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On Dublin Street
by Samantha Young
“I feel like I'm missing something really important when you're gone. So important I don't feel like myself. I've never felt like someone was mine before. But you're mine, Jocelyn. I've known that from the moment we met. And I'm yours. I don't want to be anyone else's, babe.”
Jocelyn is a person with trust issues, that’s what I have noticed while reading the book because it was clear that she never talk about her past to anyone else and that includes the most trusted person she has inside her circle. She’s one of those people who are naturally distant and what-you-see-is-what-you-get kind of person when in fact you aren’t really seeing anything. She’s smart and I liked that about her. She’s also cold but she cares a lot especially when it comes to her friends. I had a hard time trying to get her, though. Her cold, independent, and distant attitude has something to do with her past. She’d been through a lot of pains in her life. After losing her family and her best friend, she made it a point not to be attached with anyone else because being involved to someone else comes with heartbreak.
Braden Carmichael is one of those swoon-worthy heroes. I enjoyed the book so much and I suddenly wanted to have a brother because of him. Well, he’s confident, loyal, protective and caring hero. Jocelyn’s attitude is definitely perfect for Braden. The Ms. Cold and Distant finally met the Mr. Caring and Protective. Braden was perfect to stop Jocelyn’s four-year dry spell.
It all started when Jocelyn’s roommate went to London and that’s when she decided to look for another roommate, she thought everything was perfect and the walls she built surrounding her heart was strong enough until she met Ellie Carmichael and her brother, Braden Carmichael.
Jocelyn and Braden’s set up was simple. After a lot of arguments and ignoring each other, they finally agreed on something and that is to have a FRIENDS-WITH-BENEFITS kind of situation, okay she’d rather call Braden her ‘fuck-buddy’, and like everyone else, they fell in love with each other.
What I liked about this despite of having a cliché plot is the characters. I love how Jocelyn fixed herself. I admire her for helping herself to move on from her painful life and enjoy what she has in the present. I liked Braden and all the characters in the book. I also like the phase, not too slow, not too fast. I enjoy how the romance developed between Jocelyn and Braden, I thought it was again an insta-love but I was wrong, totally wrong, despite of their insta-attraction with each other, their romance started just right. And I loved it!
4 out of 5 stars.