A review by rachrreads
The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce

  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Jessica Joyce never misses!!! PAPER RINGS IS FOR THEM!! Eli Mora oh how I love you.

A beautiful story about owning up to your mistakes and learning to work through your past trauma. Georgia, Eli, and Adam have been a trio ever since they were kids. After a messy breakup five years prior, Georgia and Eli have pretended like everything was fine in order to save their friendship with Adam. 

Georgia loves her lists and being needed, so when catastrophe strikes the week before Adam’s wedding she’s ready to take charge. Unfortunately, Eli also offers to take lead in order to make up for being absent, which means they must spend the week together. The two never spoke about the breakup and Georgia has a list of rules she’s used since to keep her cool. Eli has happily abided by these unspoken rules, until now that is. 

As the two rush off to Napa Valley, where their relationship first started to bloom, old feelings slam into them hard. Between tasks to complete to save Adam’s wedding, Georgia begins to see a new Eli— one less obsessed with work and more present. Georgia begins to lose hold of the rigid rules — are they able to try again?

Read if you like:
• second chance romance
• friends to lovers to strangers to lovers
• found family
• paper rings