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Review by
Adriana G, Reviewer
Maggie Vine has dreams of making it big in the music business and she's worked her whole life to make it. Along the way, she's fallen deeply in love twice with men who didn't work out but who promised her that they'd marry her if they were still single when she turned 35. Imagine her surprise when they both turned up but with vastly different emotional roller coasters.
Maybe Once, Maybe Twice jumps back and forth along Maggie's life in a show of the moments that made her and got her where she is in the present. It's a great story full of emotional turmoil, success, failure, and timing just not being right. Greenberg's voice is fun and her characters feel relatable even when they're doing things that feel beyond aspirational or possible but still like something totally doable for them. It's a rollercoaster of emotions that doesn't pull you too far into the dark side while also getting several chuckles, the perfectly balanced rom-com that not many writers manage.
I wanted to rate this one higher because I enjoyed it yet I have to accept that it's a story that's been told a hundred times before, and this one doesn't bring anything particularly new to it. It's very enjoyable because Greenberg is a good writer and her characters practically breathe off the page, but that doesn't eliminate the fact that I constantly felt like I had read this book before.
It's a good and perfectly balanced emotional read that's a nice addition to the second-chance category.
Happy thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Griffin for the emotionally satisfying read!
Maybe Once, Maybe Twice jumps back and forth along Maggie's life in a show of the moments that made her and got her where she is in the present. It's a great story full of emotional turmoil, success, failure, and timing just not being right. Greenberg's voice is fun and her characters feel relatable even when they're doing things that feel beyond aspirational or possible but still like something totally doable for them. It's a rollercoaster of emotions that doesn't pull you too far into the dark side while also getting several chuckles, the perfectly balanced rom-com that not many writers manage.
I wanted to rate this one higher because I enjoyed it yet I have to accept that it's a story that's been told a hundred times before, and this one doesn't bring anything particularly new to it. It's very enjoyable because Greenberg is a good writer and her characters practically breathe off the page, but that doesn't eliminate the fact that I constantly felt like I had read this book before.
It's a good and perfectly balanced emotional read that's a nice addition to the second-chance category.
Happy thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Griffin for the emotionally satisfying read!
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