Wish you were mine is a beautiful, heart wrenching love story of second chance. It made me cry and I was completely captivated.

Highly Recommend this master piece to all readers.

I think I'm getting too old for the miscommunication trope. I did enjoy this read, but it was difficult to make it through the flashbacks and even when Cameron and Everett reconnected. They just don't actually talk! I can understand Cameron's feelings, but sometimes you have to ask yourself 'Do I want to be mad, or do I want to fix it'. It felt like Cameron just wanted to be mad, and I love a good grovel, but I just wanted them to get on with it!

Amazing. Awesome. I can't even. There aren't enough positive words to tell you how much this book gave me the feels. Just proof that Sivec isn't only the master of romantic comedy she can take you on a rollercoaster of emotions too!

This is Wish You Were Mine by Tara Sivec is a complicated and amazing book. The prologue had me tearing up within the first two pages. Some answers don’t arrive until you least expect them. You will love the life long three musketeers and wonder how they are so stupid.... I’m not spilling any spoilers here so you have to read it yourself to understand what I am saying. Tara always impresses me with each new story so, it’s no surprise, to say that this one was a knockout. You will love her characters and want to pop them in the head at the same time! Enjoy the genius that is Tara Sivec!

Tara usually writes some of the best romcom around, but with this story she shot straight for the heart. This story has all the angst and feels with an added twist that will have you gasping and tearing up. I absolutely loved this story!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 STARS
WOW!!! I was speechless for a moment after finishing Wish you were mine! Tara hit a home run with this one!!! It is no secret that I am a big fan of Tara Sivec and her humor but she wrote a beautifully crafted story with this book. It had everything from love and jealousy, heart stopping fear and sadness and even a bit of humor. Oh the feels!!! This book flip flops from present time to childhood memories.

This was one of my most anticipated books of 2017, I couldn’t wait to read it! So when I opened my email and found that I was sent an ARC from Tara I was doing my happy dance!!! This book drew me in with the sweetness of childhood friendship and kept me wanting more when their friendship was turning into more. I hung on every word hoping Everette and Cameron wouldn’t let this second chance at first-love pass them by. I loved watching them reconnect as best friends after years of not speaking.

Everett was broken and he drowned his sorrows with alcohol. Cameron thinking she had lost both of her best friends threw herself into her work. Everett finally got his shit together and went back to her. Cameron being stubborn did not make it easy for Everett to find his way back into her life. Pick up Wish you were mine and see what happens when you Wish upon a Star!

4 1/2 out of 5 stars

Oh my heart! Tara Sivec is a great comedy writer, but I really think she does angst so well, too. This story was fun and witty, but also heart wrenching at times. Cameron and Everett are childhood best friends with five years of space between them as adults - and too many secrets to really think it will ever work. The death of their third friend is what brings Everett home in the first place, but their feelings can't really be masked forever, can they? I think Ms. Sivec did a wonderful job of crafting a story that I couldn't get out of my head. I wanted to be at the camp with Cameron and Everett all the time. I wanted their secrets to come out. The pacing was well done. I never felt like it all happened too fast, and the build up scenes were so important to the story -- and the flashbacks were cute and helpful as well. I'm just wanted them to find their happy...I wanted it all.. And I'm so thankful I got the chance to read and review this one.

I loved The Story of Us.

I did and even though I fully admit that I tend to lean towards the authors RomCom’s more, I truly loved the book. So when Wish You Were Mine was announced I was all kinds of excited because it was set in the same world, but about the next generation...unfortunately things didn’t work out in the way I wanted them too. My heart hurt for Cameron and Everett and Aiden, but I just couldn’t get into them and their issues, and believe me I’ve tried. I really have hence why it’s taken me so long to not only read but review the book. But I couldn’t get past the pity party and lack of communication between Cameron and Everett and even when things started to turn around for them, I was just done and finishing the book became more about the fact that I’d finally gotten to the point where the finish line was in sight, than truly caring about them getting their HEA.

I wanted to love this and just had a hard time getting into it. I didn't dislike it at all and parts of it were enjoyable. But nothing stood out to me causing me to love it. I normally love Tara's romcom and maybe her regular contemporary romances are just not for me.

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Another great Tara Sivec book!! I've come to know and love this author's books and they're a one-click buy for me even if I get an ARC because they absolutely live up to the hype...this was no exception. This was A+++ writing in my opinion and I can't wait for her next book.

I love everything that Tara Sivec writes. Is that too much? lol She is such a master of combining truth, humor, real feelings, intensity, and all things humanity into her stories. I just love it and this one was no exception it was incredible. All the feelings came through in this one. LOVED IT!!! Thank you

Wish You Were Mine is definitely one of my top favorite reads of 2017! A Friends to lovers heart wrenching,a book full of feels. Thank you so much Tara for this wonderful story 5 stars

“You’re the only thing I’ve ever wished for.”

