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A review by thereadervee
From the Jump by Lacie Waldon
4.0
This was genuinely adorable and had one of my favorite tropes: friends to lovers. It even has that forced proximity feeling with them sharing a bed while on vacation AND then becoming roommates of sorts after returning from vacation. But lemme just say, it has a suuuuuuper slow burn. I kept wanting to push them together to force it sooner, but ya know - patience is apparently a virtue.
The story follows Liv and her POV. Liv is a graphic designer and has to live life like the guidelines in the books she reads and in the podcasts she listens to. She needs everything to be in order and lives life according to her plan. Her mother had strayed from that and lost everything while Liv was in high school, leaving them homeless for a bit. She does everything in her power to make sure that it doesn't happen to her - or let herself even get that close to it. While in college, she finds her circle, a little group consisting of 4 others - Deiss is one of them. After all these years (I think it’s ten), they always make sure to have a monthly lunch and the rest of the group goes on vacation yearly but Liv doesn’t go because she’s trying to save money and stick to her plan. After realizing she needs to rebel and live a little, she says YOLO and ends up meeting her little gang in South Africa for their 2 week long vacation. She ends up sharing a room and bed with Deiss, because her last minute planning fell through.
After vacation, when they get home, her entire apartment has been robbed and they drained her bank account. Deiss being the god he is, has her move in with him and we get to see such a domestic relationship and watch their friendship truly bloom as she finally lets someone in. She’s usually really guarded and it made me question if her friends actually knew her - which I think is the entire point. Overall, it was a super cute book!
The story follows Liv and her POV. Liv is a graphic designer and has to live life like the guidelines in the books she reads and in the podcasts she listens to. She needs everything to be in order and lives life according to her plan. Her mother had strayed from that and lost everything while Liv was in high school, leaving them homeless for a bit. She does everything in her power to make sure that it doesn't happen to her - or let herself even get that close to it. While in college, she finds her circle, a little group consisting of 4 others - Deiss is one of them. After all these years (I think it’s ten), they always make sure to have a monthly lunch and the rest of the group goes on vacation yearly but Liv doesn’t go because she’s trying to save money and stick to her plan. After realizing she needs to rebel and live a little, she says YOLO and ends up meeting her little gang in South Africa for their 2 week long vacation. She ends up sharing a room and bed with Deiss, because her last minute planning fell through.
After vacation, when they get home, her entire apartment has been robbed and they drained her bank account. Deiss being the god he is, has her move in with him and we get to see such a domestic relationship and watch their friendship truly bloom as she finally lets someone in. She’s usually really guarded and it made me question if her friends actually knew her - which I think is the entire point. Overall, it was a super cute book!