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You, Again by Kate Goldbeck
4.0

This is a tough one. When I started this book, I thought I was going to love it, and coming to the end I think that instead I just liked it. To start, I really liked the characters because they were real. Not everything in their life was perfect, and they each had some pretty clear things they were dealing with when it came to relationships and romance. Unfortunately, that got stretched a bit far for me around the climax of the novel. 

The spice, while well written, was almost uncomfortable because all I could think is "this is two people who should not be having sex right now". They were so clearly not on the same page, in a way that was impossible to avoid as a reader. Of course people still deserve to be in love and be happy even if they aren't at their best mentally, but I'm not sure that I can believe that months away not confronting her feelings, would magically make Ari ready for love in a way that she wasn't before.


Over all it's a well written book. I loved the aspect of the passing of years between their initial encounters and what it means when someone keeps popping back up into your life. It just wasn't quite all the way there for me.