This is my favorite Abby book so far! I am so glad it was written in dial points of view. I really identify with the mental health struggles of the characters and it was so beautifully written. I love how Abby's books tug at all my emotions.

First, I would like to think that gallery and Grand Central
publishing for this ARC. I love this book and I would
give it 100 stars if that was possible. I enjoyed the main
story, as well as the little side stories with minor
characters in it. I love the revisiting of Part of Your
World and the continuation of those characters. The
author really knows how to pull at the heartstrings. I
found myself laughing, tearing up, and smiling
throughout the entire book. It was a feel good story and
I really loved every second of reading it. I hope that
there will be a sequel to it in the future.

Read from: Sep 04, 2022 - Sep 07, 2022

Abby is an automatic read for me. This was a wonderful story and my favorite of hers to date….although I seem to say that every time. 😂

Long story short: (with details because Jacob appreciates details)

Bri is an ER physician who has had a literal hell of a year. I mean discovering your husband of ten years in bed with your friend and then finding out your little brother is in kidney failure with no hope of a donor in sight will do that to you.

Jacob is also an ER position running away from his hospital to escape his ex and her new fiancé.... her brother. He's also trying to keep his family from hating on his little bro, so he must swallow his anxiety and put on a brave face....and maybe invent a fake girlfriend.

So, when Jacob comes up as a donor for Bri's brother, Bri finds out he needs a fake girlfriend and happily volunteers for the job. (What could go wrong?)

Through supply room lunches, rain drenched phone calls, crazy family antics, and of course, let's not forget a dog named Lt. Dan, Bri and Jacob discover a way to rebuild trust and love through "harmless' choices for one another. But will it be enough?

Since the FRIENDZONE hit my hands, I have been a fan of Abby Jimenez. I always think the latest is book can't be topped but through Abby's witty banter, rollercoaster ploy twists, and heart wrenching realistic portrayal of issues people deal with every day. You will laugh, you will cry, you will become a lifelong fan.

**Note. The reason I specifically gave this story a 4 out of 5 stars is because the last part of the story seemed a little much drama though Abby works through it like a champ. Also, there's a trope at the end of the story I am not a huge fan of, and I've seen it before in her books. Will not ever stop me from buying them and promoting the hell out of them.

Thank you to Forever and Netgalley for this fantastic ARC in exchange for my honest review.

So I was one of the lucky ones to receive an ARC of this book in return for an honest review and can I just say, I'm so thankful I was. If I had to wait until it was released I would have been sad. I'm ashamed to say it took me 4 days for me to finish this book when I devoured the last 4 in a matter of hours, but I will say, I now have a very needy 6 month old, so my time is spent a little different these days.

I was blown away by the relatability of the characters in this book. Honestly, I'm blown away by all of Abby's books. Not only does she make her characters likable, she makes them relatable. Her character building, her world building and the way she connects her stories even the ones that aren't part of the current "mini series" is phenomenal.

I absolutely love love love that Abby's books are always two perspectives. I love getting to know each character and their thoughts on how things go. I am VERY excited and impatiently waiting for Justin's story!!

Any time a friend asks me for book recommendations I can't say Abby Jimenez fast enough. I warn them that their heart will be shattered, but not to worry, Abby is excellent at putting the pieces back together and adding a big bow on top at the end.

Below is a play-by-play of my thoughts broken up by 2 chapters at a time.

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Chapter 1 - 2

Dr. Death, I'm going to say is probably Bri's love interest in this.. anyone has to be better than Nick right? Even a doctor who has lost all 7 of his emergency patients...

Also, could Dr. Death be in the running for chief of emergency??  - knew it!!

Are Jeremiah and Amy announcing they are together?

I can relate to Jacobs anxiety in crowded places like that.

Okay, so not announcing they're together, that must have have been a thing.. maybe announcing engagement or pregnancy?? - engagement!! --- random tangent, my husbands brother married my husbands ex-girlfriend.. didn't work out in the end..

LOVE how supportive his family is of this, but at the same time, I feel bad that nobody has Jeremiah's back.. but he made that choice..

Ew, the quickness of how soon Amy and Jeremiah got together.. not a good look on them..