I really enjoyed this second chance/childhood friends romance. I am a huge Tara Sivec fan - and she does romantic comedy so much better than this angsty stuff. While it's not my favorite book of hers, I really loved these characters and learning about them, and seeing them kind of grow and change as the story develops. This book was more about the characters, the feelings, and the history than about a true plot.

"You can't change the past . . . You can only move forward and make different choices."

Cameron is the baby girl of Shelby & Eli from The Story of Us and the end of that is where Cameron meets Everett. This does not have to be read in order but you get the back story of what Cam's parents had to go through to find their love and now history is repeating itself with a different heartbreak. And it ends full circle from where The Story of Us began and Wish you were mine ended.

Cameron, Everett and Aiden are all best friends but sometimes feelings are more than friendship. With a lack of communication and assumptions causes Everett to leave his safe haven and be across the world. And now with the passing of Aiden, Everett is forced to come home again but this time he has to grieve and get past his guilt if he wants to move forward.

Cameron and Everett have been destined to be together but too many assumptions kept them apart, now circumstances are throwing them back together and this time around they can finally make things right.

Sweet, heartbreaking story.

Oh my god I thought the first book I read by Tara Sivec, The Story of Us moved me I was wrong. WISH YOU WERE MINE is the book you got to read this season. I loved that this is more than a second chance for Everett and Cameron but also a story of a man seeing what he is truly worth. The love these two have and seeing the flashbacks between them as children, teenagers and adults was truly loveable. Tara Sivec once again has done it making this a memorable book making me laugh, swoon, cry and just falling in love with the book. Loved it.

“I received an eBook copy from the publisher for the purpose of an honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own.”

Wish You Were Mine is an emotional, sweet, and at times- angsty read. There was nothing ‘wrong’ with this book, it was enjoyable read. I just wish I felt more connected to it. I’m sure it’s a just me thing, and most readers will enjoy this friends to lovers romance!

As with any of Tara Sivec's titles, this is a must read. The authors writing is always amazing. There was no predictably with this book...which was great. I couldn't put this book down.

Review: Judging from the book description, there was a good chance that I might need some tissues after wading through the angst of first love and second chances.

I was right. Not only did author Tara Sivec tug at my heartstrings, she emphasized the power of true love. Wish You Were Mine is a beautifully crafted story about how strong connections can be, regardless of the passage of time.

Everett is haunted by thoughts of what could have been, deep regrets brought to the surface when a letter arrives. That letter pops the seal from the past, causing him all sorts of anguish and guilt. His struggles are painfully laid out, from his reliance on alcohol to the memories that he relives. Always at the center is the trio of friends — Aiden, Cameron and Everett.

I liked how the author alternated between present and past to give a better foundation of why Everett left with unresolved feelings. When the story moves to focus on Cameron’s financial struggles with the camp her family operates for children of military families, I was able to see more about her giving personality.

As Everett tries to find a way for a second chance, continued misunderstandings mark his interactions with Cameron. I admired his persistence in digging through all the guilt in order to express his love. The unexpected plot twist almost destroyed their chances, but it was an exceptional addition to the storyline.

I found this to be an excellent story, complete with all of the emotional angst one can expect from a second chance at love.

4.5 stars

When I saw a new release from Tara Sivec, I jumped all over it. I was all set for a hilarious romp complete with sex toys, inappropriate t-shirts and ridiculous situations. I got none of these, but I’m far from disappointed. Instead of the utter absurdity of her Chocoholic series, I saw the more tender and serious side to Tara Sivec’s writing. I saw characters that broke my heart, frustrated the crap out of me, and ultimately made me adore them.

Wish You Were Mine contains one of my favorite themes, a “friends to lovers” story where two people who know each other inside and out finally admit their feelings. Yet this one had a twist…they always admitted the feelings to themselves, just never to the other. It was sweet to watch the love grow between Cameron and Everett, and heartbreaking and completely frustrating to watch them lose so much time as a result of fear and feelings of unworthiness.

Tara Sivec manages to take a simple storyline and turn it into something beautiful and tender and real. I felt Cameron’s frustration with Everett for leaving her behind. I felt Everett’s jealousy and understood his reasons for protecting his heart. And I loved Aiden, for his utter over-the-top confidence and ridiculousness.

This entire story was full of slow burning anticipation. It was foreplay, leading up to the ultimate culmination of a relationship decades in the making. It was gentle and romantic and frankly everything the Chocoholics series was NOT, and yet it was just as sweet a treat to devour.

This book could best be described as heart wrenching. Prepare to have your heart stomped on as you hear about years of the two main characters lives and the paths they took. Not necessarily realistic, but interesting none the less.