A review by maliajackson
One Last Chance by Therese Beharrie

4.0

There's a lot going on in this book! It has two timelines with alternating chapters, a fake dating trope and a second chance trope because of a hasty marriage. All with the same couple! But it's very grounded in emotion, and even with all the tropes, it doesn't feel zany. What really resonated with me are the rash decisions people can make when they are struggling, and how people can beat themselves up for a long time instead of opening up to people who love them. I'm more interested in those ideas than the kinds of critiques they might get, i.e. "those actions were out of character" and "they could solve this with a simple conversation." Because real people aren't characters, and simple conversations are rarely simple when emotions run high! Ultimately this is a different type of romance than I usually reach for, but I'm glad I did. It's a story to remind us that love is worth struggling for, and that complicated people deserve love.

***Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for providing a copy in exchange for my honest review.