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A review by yas_sezer
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
4.0
4/5 romance stars.
ive come to the realisation that abby jimenez is great for romances, and is becoming one of my go to authors for this genre. her books thus far have been funny, full of banter and dialogue, fun side characters, and important side plots/issues. i loved jacob, golden retriever, and i liked the representation of anxiety through his character, not only because of the mental health issue itself, but also since he is a guy and usually it’s ignored in them the most. i related to him for a lot of it, and found comfort in brianas understanding and acceptance of him, particularly compared to amy (however, the quote of them just not speaking each others languages was very sweet. nothing is wrong with her, they just weren’t meant to be). bennys kidney condition was a great part of the story (especially since it’s based off the author???? how sad. and she wrote part of your world while living through that?? lord) and i appreciated the exploration of people going through that hopeless, depressed, and lonely feeling of having a health condition. i liked seeing alexis and daniel again, they felt like comfort characters and brought back the memories of the last book with wakan and the grant house, i missed that.
i didn’t have too many negatives with this HOWEVER i am not a miscommunication girly. i’ve repeated this in a few of my reviews now (specifically romances), i do not enjoy miscommunication as the conflict in romances because the stakes are just not that high. it’s not impactful enough for me personally. if the problems can all disappear with one conversation because they just happened to misunderstand each other, or they refused to communicate with each other honestly throughout the book, i get bored. i prefer when the conflict is not as easy to resolve as that (for example in part of your world, it was a more enjoyable conflict plotline for me because one conversation can’t resolve the issue of distance and priorities). also, personal ick, but jacob repeatedly compared briana to his mum and mentioned that she reminds him of her? i just no. don’t like that.
besides that, this was a really enjoyable romance, great palette cleanser in between my grishaverse series binge. i’m hoping to get through all of abby’s books in the near future, since they’re a really fun time.
ive come to the realisation that abby jimenez is great for romances, and is becoming one of my go to authors for this genre. her books thus far have been funny, full of banter and dialogue, fun side characters, and important side plots/issues. i loved jacob, golden retriever, and i liked the representation of anxiety through his character, not only because of the mental health issue itself, but also since he is a guy and usually it’s ignored in them the most. i related to him for a lot of it, and found comfort in brianas understanding and acceptance of him, particularly compared to amy (however, the quote of them just not speaking each others languages was very sweet. nothing is wrong with her, they just weren’t meant to be). bennys kidney condition was a great part of the story (especially since it’s based off the author???? how sad. and she wrote part of your world while living through that?? lord) and i appreciated the exploration of people going through that hopeless, depressed, and lonely feeling of having a health condition. i liked seeing alexis and daniel again, they felt like comfort characters and brought back the memories of the last book with wakan and the grant house, i missed that.
i didn’t have too many negatives with this HOWEVER i am not a miscommunication girly. i’ve repeated this in a few of my reviews now (specifically romances), i do not enjoy miscommunication as the conflict in romances because the stakes are just not that high. it’s not impactful enough for me personally. if the problems can all disappear with one conversation because they just happened to misunderstand each other, or they refused to communicate with each other honestly throughout the book, i get bored. i prefer when the conflict is not as easy to resolve as that (for example in part of your world, it was a more enjoyable conflict plotline for me because one conversation can’t resolve the issue of distance and priorities). also, personal ick, but jacob repeatedly compared briana to his mum and mentioned that she reminds him of her? i just no. don’t like that.
besides that, this was a really enjoyable romance, great palette cleanser in between my grishaverse series binge. i’m hoping to get through all of abby’s books in the near future, since they’re a really fun time.