Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

Publication Date: April 11, 2023

The Abby-verse. Alexis and Daniel (from Part of Your World).. All the heart eyes. The Vanessa (Life's Too Short) mention.
Sometimes there's a few info dumps about stuff like diaylsis, but I'd say it's necessary.
I really want to put helmets on Briana and Jacob cause like....ER doctors.

Look at the soft boi being all soft with children. 
The fluff. THE LETTERS. I HAVE CAVITIES. A MILLION. I'M DEAD. I DIED DEAD.
LT DAN. I love him.
They mention skunk rehab, and I'm like...don't knock it till you try it. They're like cats.
ALSO. PUPUSAS. Cause El Salvador. sfjkldfjklds
Thank you so much to NET Galley for the ARC!

416 Pages

TS Song: Paris, Cornelia Street, Afterglow, Jump then Fall

Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez

And the attacks on Missouri by contemporary romance authors continue.
Geriatric Chihuahuas give me so much life. I love them. I say that as someone who has a 10 year old rat terrier that might have some chihuahua in her...
I love the assistant. I love her.
It's fine....Vanessa's like...living out part of my dream and that's just..goals... It's the travelling part.
When characters talk about therapy and enabling behavior and like...going to therapy... love it. Here for it. 
384 Pages

TS Song: I Wish You Would, Never Grow Up, (and a bit of imaginary Champagne Problems for the angsty)

the only mountain bigger than this mountain of books is the mountain I went to for my sister's wedding in Utah

Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson
So it's like....Beauty and the Beast, but with vampires, and it's queer.. It wasn't mind-blowing, which is kind of upsetting
302 Pages

Fortuna Sworn by K. J. Sutton

I feel like if I hadn't just listened to Lord of Eternal Night (and it wasn't on a plane ride) I would have liked it better. Yes I'm reading the next book 
316 Pages

One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
Was I super stressed about some of the time travel elements pulling a Back to the Future.....a little bit. 

There do be a train ride.
272 Pages
TS Song: Marjorie

Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

Having read Part of Your World, knowing things. 

So I'm here for the dog....Also for the ship... 

Is this Joe and Taylor...but gender-swapped....cough...

400 Pages
TS Song: Peace

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
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I just love the concept, and the like.... character chemistry. fj;dksa Love it. 
432 Pages
TS Song: there's some 22 vibes

Forging Silver Into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer

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My ships my ships my ships. My old ships. My new ships.

Also look at all my soft boys. 

560 Pages

For the Wolf (and it's a re-read) by Hannah Whitten 
My book boyfriend who smells like books and coffee and is self-sacrificing...I don't know what you're talking about.... I love him. 
480 Pages
TS Song: (makes an Out of the Woods joke)

For the Throne by Hannah Whitten 
The Snow White vibes
The more I think about this book, the more I love it... Like I just fjkldsa
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496 Pages

The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman
So like...the characters had distinct voices, and the magic system was cool, but like...sigh.
Also I'm here for Kaleb
400 Pages

Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

*sees that the love interest is a carpenter...sign me up. 

It's the baby goat in pajamas and the roo-rooing dog for me....
The snark. Is just. My favorite.
Also the commentary on how communities that are rural and less-populated tend to have less access to affordable medical care and just suck it up and muddle through.
The statistics on domestic abuse and how the most dangerous time for a victim is when they leave.
ER doctors are just fantastic--cause like...they have to think on their feet and stuff and deal with people on their worst days. 
All the small town vibes, and the small business vibes and the handcrafted.
It's just fluff and rainbows and I love it. It's a Hallmark movie in a book, I knew what I was getting into. 
400 Pages

Taylor Swift song: Daylight (also King of My Heart)

The Friend-Zone by Abby Jimenez

Just a heads-up, there is a character death, and head-trauma, and comas, and an accident involving a drunk driver
I'm gong to put all my feelings right here and then one day I'll die
Am I still confused why they send firemen to accidents, yes. Am I going to complain. Absolutely not. *looks up why...aha.
It's the little dog with the doggie stairs for me...because my dog is 16 pounds of zoom and leaping lizards
384 Pages

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

Summary: "Kristen Peterson doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don't get her. She's also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure that will make it impossible for her to have children. Planning her best friend's wedding is bittersweet for Kristen--especially when she meets the best man, Josh Copeland. He's funny, sexy, never offended by her mile-wide streak of sarcasm and always one chicken enchilada ahead of her hangry. Even her dog, Stuntman Mike, adores him. The only catch: Josh wants a big family someday. Kristen knows he'd be better off with someone else, but as their attraction grows, it's harder and harder to keep him at arm's length."

Josh is one of my favorite romance heroes...ever! He's just a sweet, vulnerable, awesome teddy bear. I preferred Josh's POV chapters to Kristen's. And this story is probably not for everyone, but Josh's character makes up for its various issues.

367 pages

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