😂😂 The mom talking about sex with him!

Maybe Jacob and Bri start out as a fake romance? To try to convince people in their lives they are okay.. his family thing is the day of her divorce being finalized, maybe she ends up going with him??

The amount of relatability I have with Jacob and his anxiety. I literally will think about an awkward encounter long after it's over wondering why I am the way that I am.

Chapter 3 - 4

Bringing her a wet wash cloth while she was crying*Insert moment 1 that he  starts to thaw her heart* ❤️

I have a feeling that Jacob didn't ask for extra time for the chief position..

Lieutenant Dan!! I love that as a dog name 😂

Jacob isn't even interested in the position! So Gibson just assumed he would be since he was chief before..

So Gibson has so much faith in Bri that he wanted Jacob to run against her...

OMGsh, if Jacob donates a kidney to Benny I will swoon.

Chapter 5 - 6

It seems like many of the parents in this book and POYW are in the medical field. Did Bri and Jacob stay in the medical field because of family?

👏🏻👏🏻😂 "You can't spell disappointment without men" - Jessica chapter 5

Could Jessica help set up Bri and Jacob??

Swoon - he's stitching up a girl's doll while she gets stitches 🥰 *Insert moment 2 of her heart thawing a little more towards Jacob*

I love that he wears crazy socks. He should own a pair of socks with Stuntman Mike's face on them too tie into TFZ.

Goodness, I feel connected to Jacob with all his anxiety and the desire to journal and write his feelings down.

Chapter 7 - 8

Poor Benny having for basically be forced to live with Bri because he can't truly be trusted to take care of himself at his own place.

When they say rare blood type, is it RHnull rare? Where only 1 and 6 million people have it? Or AB- ? Or HH? (I may have had to Google to see what HH was, but my Grey's Anatomy binging had me aware of RH null.)

**Every new character introduced makes me wonder who the next book will be about..

A handwritten letter, those are the best 🥰

Okay, but him writing that made me cry. He had zero reasons to explain himself, yet he did. *Insert moment 3 of her heart thawing a smidge more*

Poor Jacob overthinking what the letter could be about - but I 1000% get it. I once was called to come to my bosses office at the end of the day but was asked at the beginning of the day, so I went through the day in a state of panic running through all the things that could have gotten me in trouble with him.

If their relationship blooms through letters I will cry if happiness. That is perfect, and would explain the title perfectly!

I love that Lieutenant Dan can sense his moods, that is such a realistic characteristic of dogs, they just know..

Chapter 9 - 10

The cutest little back and forth through notes ❤️ my husband and I used to do this. We would leave notes in each other's rooms for us to find when we were dating.

I feel the excitement she felt buying stationary.

Also quick thoughts not necessarily about the book - I love the way Abby writes her characters, it makes me feel like I am actually friends with them and they are just telling me about what's going on in their day to day lives. I find myself talking about her books and reminding myself they are characters and not my friends so I shouldn't say "my friend is writing letters to her co-worker" 😂

Laughing snorting when she says she has to "psps psps here Cooter Cooter" when she has to feed Benny's cat

I am falling in love with them.. it's getting late and I need to put the book down, but I just want to keep reading!!!

Chapter 11 - 12

😂😂😂 His tattoo - dang no lawnmower emojis!

Benny is so tired of living life to the bare minimum. It's heartbreaking.

I know exactly what it feels like to be strong for more than yourself, it's exhausting, especially when the other person doesn't want to try to be strong for themself.

Jafar sounds like my kinda pet 🦜😂

I would be embarrassed if there was a video of me on tiktok with those comments, I hope he doesn't know. I already gave second hand embarrassment for him.

Oh yeah, even though she has a "no dating coworkers rule" she is falling hard.

Uh oh.. she slid into his DMs!! Ow ow!

She called him! I can FEEL his anxiety when she asked that. Who calls people anymore?

Picturing the guy who brought his cats on the date made me cackle 😂

He's falling for her too. I'm so excited to see where Abby takes this relationship. How it goes from "no dating coworkers" to being all up on each other. - again, my thought from the beginning.. maybe he brings her to his family thing on the 19th...

