Yours Truly
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Am I well? I liked a cliche romance book predicated on a miscommunication trope! I’m annoying enough to insist that I don’t like books like these, because I typically don’t. Most of them read like they’re written by a twelve year old. So color me surprised when I was all giddy reading this, smiling to myself as I turned the page.
She really had me in the first half. The two main characters, Brianna and Jacob, write letters to each other in the courting phase and I found it endearing and genuine. As the book goes on, they support each other in heartfelt ways. They also have distinct personalities; their relationship plays a big role in the plot but we do get a sense of them as separate entities worth reading about. I’ve seen some complaints that this portion of the book kinda drags on and I agree, but I liked it because I liked being in their world. I also think the payoff was worth the tension building.
She kinda lost me in the second half. By then, I cared enough about the characters to suspend some disbelief. But good lord, why do romance authors feel the need to put every single puzzle piece together perfectly. You don’t need to circle back to everything. It gets really unrealistic and it’s not even necessary. Leave some things to the imagination. We’re reading, we have brains.
This book was giving four-flame energy until some unnecessary chaos in the end. What is this, an ACOTAR book? It annoys me when authors can’t commit to a vibe. I feel like this would have been a perfectly fine slow-burn romance and it didn’t need the rug pulled out from underneath. I give Yours Truly 3 out of 5 flames.
If you’ve read it or if you don’t mind *SPOILERS*, see my additional thoughts below:
-That old doctor guy Gibson is insufferable. You’re literally the chief of surgery and you absentmindedly reveal the identity of an explicitly anonymous organ donor? Shouldn’t someone fire your ass?
-Did we really need Benny to date Jacob’s sister Jane? Let’s let you chill, you just got a kidney transplant. Too much incest with that particular fam.
-I hated the Nick and Kelly sighting. That’s one of those forced puzzle pieces I referenced. It lasted five seconds long and for what? So Brianna could embarrass herself? Home girl had been through enough.
-I definitely could have gone without the break up (ish?) in the latter half. I know Brianna was traumatized and I understand that but I feel like it forced the book into cheesy writing territory. It made me become annoyed with them as a couple whereas beforehand I was fully smitten. I felt like they were just having the same conversation over and over again.
-Just want to circle back to Gibson being so annoying.
