Briana Ortiz, her brother, Benny is giving up on life-convinced the kidney donor he needs will never be found, thanks to his absent father giving him a rare blood type, and the new Doctor at her hospital, Jacob Maddox may be getting the promotion she wants. There were times when I just wanted to be pissed off, careening forward on the strength of my pure rage. JUST DO IT ALREADY" "JUST SAY IT ALREADY" were the two things I kept thinking as I was reading this but where would the fun be in that? So I cut one star because of extra annoying heroine and giving my four sweet- swoon- angsty-tear jerker- lighthearted stars!

Things started to take an initial turn when the comfy "this is easy" vibes that I was getting from the couple in first half of the book kind of stayed too singular-noted. Jacob is an ER doctor who just transferred to Bianca’s hospital to get away from his ex-girlfriend who is now marrying his younger brother. Yours Truly deals with themes and topics such as mental health, chronic illness, female roles, communication or lack thereof, love and heartbreak, marriage and divorce, family, fear of abandonment, and loneliness and isolation. Alexis making scones was comparable to me going out back and chopping wood—hell would freeze over first.Thank you to NetGallery and Abby for giving me the wonderful opportunity to read an advance copy of Yours Truly. Emma hadn’t planned that her next assignment as a traveling nurse would be in Minnesota, but she and her best friend agree that dating Justin is too good of an opportunity to pass up, especially when they get to rent an adorable cottage on a private island on Lake Minnetonka. Just very frustrated with the overall execution of this romance because I was so sure it would be my next five star read but it is what it is. in summary: this book fed me, held my hand, told me everything was gonna be alright and then tucked me into bed after with a kiss on the forehead.

So in the end, first half was great, second half was a hot mess that ruined everything and just pissed me off. And I'm so excited for you to finally meet Jacob—my best cinnamon roll yet and by far my favorite hero of all time. And even when you do understand it sometimes, you still want to beat the characters over their heads. He’s funny, hot, never offended by her mile-wide streak of sarcasm, and always one chicken enchilada ahead of her hangry. everyone that loves jacob accepts and accommodates his needs and it made me so emotional to see him be successful, but still stumble from time to time and still be loved so dearly.

My divorce would be final, my rage would finally burn out, and I’d be left with what was left of me. Briana and Jacob’s cute chemistry and “will they, won’t they” romance was very engaging and hard to put down, plus it was great seeing Alexis and Daniel from Part of Your World who made an unexpected appearances in Yours Truly as Alexis is Briana’s best friend! While I love their love for one another, watching their relationship evolve was not an enjoyable experience.