They brought opera lady back!! I love that Bri is as excited to show Jacob as Alexis was to have Daniel hear.

I know his anxiety probably isn't cute too some people, but I think it's adorable that he thinks so much about what will happen around Bri.

Ope! Jewel is going to assume Bri is the girlfriend since she saw them in the closet together.

Chapter 13 - 14

If Jacob donates his kidney Bri is going to flip! Also, I guessed that he was going to ask her to be a pretend girlfriend!

How would he hide his surgery from Bri? Especially with them growing closer?

The way Benny is described reminds me of my friend, except my friend didn't have kidney failure, he was in an accident which paralyzed him. But his depression is very much the same.

My heart breaks for Bri, if you grow up hearing that all men are bad, you're going to look for the bad in all men. Yeah, she married an a$$, but not all men are her dad and Nick.

Chapter 15 - 16

Whomp whomp.. I guess I was wrong about her going to his family dinner..

Oh no! Gibson ruined it! He told Bri! Is she going to be mad or is she going to be happy? *Nail biting*

Now that she knows I feel like her heart is fully thawed to him, she can let herself feel feelings for him!

Maybe she goes to the dinner with him after all? They must talk about him being Benny's donor, so maybe she does this for him?

Chapter 17 - 18

The way he feels about her, oh my goodness 🥰

And he asked her to be his pretend girlfriend for a few months!!

Bri's response to him wanting Amy to be happy, is exactly my thoughts.. 3 months after a 2.5 year relationship she got together with HIS BROTHER??? nah..

Yessss!! Let the pretend relationship that turns into a real relationship begin!!!!

Her calling it all "unalive" raccoon instead of a dead one had me cracking up.

Grandpa might be one of my favorite characters 😂 "give me a cigarette or I'll tell Jacob you were hitting on me. You've got 5 minutes"

His mom's job explains why she was so comfortable talking about sex with him. And why he told her sex toys might come up in conversation.

Chapter 19 - 20

Poor Jacob with the embarrassing story about him pooping in his pants at school.

He's afraid she doesn't like him for real but he's developing feelings for her. I'm so excited to see how Abby writes the reveal that they are interested in each other!!

Haha, I love how Alexis can sense the rom-com of the situation

"Diarrhea food" is the only acceptable way to talk about Taco Bell now, even if I do enjoy eating it from time to time.

They better continue writing letters to each other. I'm going to be low-key sad if they stop. And their wedding vows better be personal and not generic!

Chapter 21 - 22

I hope he offers to help redo the house when they become a couple. Mondernize it.

The way Bri reassures Jacob that his anxiety is okay while Amy never understood it, proof that they are meant to be.

BO+JM=4EVA *unfortunate initials for Bri 😂

Them playing would you rather! I have to ask my husband the question about the baby name and WiFi thing. I think he'd agree with Jacob.

Oh no, broken heart when he read her dating profile and she says she never wants anything serious.

I don't think she even realizes that he is slowly starting to fall in love with her.

She's starting to feel for him. Again, I'm excited to see how Abby writes her realizing that Jacob is not her dad or Nick and that she does want to be with him. And that she wants to have his babies because, the way he is with his niece and nephew and that little girl in the ER

I love that he has 2 chairs, 1 for him and 1 for Lieutenant Dan.

And I love that he has a framed picture of them by his bed.

They are both falling for each other but don't think the other is interested! They have similar anxiety about it, it parallels in each chapter.

Something about a man who can take care of plants, and he has a whole room full!!

The sexual tension. 🔪🔪

Chapter 23 - 24

He doesn't feel the sting because he no longer loves Amy, he loves Bri!

I love that Bri has the urge to protect Jacob and the balls to make Amy uncomfortable at her own party.

Oooh Amy is jealous!!

Oh my fing gosh. Is Amy for real right now??  She's "concerned" for Jacob, he "just went through a breakup"??? SHE IS GETTING MARRIED. TO. HIS. BROTHER!!! I cannot right now.

Ahhh!! Is Bri going to walk in on Amy and Jacob hugging?? And think he's really not over her? I'm so nervous!!

Chapter 25 - 26

No! My heart! She's only hearing part of it!

