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A review by sherpawhale
Just One Reason by Jaime Clevenger
5.0
It's funny what floats one person's boat that sinks someone else's. When I was taking a look at some of the reviews here before purchasing, I saw some people saying they liked this one, but that they felt it was the weakest of the series. After reading the second book after this one, and understanding the couple from book 1, I can comfortably say that 1) I have no interest in reading book 1 considering it's going to be dealing with the kids in a much larger factor and 2) I loved this one way more than I enjoyed book 2. AND this was dealing with an age gap, which I traditionally do not enjoy in the slightest.
But the age gap worked for me because the gap wasn't as big, and the younger one was a decently mature age 31 herself. It also helped that the older one, Terri, was the one being "brought out of her shell," if you will. The younger Sam who also was Terri's resident (btw, this book also helped me understand more medical terminology which I really appreciated considering one of my friend's is becoming a doctor and I need all the help I can get trying to pretend I know things about a field I personally don't care about), and Sam pursued Terri with a mindful alacrity.
I also was a bit worried about the money factor, because reading about the richie riches of the world (especially in 2021) can get really soured pretty fast by just one flippant remark of how the other half lives, but I think Jaime Clevenger walked a pretty fine line. Terri grew up poor and worked hard for herself, and Sam was a pretty genuine person. All in all, an excellent romance novel that I'm pretty sure will still end up in my favorites of the year.
But the age gap worked for me because the gap wasn't as big, and the younger one was a decently mature age 31 herself. It also helped that the older one, Terri, was the one being "brought out of her shell," if you will. The younger Sam who also was Terri's resident (btw, this book also helped me understand more medical terminology which I really appreciated considering one of my friend's is becoming a doctor and I need all the help I can get trying to pretend I know things about a field I personally don't care about), and Sam pursued Terri with a mindful alacrity.
I also was a bit worried about the money factor, because reading about the richie riches of the world (especially in 2021) can get really soured pretty fast by just one flippant remark of how the other half lives, but I think Jaime Clevenger walked a pretty fine line. Terri grew up poor and worked hard for herself, and Sam was a pretty genuine person. All in all, an excellent romance novel that I'm pretty sure will still end up in my favorites of the year.