A review by kiiitasticbooks
Love, Just In by Natalie Murray

4.0

 

When I first began this book, I actually wasn’t sure that I was going to like it.

Maybe we can blame it on not really knowing the characters and story. Our main character, Josie, had a panic attack live on her local news due to a cancer scare, has to move to a smaller town to appease her boss, and re-meets her best friend, who she hasn’t talked to two years after his fiancee died. That’s a lot of drama to throw on a reader as soon as they pick up a book!

But one thing that I thought this book did really well were the flashbacks to Josie and Zac’s past.

Every so often, an entire chapter is thrown into our story detailing an event that happened in the past. These events are mostly random, just a small, everyday scene that helps readers understand the relationship between our two main characters and really helps them feel like real, fully-fledged people!

It was also very easy to tell through these flashbacks that Zac had a crush on his best friend. There was so much yearning, even within the first flashback, that I immediately became obsessed with finding out how these two characters would eventually get together!

And the more I came to care for the romance in this book, the more I could care about the characters and Josie’s drama.

Honestly, I think the lesson in this book was a very nice one to read, and I love that this book can be used to help people with health anxiety gain the confidence to get the care they need.