This chapter, her seeing things only the way she thinks it happened, I've been there. It sucks and it is breaking my heart. Even though I know Abby won't end a book with my heart being shattered, she always puts it back together.

Okay, Abby. You have some big things to fix. My heart can't take it, but I believe in you!

Okay, so, I think that Jacob is going to write a love letter to Bri and at the end he's going to go all Mr. Darcy and write "Yours Truly" like the title of the book and I'm going to sob like a little baby. - but I still have so many chapters before it's resolved..

Is Jacob going to come clean to his family? At least his mom and dad?

His mom could tell he was unhappy with Amy, how did he not realize she could see that? And she can see that they both really cared for each other.

We have a smidge under half a book left for Jacob to "show up" like his mom said and to really let Bri see that he's not just picking her as a rebound. That he loves her more than he ever loved Amy. LET'S GO!

Chapter 27 - 28

He's showing up! He is going way out of his comfort zone by asking to go to Wakan!

🤦🏼‍♀️ She doesn't see it as a grand gesture. This is a big deal for someone with such bad social anxiety..

She knows exactly what he needs to be comfortable!! I can't wait until they get together and realize they were stupid for not noticing it!

Chapter 29 - 30

I love that Jacob brought a gift (plant) for Daniel because he knew he liked them.

I love that Jacob looked at the website like Alexis did and both noticed the stained-glass window wasn't on the site even though it's beautiful. -bear reference to her story about the bear in the woods being harmless to her.

He knows what he's doing with that selfie on the bed.. look at him..

I love that they continue the joke about Xfinity."this is one billion dollars we're talking about. Xfinity needs to go to college"

The fact that Briana just knows how to take care of Jacobs anxiety needs shows the type of character she has.

When Briana says "anyone who says money isn't everything never had to live without it" I felt that in my bones. Growing up watching my mom struggle to get money to pay the bills and feed us was hard. Now that I'm a grown up, I never want my kids to know that feeling. - also my husband said he'd punch me in the face and let me punch him in the face for a billion dollars.

I know they are "joking" but I love that they are talking about this, because when they inevitably end up together, they've talked about it and it won't be a surprise to him that she doesn't take his last name.

OMG he just needs to tell her how he feels!! I know it's his anxiety that's keeping him from doing it and the fear of rejection, but my heart can't handle it!!

The Wakan magic is helping them along when the gust of wind blew the door closed.

Chapter 31 - 32

*Insert one bed in a room scene that Alexis knew was gonna happen*

I love the reason she's so panicked to be in the room is because she *will* have sex with him. 😂😂 - "I have as much willpower as broccoli"

He's going to fall even more in love with her with the retainer.. it's just so him.

She's really testing him with her questions. And he is so serious about her he's giving her access to his phone(and debit card).

❤️❤️ He changed his phone pin to her pin so she always has access to it.

I FEEL Bri's trust issues. My ex gaslighted(gaslit?) Me so bad I didn't know how to trust even myself at the end of that relationship.

Okay, Jacob is reminding me more and more of my husband. Thinking about what Bri likes, what would keep her comfortable and happy. Her shock to it is exactly how I felt going from toxic to this. Jacob is quickly becoming my favorite book boyfriend.

Ahh! She realized she loves him! I'm still too far from the happy ending so she must not tell him for a bit. But she realized it!!! All thanks to the magic of Wakan.

Is the reason she cares so much about him googling about pregnancy because she was pregnant when she was with Nick?

Her petty as a Starbucks barista is life 🤣

All of her petty acts are amazing!

Drunk words are more than times sober thoughts - so when drink Bri said I love you it's because she was brave enough to say it in that moment.

He teleported her 🥰🥰🥰

Chapter 33 - 34

Is she going to invite Jacob over while her mom is in town?

Well, obviously Jacob will meet his mom if she's going to be there 2 months.. will this encourage her to move in with him??

Yes!! She's moving in with him!! It's getting real!!!!

She told Benny that she was in love with him! 🥰

But... Did she really sign up to break her own heart so Benny would get a kidney?? I don't think so.. I think she would have done it anyway.

