The inner monologues became incredibly repetitive. I noticed this a little in Part OF Your World and I'd found myself skimming a few sentences. But this happened so frequently in Yours Truly, that I skimmed paragraphs. There were a lot of deep thoughts, which are obviously important, but it felt like the characters were beating a dead horse by talking about the same things over and over again.

I know all of your quiets. I know when you’re alone with me and you’re quiet, it’s because your brain is still. And when you’re in public and you’re quiet, it’s because your brain is loud. But I don’t know this one. What’s this one?” The readers know Briana suffered through a disgusting marriage. We know that from the slight things that are mentioned. She felt so unbelievably bleak about life that I wish we had walked through some of those parts with her, to really connect with her. But as they start to spend more time and know each other, both of them realize they cannot fake anymore. But the emotional baggages they have been carrying may be the biggest obstacles against their happily ever after! He nodded in the direction of the ER. “Dr. Jacob Maddox. He started today. He was chief of emergency medicine over at Memorial West for the last few years. Great guy. Quite qualified.” Overall, Yours Truly was an enjoyable and engaging read, perfect for fans of fake dating, slow burns, and workplace romances!As soon as Brianna reads it, she realizes she wasn’t fair with him so they continue to write letters for each other and a genuine friendship starts blooming around them. One thing I didn’t really like was all the miscommunication and mixed signals that took place during Briana and Jacob’s fake romance and it felt like it took too long for them to realise their true feelings for each other and get together for real; their relationship was definitely a slowburn. Jocelyn gave me an I-told-you-so look, and I shook my head. “No Dr. Death. Now go. Do something productive.” PS: There's one sex scene, and it's very abrupt. After making us wait so long for them to get together, I wanted this moment to be drawn out, but it wasn't. So if you are looking for a spicy read, this ain't it. Yours Truly is the latest contemporary romance book by Abby Jimenez and I’ve got my book review below to tell you what I think of this office romance.

Bringing Daniel into her world is impossible, and yet she can’t just give up the joy she’s found with him either. I wasn’t fine. But I also wasn’t summoning my pregnant best friend out of the warm embrace of her honeymoon period to come hang out with me in the abandoned haunted house my life had turned into. I loved her too much to condemn her. not only did this woman just restore my faith in romance books and fictional men but she single handedly saved me from a terrible reading year LOOK, first off, the best thing about this book -- similarly to POFW -- is that I LOVED Jacob as a MMC. I truly do. I felt that Abby definitely explored his anxiety really well here in both Briana and Jacob's POVs. He gets amazing vulnerable moments and is so loveable and loving, just as Briana states multiple times. I loved that Briana understood how to be there for him from the get-go, and that they had a pretty cute initial build up with the initial friendship/romance with the epistolary romance vibes of letter exchanging! The second thing that I loved was that when things went to the fake dating, the progression felt pretty natural. Yes, the circumstances were a bit iffy in terms of the why, but I still believed in Briana's reasonings, and Jacob's made sense to me as well. Things started to take an initial turn when the comfy "this is easy" vibes that I was getting from the couple in first half of the book kind of stayed too singular-noted. By the time we get to the "is this real?" part, I really didn't really feel it. From here the two begin to exchange letters not only daily but multiple times a day. So much so that they both look forward to finding their hidden notes and sharing lunch together in a storage closet. When Jacob mentions to Briana that his brother is marrying his ex-girlfriend they decide to *pretend* to be a couple through all the wedding festivities. Will what starts out like an act turn into the real deal? I won't kiss and tell so you'll have to read this to find out!Maybe I could do this meeting tomorrow instead. But if I left, Amy and Jeremiah would assume I was hurt. That I wasn’t over it. Couldn’t handle it. Even if I explained it was the place and not the news, they’d never believe me. I’d dated Amy for years and hadn’t succeeded in making her understand my anxiety, so why would she get it now? I went quiet. The way things were going with Benny, I’d probably see him as much in the ER as I would at home. I pushed down the knot I always got in my throat when I thought about my little brother. Mentions of Alexis and Daniel from "Part of Your World" in the book were a treat, but even Alexis and Daniel could not save this book. Planning her best friend’s wedding is bittersweet for Kristen — especially when she meets the best man, Josh Copeland. Abby Jimenez writes my absolute FAVORITE romances, filled with great loves, great friendships, good humor and dogs! 🐶

