Friends To Lovers by Sally Blakely

Rating: 5/5

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Primary Genre: Contemporary Romance

Plot: 5/5

Blurb: Always each other’s plus-ones, but never each other’s real dates, two childhood best friends have one last summer wedding to fall in love in this dual-narrative debut—a grown-up The Summer I Turned Pretty .

Best friends Joni and Ren have been inseparable since childhood. So when Joni moves across the country for her job, the two devise a creative way to stay in they’ll be each other’s plus-ones every year for wedding season, no matter what else is happening in their lives.

It’s a tradition that works, until a line is crossed and the friendship they once thought was forever is ruined.

Now Joni is back at their families’ shared summer home for her sister’s wedding, and she’s determined to make the week perfect, even if it means faking a friendship with Ren—and avoiding the truth of why they have to fake it in the first place. How hard can it be to pretend to be friends with the person who once knew you best?

But as sunny beach days together turn into starry nights, Joni begins to question what her life is without Ren in it. And when the wedding arrives, bringing past heartaches to the surface, she’ll be forced to decide if loving Ren means letting him go, or if theirs is a love story worth fighting for.

My Thoughts: 

This book surprised me in the most pleasant way! This book has a dual timeline with a big looming unanswered question…why aren’t Ren and Joni friends anymore? It feels a bit like a mystery in reverse, which I felt made for a fun and page-turning read. It manages to stay light hearted while dealing with some serious stuff. Once I got going on this book, I could not put it down and it brought tears to my eyes more than once. It had my heart racing and my face smiling at times as well. Invoking real emotion is the true test and Sally Blakely passed. This book reminds me of an Annabel Monaghan summer romance, and I mean that as the highest of compliments-I love her books. Do. Not. Miss!

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