The small things he's excited about with her moving in is everything!

The scene where she had to put the mattress into the plant room without his help 😂😂 the images in my head is priceless

My husband said he would totally eat me too if I was a gummy bear.

Zander can see that it's real. Sparks are flying 💥💥

Uh oh. Who is in the room that Bri was in that Hector heard her give her number to??

Chapter 35 - 36

Levi.....

Oh no! She introduced him as her friend. He's going to obsess over that forever.

Bri's mom meeting Jacob "You give him all the good sex" 😂😂😂

Benny has the most perfect response to Jacob donating the kidney.. "thanks. For the thing"  short and sweet and no big fuss. Just like Jacob likes.

She thought the opossum was dead 😂😂

I think she wants to tell Levi because she wants someone else she can tell she loves Jacob but he doesn't have the same feelings.

Chapter 37 - 38

Yes mama Rosa!! You tell her!

Benny told Jane he is Ben! He's interested 😂

Mama Rosa spitting straight facts!

I think Amy invited Briana to try to prove that she has an ulterior motive to being with Jacob..

Why is she not inviting him to go have drinks with Levi like her mom suggeste? So she could talk about how she feels without him being there?

Bear dream! The bear attacked him and wasn't harmless like her bear encounter..

Oh no, his panic attack spiral. I have been there! They are no fun.

A baby?!?!?!?!

Chapter 39 - 40

She wasn't even texting Levi!! He was having that panic attack thinking she was texting him all day 😞

But the news is not what made him have a panic attack!! He was drowning pre-announcement, but the attention of everyone made it unbearable.

My eyes are all of a sudden a broken water faucet 😭😭😭

FINALLY A KISS!!!! OH BABY!!! I am so pumped for their sex scenes!! (Gosh that makes me sound like a pervert)

OMG!! Break my heart again! She thinks he was having sex with her because he couldn't have Amy!! 😭😭😭😭

Okay Abby... Only a few more chapters and an epilogue... I know you can put my heart back together. You do it every book. Let's start working on this puzzle!

I want to know what he journals about..

Chapter 41 - 42

Oh Shannon!! Fucking Shannon... What is Bri going to do to you for talking about Jacob that way??? 🍿 -- 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

She gave Grandpa his cigarettes! And sat by eating chocolate bars 😂

They all give him cigarettes 😂

Amy can see he loves Bri. Why can't Bri get out of her own way and realize it too?

YES!!!! HE TOLD HER HE LOVES HER!!!!!! AND SHE TOLD HIM BACK!!!

Is Janes date Benny?? -- YESSS!!

😂😂 Jewel is always the one to experience the obnoxious love.

Chapter 43 - 44

Okay, this brother/ex-girlfriend wedding/marriage is better than the one from my husband's side of the family. We didn't even get invited to it 🤷🏼‍♀️

Oh no! Nick and Kelly!! Married already?? Pregnant Kelly!!!

Seeing Kelly pregnant makes me think my thoughts about Bri being pregnant in the past is correct. Maybe Nick said he didn't want to have kids, but I'm guessing he just didn't want to have them with her..

She is acting out of hurt and anger.. it's pissing me off she's treating Jacob that way.

Yepp, she miscarried. I get that being painful to see your ex who "didn't want" kids with his pregnant wife, but you should talk to the person you "love" and not take your hurt out on them.. even though it's easy to do because you take out your hurt on the ones who love you because they love you and won't leave you.

I strongly think he will continue to show up, because love shows up. And he wants to prove to her that he isn't going anywhere.

Chapter 45 - 46

Bri is pregnant!!!!! OMG!! - the extra hormones could definitely add to her emotions and anger.

NOT ALL MEN BRIANA! NOT ALL MEN!

Jacob is going to prove to her that he loves her in a way nobody else has loved her.

Is Jacob going to let her read his journals? Read his very thoughts.. that's the only thing I can think of that will allow her to trust him, but I don't think she'd ask for it..

Good thing his mom is a couples counselor, she can help him understand things a little better.

I love that Joy knew it wasn't real at first but didn't call them out on it. Instead, she watched them fall in love.

