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A review by courtknee__vn
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I loved this so much 🥺 I absolutely fell in love with both Briana & Jacob so quickly! Them writing letters to each other, Jacob sitting in the rain for 3 hours just to be able to talk to Briana, and him donating his kidney for her brother without even thinking about it or being asked to just completely melted my heart 🥺 Also I’m just a sucker for fake dating and I think this scenario worked so well for the situation and didn’t seem like ridiculous reach that it would happen. The YEARNING!!!! It simultaneously killed me and kept me enraptured 😍 Also, Jacob’s anxiety was handled so so well and made me connect to him so much! I also loved how well Briana knew the things he needed so quickly and didn’t even think about making accommodations for him without him even asking!
Throughout almost the entire book, I was expecting it to be a really easy 5 stars but one particular thing kept me from giving it the full 5 stars but overall I loved this book!! 🥰
the random surprise pregnancy towards the end that sent Briana over the edge just felt so out of nowhere 😬 I’m someone that personally doesn’t love the surprise pregnancy trope, it’s just not my thing but I think it works in some stories and this one just didn’t. I think it would’ve been different if we knew about Briana’s miscarriage earlier in the story instead of the only thing about kids being her saying she doesn’t and never will want kids on her dating profile. It just seemed executed weirdly to me 🤷🏻♀️
Also, not really a real issue but I struggle so much with m/f books where the couple gets so caught up in the moment that they don’t even think about using protection 🤦🏻♀️ It’s either me just being super ace or super anxious or super anti-children (for myself) that I can’t fathom ever being able to be caught up in a moment so much that I wouldn’t think about that lol also just the fact that they’re both doctors and you’d think safety would be top of their mind 🤷🏻♀️
Throughout almost the entire book, I was expecting it to be a really easy 5 stars but one particular thing kept me from giving it the full 5 stars but overall I loved this book!! 🥰
Also, not really a real issue but I struggle so much with m/f books where the couple gets so caught up in the moment that they don’t even think about using protection 🤦🏻♀️ It’s either me just being super ace or super anxious or super anti-children (for myself) that I can’t fathom ever being able to be caught up in a moment so much that I wouldn’t think about that lol also just the fact that they’re both doctors and you’d think safety would be top of their mind 🤷🏻♀️