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You Know It's Love
by Jen Morris
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Jen Morris what have you done to me?! I’m still sitting here weeping, thinking about this book, and I don’t know if I can move on. It was beautifully written, well plotted, and the characters were just a great group of people, and now I’m just supposed to go on living my life? That doesn’t seem fair.
You Know It’s Love is, at its core, a beautiful story about learning to trust your gut. Cat had been pushed around and knocked down by both love and men for most of her life, so it’s safe to say she had some trust issues. She was jaded to the point that the only person she thought she could trust was herself, but as the story went on, we (and Cat!) learn that maybe even that’s not true. This book was a journey of self-discovery, love, and ultimately how to have faith in yourself, and I can’t think of a better character to discover all of this with than Cat.
Look, I am going to be honest and say that Cat and I had a bit of a rocky start. I was nervous for a while that I wasn’t going to like her (which is okay) because she really did have some serious trust issues and some pretentious opinions. She was judgemental and quick to assume, and it started to get on my nerves. However, Cat was also quick to realize her mistakes and take accountability for her actions. With the help of her friends, including her new friend Myles, she was able to acknowledge where she went wrong, and was often the first to apologize. It made her far more likeable when she stopped letting her assumptions get the better of her, and I grew to love her fairly quickly after that.
Now Myles, he was a breath of fresh air. Let it be known that men in books CAN COMMUNICATE and can communicate WELL. This man, I tell ya. Jen broke the mold because he was just *chefs kiss* and I could not get enough of him. There is nothing I hate more in a romance book than a plot driven solely by (one) miscommunication. Now, it’s true, Cat was the last person to state what she wanted when she wanted it, and often was terrible at communicating. Myles, however, was not going to let her get away with that and it was so great watching him knock down defense after defense when Cat tried to hide. Miscommunications happen, of course they do, but when you’re reading and you realize all the characters need to do to resolve the ENTIRE story is have one conversation, you get frustrated. Jen didn’t let that happen in You Know It’s Love, and instead, used the hero to force her heroine to talk, and it was absolutely brilliant. Cat blossomed when she was with Myles, and it just made me feel all warm and fuzzy seeing our heroine so genuinely happy.
Granted, she still mucked it up more often than not, but hey, we all make mistakes. And luckily for us, Cat acknowledged them and learned from them.
I really enjoyed this story, did I say that already? It was funny, it was steamy, and it was a massive heart-squeeze that just made me feel good. By the end of the book I was sobbing into my kindle, so I guess it’s safe to say it was also emotional. It may have been my first book by Jen Morris, but it definitely won’t be my last.
{Many thanks to the author for my review copy!}
You Know It’s Love is, at its core, a beautiful story about learning to trust your gut. Cat had been pushed around and knocked down by both love and men for most of her life, so it’s safe to say she had some trust issues. She was jaded to the point that the only person she thought she could trust was herself, but as the story went on, we (and Cat!) learn that maybe even that’s not true. This book was a journey of self-discovery, love, and ultimately how to have faith in yourself, and I can’t think of a better character to discover all of this with than Cat.
Look, I am going to be honest and say that Cat and I had a bit of a rocky start. I was nervous for a while that I wasn’t going to like her (which is okay) because she really did have some serious trust issues and some pretentious opinions. She was judgemental and quick to assume, and it started to get on my nerves. However, Cat was also quick to realize her mistakes and take accountability for her actions. With the help of her friends, including her new friend Myles, she was able to acknowledge where she went wrong, and was often the first to apologize. It made her far more likeable when she stopped letting her assumptions get the better of her, and I grew to love her fairly quickly after that.
Now Myles, he was a breath of fresh air. Let it be known that men in books CAN COMMUNICATE and can communicate WELL. This man, I tell ya. Jen broke the mold because he was just *chefs kiss* and I could not get enough of him. There is nothing I hate more in a romance book than a plot driven solely by (one) miscommunication. Now, it’s true, Cat was the last person to state what she wanted when she wanted it, and often was terrible at communicating. Myles, however, was not going to let her get away with that and it was so great watching him knock down defense after defense when Cat tried to hide. Miscommunications happen, of course they do, but when you’re reading and you realize all the characters need to do to resolve the ENTIRE story is have one conversation, you get frustrated. Jen didn’t let that happen in You Know It’s Love, and instead, used the hero to force her heroine to talk, and it was absolutely brilliant. Cat blossomed when she was with Myles, and it just made me feel all warm and fuzzy seeing our heroine so genuinely happy.
Granted, she still mucked it up more often than not, but hey, we all make mistakes. And luckily for us, Cat acknowledged them and learned from them.
I really enjoyed this story, did I say that already? It was funny, it was steamy, and it was a massive heart-squeeze that just made me feel good. By the end of the book I was sobbing into my kindle, so I guess it’s safe to say it was also emotional. It may have been my first book by Jen Morris, but it definitely won’t be my last.
{Many thanks to the author for my review copy!}