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A review by sofialexandra
Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey
5.0
THIS WAS????? WOW
i've said this before and i'll keep saying it: boy-obsessed will forever do it for me and tessa bailey's latest releases have given me the best men i have ever read about. sumner is the LITERAL DEFINITION of boy-obsessed and im obsessed with him. need him so bad!!!!!!!!!
being such a short novella, i thought i wasn't going to love this as much as i did. i love a slow-burn and slow development of plot with all the little details but why was this better than some books with over 800 pages? i loved the format of the book and how it was written like honestly just 10s all around!
one of my favourite reads ever!!!! and i'm so happy i decided to read this on the week between christmas and new years. i will definitely be thinking of sumner and britta on new year's eve! <3
some of my fav quotes
"(...) but it looks a million times better now that she's with me, just like everything else. She makes life a fucking joy."
"It's almost impossible to speak. Hearing her acknowledge all those little things out loud floods me with... safety. I have a person who notices all the same stuff as I do. There is nothing better. Nothing."
"I damn well know she's never going to agree to marry me, but I appreciate her turning me down privately instead of in front of the guys. That's the kind of sweetheart she is."
"How is everything in the world not canceled right now? Are people still traveling, going to work, and eating in restaurants when my wife looks this hot?"
"'Now go out there and win.'
My voice is thick with emotion when I tell her, 'I already have.'"
"If I still sent a Christmas list to Santa every year, i would say a lifetime of flirting with Britta. I'm convinced it'd be the only thing I'd need to survive."
"When we reach our seats and he rests his arm along the back of mine, I don't feel alone. And that's not merely because I'm with another person. I've felt extremely lonely while on dates in the past. Sometimes I even feel lonely in the packed bar where I'm conversing with several people at once. It's a very singular, unfamiliar thing to sit beside another person and know they've got my back. I'll never again underestimate what it's like to be understood by someone. That's what it's like in the nook of Sumner's arm.
Warm understanding."
"'Tell me I'm right.' (...) 'You love that I'm down bad, don't you?'"
"'Learn to love me too,' I demand, in my own vulnerable state where my head and heart and lust are in a jumble, and I have zero control over what comes out of my mouth. 'Love me like I love you.'"
"Maybe something inside of you knew you could trust him, even before you loved him."
"(...) seeing Sumner there. Leaning forward on an elbow and watching me work, oblivious to everything around him."
"'That's a given.' (...) 'When it comes to you, I'm always a given. I am your given, wife.'"
"(...) the dreamy smile actually causes me to suck in a breath, fumbling for a place to set down my bottle of beer.
'Whoa. You all right, Mayfield?'
'Yeah, I just can't believe that's my wife.'"
"The flirtatious quality of her smile melts away slowly, replaced with something so vulnerable, I almost reach over and pull her into my lap. To protect her from whatever it is."
"(...) and I pull her as close as I can, wishing I could soak her into my chest where it would be easier to guard her."
"(...) my dream girl just admitted she's going to miss me."
"'But you should know I'm going to miss you, too, Britta. Every day I have to go without seeing your eyes is going to be a slow death."
i've said this before and i'll keep saying it: boy-obsessed will forever do it for me and tessa bailey's latest releases have given me the best men i have ever read about. sumner is the LITERAL DEFINITION of boy-obsessed and im obsessed with him. need him so bad!!!!!!!!!
being such a short novella, i thought i wasn't going to love this as much as i did. i love a slow-burn and slow development of plot with all the little details but why was this better than some books with over 800 pages? i loved the format of the book and how it was written like honestly just 10s all around!
one of my favourite reads ever!!!! and i'm so happy i decided to read this on the week between christmas and new years. i will definitely be thinking of sumner and britta on new year's eve! <3
some of my fav quotes
"(...) but it looks a million times better now that she's with me, just like everything else. She makes life a fucking joy."
"It's almost impossible to speak. Hearing her acknowledge all those little things out loud floods me with... safety. I have a person who notices all the same stuff as I do. There is nothing better. Nothing."
"I damn well know she's never going to agree to marry me, but I appreciate her turning me down privately instead of in front of the guys. That's the kind of sweetheart she is."
"How is everything in the world not canceled right now? Are people still traveling, going to work, and eating in restaurants when my wife looks this hot?"
"'Now go out there and win.'
My voice is thick with emotion when I tell her, 'I already have.'"
"If I still sent a Christmas list to Santa every year, i would say a lifetime of flirting with Britta. I'm convinced it'd be the only thing I'd need to survive."
"When we reach our seats and he rests his arm along the back of mine, I don't feel alone. And that's not merely because I'm with another person. I've felt extremely lonely while on dates in the past. Sometimes I even feel lonely in the packed bar where I'm conversing with several people at once. It's a very singular, unfamiliar thing to sit beside another person and know they've got my back. I'll never again underestimate what it's like to be understood by someone. That's what it's like in the nook of Sumner's arm.
Warm understanding."
"'Tell me I'm right.' (...) 'You love that I'm down bad, don't you?'"
"'Learn to love me too,' I demand, in my own vulnerable state where my head and heart and lust are in a jumble, and I have zero control over what comes out of my mouth. 'Love me like I love you.'"
"Maybe something inside of you knew you could trust him, even before you loved him."
"(...) seeing Sumner there. Leaning forward on an elbow and watching me work, oblivious to everything around him."
"'That's a given.' (...) 'When it comes to you, I'm always a given. I am your given, wife.'"
"(...) the dreamy smile actually causes me to suck in a breath, fumbling for a place to set down my bottle of beer.
'Whoa. You all right, Mayfield?'
'Yeah, I just can't believe that's my wife.'"
"The flirtatious quality of her smile melts away slowly, replaced with something so vulnerable, I almost reach over and pull her into my lap. To protect her from whatever it is."
"(...) and I pull her as close as I can, wishing I could soak her into my chest where it would be easier to guard her."
"(...) my dream girl just admitted she's going to miss me."
"'But you should know I'm going to miss you, too, Britta. Every day I have to go without seeing your eyes is going to be a slow death."