Chapter 47 - Epilogue

He is giving her a journal!!! He wants her to see every part of him 🥰 *cue water works*

I have no words for the feelings I have reading these glimpses in his journal.

Another letter!!! He's going to sign it Yours Truly!!

The love Jacob has for Bri 💗 willing to go through the stress of moving, putting just her name on a house..

Ava Xfinity Ortiz 💗💗 😂😂

Him helping her with her trust 🥰

I love that he's a stay at home dad with Ava.

Do we ever find out who got the chief of emergency position? --- answered for me a few lines down.

🥰🥰🥰🥰 OMG!! The best ending

I usually like Abby Jimenez pretty well, with the exception of the Happily Ever After Playlist. I thought this was good. I'm not normally a surprise pregnancy person but I didn't mind how this was handled. There was good realistic chemistry between the main characters even if his family was a bit much. This is a 4 star romance for me.

Abby does it again! I am not a huge RomCom reader, but gave Abby’s books a chance because she is a hometown Minnesota author. TBH I didn’t even know she was an author until her 2nd book came out. I live not far from Nadia Cakes and became a fan of her bakery after seeing Erin on Holiday Baking Championship. Of course then came the Vageode cake and I was hooked on anything Abby. Boy, was I glad I gave her a chance. Every book has been amazing, and this one is no different.

I love the way Abby develops her characters and really gives you a feeling that you know them personally.

Without spoiling anything I appreciate the way the characters’ issues are addressed in this book, and all of Abby’s books. These are very real, very triggering issues for some and Abby always treats these with the upmost dignity and respect. I’ve dealt with the very traumatic end of a relationship and have social anxiety so Brianna and Jacob could seriously have been my spirit animals. This is such a fun, put you in your feels ride. From the cute notes, lunches in a closet, and the funny safe phrases for Jacob everything was so well done.

I also love the way she ties all of her books together through other characters, but makes them their own real alone story so if you didn’t read any of the previous books it doesn’t matter.

Run, don’t walk to get this book when it is released. I feel honored to have gotten an ARC and can’t wait till my official signed copy comes in the mail at publication so I can read it all over again!

“We’re all a little broken. We are a mosaic. We’re made up of all those we’ve met and all the things we’ve been through. There are parts of us that are colorful and dark and jagged and beautiful. And I love every piece of you. Even the ones you wish didn’t exist.”

My heart. Ahhh. Briana and Jacob were absolutely adorable. I loved how deeply they felt. They have the sort of love that is all-consuming. It was so sweet it almost made me sick. And because this is an Abby Jimenez book, there are some heavy topics - but it is explored with a delicate balance of humor and heart. And the depiction of Jacob’s social anxiety was so palpable. As someone who has experienced a fraction of what Jacob’s life is like with anxiety, I felt seen as well as comforted knowing that it just takes the right type of person to take the time to understand and love you despite your struggles.

Things I Loved:
-dual pov
-only one bed
-fake dating
-cinnamon roll hero
-sassy divorced heroine
-handwritten letters
-family dynamics
-social anxiety depiction
-organ donation

I was fortunate enough to receive an advanced copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Love love love it so much!! Abby killed it again. I can’t wait to get my hands on an actual copy and audiobook!! This is her best book yet!

Ughhhhh I don’t know how I feel about this one. The story was good, engaging, sad, entertaining but no so sexy as the last book.

I could relate to Jacob so much because my anxiety is like that. He deserves the best.

And my issue come here, the Salvadoran “representation”, there were only 2 instances were something Salvi was mentioned: pupusas and the word “enculado”, and thats it. But besides that, the Spanish in this book is so bad, I think Google translate would’ve been better because we, Salvadoran people, don’t talk like that, the saying is one I’ve never heard of, the word “mija” is not used in El Salvador and I am born and raised in El Salvador, this was so cringey!! Also the fact that editors didn’t check the gender and number when writing in Spanish and just translating English sayings to Spanish that make no sense was BAD.

<i>ARC provided in exchange of my honest opinion</i>

My thanks to NetGalley for making an eARC of this book available to me.

Anxiety is real, and the author does a great job of showing us the realities of dealing with it. And then the author does the same for childhood trauma. Some things stay with you for your whole life, and you just find ways to deal with it.

