and their backstories are interesting, well-developed and sensitively written. This author writes in #OwnVoices and this book is my favourite in the series.
Indira is a psychiatrist who has everything she could ever want. She’s recently walked in on her boyfriend and his lover and requests to move in with her soon-to-be-married brother. What she doesn’t expect is that her brother’s best friend Jude has returned home for a few weeks and is also staying with her brother.
Jude is a physician who works with casualties in war-torn countries. He’s seen some horrific things and feels he should be able to save everyone. Suffering from PTSD, he’s changed from the man who left a few years ago. Only Indira can see that this man is very ill.
As Indira assists Jude to feel safe the two begin to appreciate one another and reflect upon their shared childhood. Indira’s ex is also a member of the wedding party and is invited to many of the wedding events with his new girlfriend. Indira needs a plus one and Jude needs to have an escape to leave the events when they become too much for him to bear. A romance begins which is tender and respectful and later steamy. But what will happen when Jude needs to return to his job and further trauma after the wedding?
This book goes a long way in normalizing mental health and receiving psychotherapy. While it has some serious moments, these are well-balanced with humour. Eddings does this extremely well and that is why she has become one of my auto-read authors.
I highly recommend this book to those readers who enjoy romance or books with characters with mental health challenges.
I received an ARC of this book from the publisher but the thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own.
I love a good friends-to-enemies romance and this was one of the best I’ve read. The characters and their backstories are interesting, well-developed and sensitively written. This author writes in #OwnVoices and this book is my favourite in the series.
Indira is a psychiatrist who has everything she could ever want. She’s recently walked in on her boyfriend and his lover and requests to move in with her soon-to-be-married brother. What she doesn’t expect is that her brother’s best friend Jude has returned home for a few weeks and is also staying with her brother.
Jude is a physician who works with casualties in war-torn countries. He’s seen some horrific things and feels he should be able to save everyone. Suffering from PTSD, he’s changed from the man who left a few years ago. Only Indira can see that this man is very ill.
As Indira assists Jude to feel safe the two begin to appreciate one another and reflect upon their shared childhood. Indira’s ex is also a member of the wedding party and is invited to many of the wedding events with his new girlfriend. Indira needs a plus one and Jude needs to have an escape to leave the events when they become too much for him to bear. A romance begins which is tender and respectful and later steamy. But what will happen when Jude needs to return to his job and further trauma after the wedding?
This book goes a long way in normalizing mental health and receiving psychotherapy. While it has some serious moments, these are well-balanced with humour. Eddings does this extremely well and that is why she has become one of my auto-read authors.
I highly recommend this book to those readers who enjoy romance or books with characters with mental health challenges.