Monday, August 1, 2016

One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid



Named a Best Book of Summer by Cosmopolitan * InStyle * Redbook * Us Weekly * PopSugar * Buzzfeed * Bustle * Brit+Co * Parade


“No one does life and love better.” –InStyle
“Earth-shaking…you will flip for this epic love story.” –Cosmopolitan
“Reid's heartwrenching tale asks if it's possible to have multiple soul mates.” —Us Weekly

From the author of Maybe in Another Life—named a People Magazine pick—comes a breathtaking new love story about a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who has finally brought her back to life.

In her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts. They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure.

On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. Just like that, Jesse is gone forever.

Emma quits her job and moves home in an effort to put her life back together. Years later, now in her thirties, Emma runs into an old friend, Sam, and finds herself falling in love again. When Emma and Sam get engaged, it feels like Emma’s second chance at happiness.

That is, until Jesse is found. He’s alive, and he’s been trying all these years to come home to her. With a husband and a fiancé, Emma has to now figure out who she is and what she wants, while trying to protect the ones she loves.

Who is her one true love? What does it mean to love truly?

Emma knows she has to listen to her heart. She’s just not sure what it’s saying.



Review by Christine:

Wow, wow, wow. I had no idea what to expect reading One True Loves. A good friend recommended it to me. This was first experience reading Ms. Reid and certainly not my last.

One True Loves is slow and purposeful. Building up momentum ~ expectations, attachments and deep emotions ~ until I was so wrapped up in Emma’s life I didn’t know if I was coming or going.


This story is all encompassing. Reading it shifts your perspective on your own life ~ if only temporarily. I experienced a vast array of emotions ending with complete satisfaction. I suggest going in blind. Highly recommend ~ 6 stars


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