The cat, the dog, and the parrot made for some decent animal humor to help lighten things up a bit. And the letter writing between the two main characters was just extremely cute. I also like how the author links all of her books through those awesome cupcakes.

THE HERO IN THIS BOOK. I CANNOT. He’s such a standout. I loved Abby’s portrayal of a hero with anxiety (we need more of this), as well as the couple’s vow: to be harmless to eachother always— how perfect.

Abby has done it again! The characters, the emotions, the storyline…all amazing. She is able to make the reader feel what the characters feel and then also feel all stressed and passionate and wanting the characters to do what the reader wants them to do. Thank you Abby for always making me feel all the feels and mope around for another year waiting impatiently for the next best seller to drop. Much love!

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez is perfection and I am obsessed with it! I never reread books but have already read this one twice!

This book doesn’t come out until April 11, 2023 so preorder and it to your TBR now. I have already preordered my physical copy and can’t wait to read it again.

My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶/5

Thank you so much to @abbyjimenez, @netgalley and @readforeverpub for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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This was a great book -Abby did it again! She touched on another health subject so rarely talked about putting that info into the world to normalize it. The characters were very relatable and dealt with real life problems the average person does as well. A few editing issues with this copy of the book but very easy to read around and didn’t interfere with the story. Overall another winner!

LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! This was a great story. Characters were well defined and relatable. Abby is very witty and her similes are laugh at loud on point! This was an easy read, no boring parts that you are compelled to skip over. I love how characters from previous books are intertwined into this story and you have that "Ah Ha!" moment! The research into the medical part of this book was pretty well done. Being a nurse of 20+ years, it drives me crazy when that is overlooked in a story with a medical theme. Only thing that bugged me was a condition being labeled "chronic" when it was "acute", per the story. I laughed, I cried, and am ready for the next book! Great Job, Abby! It was amazing as always!

5 stars!! I LOVED LOVED this book!! Stayed up super late last night because I could not put it down! Thank you Abby Jimenez for such a wonderful book - my favorite one to-date, and that’s saying something!! I loved the setting (hello Minnesota!), loved the characters (including the sweet dog), and loved the evolution of Bri and Jacob’s relationship. Jacob was my favorite leading man character so far, and I loved how Bri learned to love him so well. I smiled a lot and she’d a few tears during this one. Highly recommend!

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.!

Jacob and Bri just might be my new favorite couple in this little world that Abby has created! I love how we get to see what previous characters are up to, and it was fun seeing how Alexis and Daniel are doing. Jacob is definitely the most cinnamon-roll hero Abby has written, and I loved him so much. Hello new book boyfriend! I liked that this book dealt with anxiety and from a male perspective, and characters who were navigating life post break ups. Jacob's family is very endearing, and I would definitely read an entire series about their family. Bri, Benny, and Rosa were also amazing. I love how this book also dealt with organ donation and how Jacob was a perfect match but also the reality of someone living with a chronic illness. Miscarriage, divorce, adultery, and so much more. Abby handles these topics with sensitivity, emotion, vulnerability, and even a little bit of humor to remind us to laugh even through the toughest of times. Every time I think Abby can't possibly write another book better than her last, she completely blows me away. Thank you to the publisher for giving me a chance to read a copy of this book.

Abby Jimenez has done it again!! She is the absolute queen of the hilarious romance with substance. This time it's two ER doctors who manage to connect, despite a disastrous beginning. I was cackling through this book. It's just so funny. But I also loved that they worked through legitimate boundary issues and personal growth. The chemistry was amazing, and the spice level was a fade to black so if super spicy isn't your thing you will still enjoy it.

Thank you Net Galley for the opportunity to preview this title for our Independent Bookstore! I absolutely adored this book and read it in 24 hours! Abby has perfected the art of balancing wonderful wit & humor, with serious struggles and real life issues. I could see myself in the anxiety described and I felt seen. I'm not the only one who stumbles through life like this? Also, I could write a whole review on the animals and the character and humor they bring to Abby's stories! We will be stocking this at the store and our steadfast romance readers will be eager to get their hands on it!