Bri's book!!! And I'm so excited for you to finally meet Jacob—my best cinnamon roll yet and by far my favorite hero of all time. I was one of the few people on the planet who had never read an Abby Jimenez book, but I am so happy to say, that is no longer the case. And what a book to start with!! From the moment I started reading, I knew I was going to love Briana and Jacob’s story. ABBY JIMENEZ'S WRITING STYLE: I'm loving how both books that I've read of hers are basically about workaholics finding love! Her writing also constantly reminds me of things about myself and other important life lessons we should all pay attention to. So many great quotes - I can't even list all my favorites!Chronic kidney disease, divorced main character whose ex husband cheated, depression, clinical anxiety, and mention of pregnancy loss and suicide. Almost the whole story is them battling their feelings. It occasionally read angsty but I also wanted to shout at these characters. It felt drawn out by the author. And I don’t know whether that was needed. As soon as I started reading I found myself invested in the characters amd their journey. And when I talk about characters, I don't mean only two MCs, but also side characters.

this book gave me all of the feeels!!!! so sweet. the perfect fake dating. and the anxiety rep really did it for me <3 I let out a long sigh. “The first patient was a ninety-six-year-old with a bad heart. The second one was an eighty-nine-year-old stroke victim who had a DNR. There was a car accident crush injury—I got a peek at the X-rays, and nobody but God could have saved that man. Patient four was a gunshot wound to the head, which I don’t need to remind you is ninety percent fatal. The victim was comatose with no evidence of brain stem function upon arrival. Five was a cancer patient on hospice, and six was so septic he was practically dead when he got here.” I looked her in the eye. “Not. His. Fault. Sometimes it happens.” I shifted in my seat. I should just go. Tell them I’d talk to them later. I was so drained I could barely think straight. I’d started a new job today. Lost every patient who walked into my ER. i fell head over heels for jacob. i love a man who is sweet and jacob is gentleness and kindness and affection personified. and briana is so fiercely loyal and protective of him. they are seriously a match made in heaven. No matter how enjoyable Yours Truly was, I have to admit I found the story progressing too swiftly to be believable. I know romances are often unbelievable, and when we read them we like to daydream things that aren't happening in real life might happen one day, in this case some parts were... too much for my taste.

That was where they’d decided to do this, a damn ax-throwing bar. This is where they were going to drop the bomb? The location of this meeting was only slightly less awful than the news I was about to get. And dear god, the third act??? The third act was such a mess. 😭 I could sympathize somewhat with Briana's trajectory because it is realistic to have the kinds of thoughts she had with the history she had, but at the same time it almost quite literally undid EVERYTHING that she had gone through in the whole book that it completely baffled me. Abby also seemed to throw in some plot points for the sake of plot that just made things worse. Major spoilers: Briana specifically spends the whole book learning to trust Jacob, realizing how different he is than other guys in her past. I get she's stressed out and freaking out about the pregnancy, but then why was that a plot point in the first place? It felt so forced, and I hate when motherhood is forced on a character for the sake of plot. Why would they have unprotected sex if she wasn't wanting to get serious with anyone, or why didn't they have that conversation? Why wouldn't Jacob have told her that she was the one earlier after saying it in his dialogue like 2-3 times? SHORT PREVIEW: ER doctor - Dr. Briana Ortiz is in a rough time of her life. Finalizing her divorce, her brother is waiting on a kidney donor, and now she's seemingly getting pushed out of the Chief of Emergency Medicine position she's rightly earned? Jacob - running from the ex whos making his emotional well-being basically impossible, learns he's a perfect kidney match for Briana's brother. With both of their pasts pushing in - can they possibly find a way forward through all of their insecurities? Briana Ortiz, ER doctor, is just about to finalize her divorce to her philandering husband. Her brother, Benny, is in need of a kidney transplant with no donor on the horizon. And to top things off a new ER doctor, Jacob Maddox, has been brought in and is now in line for the position she was a shoe in for. Honestly, her day couldn't get any worse. Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They'll date each other and break up. Their curses will cancel each other’s out, and they’ll both go on to find the love of their lives. It’s a bonkers idea… and it just might work.