RATING
The slow burn was delicious and made for a compelling read, the resulting angst, tension and completion was emotional and brought sexy times on the pages. This friends to lovers trope with a side of love unrequited was such a page turner it kept me awake all night when pulling an all nighter became such a rarity for me.
The beginning of my sophomore year in college was off to a rough start.
On the first day of orientation, I had an altercation with an infuriating British dude in a campus bathroom.
(The ladies’ room was out of order. So, I used the men’s room. Don’t judge.)
I got home later that night and realized that the foreign student we were expecting to rent a room in my parents’ house was allergic to our cat.
So, the spare room went to someone else: Caleb—the British guy from the men’s room.
And so it began…my love-hate story with Caleb Yates. Or was it hate-love in that order?
The guy knew how to push every one of my buttons.
Sometimes I’d email him to express my aggravation and disdain.
He’d actually rewrite my own words and send them back to me.
That was the type of infuriating person Caleb was.
So frustrating.
And…
Sometimes incredibly funny and endearingly sweet.
And hot.
He eventually grew on me, and Caleb soon became one of my best friends that year.
Too bad he was headed back to England soon, so nothing could happen between us—for so many reasons.
I definitely couldn’t fall in love with him, especially since all we had was just one year.
Author : Penelope Ward
Title : Just One year
Series : –
Number of pages : 321
Publisher : –
Release Date : February 22, 2020
Genre : Contemporary
After riding a book slump from hell, I’m so happy to come back with the book that ended it!
“Just One Year” came as a recommendation from a friend and I’m so glad I bit the bullet despite my hesitancy at the mention of New Adult book.
Sure, I’ve enjoyed some NA but it’s definitely not the genre I’m turning to on a daily basis. The reason? Usually the downfall is immature characters displaying juvenile behavior.
Well, not this time! I was pleasantly surprised with how the author focused on character’s growth and character development. Especially given the fact the plot is pretty ordinary and nothing to write home about in the first place. (and that’s okay, similar stories can still be enjoyable.)
The later doesn’t matter anyway because what truly made this book for me was Teagan and Caleb’s chemistry and banter on the pages. I lived for their email and texting exchange, for their growing connection as they were unveiling secrets after secrets to each other, each one bringing them closer and closer.
The slow burn was delicious and made for a compelling read, the resulting angst, tension and completion was emotional and brought sexy times on the pages. This friends to lovers trope with a side of love unrequited was such a page turner it kept me awake all night when pulling an all nighter became such a rarity for me.
I loved how the hero’s charming and cocky behavior balanced the heroine’s introvert personality. A great care was given to their friendship, to their feelings, to their each and every want. I appreciated the low key drama and even the over the top coincidence toward the end of the book didn’t hinder my enjoyment.
This book was just the right amount of sexy, cute and fun. The perfect happy feels book.
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of
contemporary romance.
She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.
With over 2-million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels.
In 2014, Penelope’s fourth novel, Stepbrother Dearest, became the #1 bestselling independently published Kindle ebook of the year on Amazon.com and was credited with igniting an entirely new subgenre of ro
mance.
Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.
Penelope can often be found chatting live with her readers in her private Facebook group, Penelope’s Peeps.
