She slides alongside you and tells you exactly what you need to hear, and by the time she’s done, you’ve likely lost everything. She’s a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be―a college student. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. I also felt like I couldn’t get behind the romance, because they never seemed to get to know each other.Įven though I didn’t love this one, it might be perfect for a lover of slow-burn second-chance romance or someone looking for a quick Valentine’s day read.įrom author Julie Clark comes a twisted con-woman thriller about two women out for revenge―or is it justice? The book could have delved into some heavier topics that were mentioned just in passing–like Sora’s miscarriage–and it just left me wanting more than a surface-level love story. Unfortunately, the way that Sora was portrayed as the crazy ex-girlfriend kind of rubbed me the wrong way. It’s so important to learn to love yourself first before jumping into a relationship. I loved the idea of the “go solo” challenge, despite being happily engaged. The pros: a cute one-eyed dog, a hot childhood second chance, and a fun premise. I’m not exactly sure why, because there was plenty I liked–I just didn’t love it. While the premise of The Second You’re Single was fun, the book didn’t grab me as much as I expected it to. And relationships always end, so why should Jack be any different–even though he’s confounding all her long-held expectations of love? The Review: When they see each other at the local grocery store and the attraction hits hard, Sora knows she has to shut it down, quick. A muscle-bound baker who looks like he lifts logs on the weekends, Sora hasn’t thought of Jack since they were in elementary school together. But relationships aren’t built to last, so it shouldn’t be that hard. When her pledge to stay single in February inspires readers to #gosolo, Sora has a responsibility to empower her readers. What is it with the commercial love machine? Why do we pin our hopes on one romantic day, when staying home with a package of bacon and a bottle of tequila would be way better? Sora’s been betrayed and disappointed more than once and her heart is starting to feel like her Grandma Mitsuye’s antique Japanese ceramic bowl, with its many gold-filled cracks. The one thing that disrupts her inertia: an intense dislike for Valentine’s Day. She’d rather stay at home with her insufferable neighbor and her adorable pitbull. For Sora, minimal input, minimal expectations is the way to go. She’s the odd one out in a close-knit family of go-getters, including her Japanese-American mom, who hints about her need to lose weight, and her soon-to-be married, overachieving younger sister, who needs her to have a date for the wedding, since a wedding party couples’ dance with their Scottish great uncle Bob simply won’t do. I may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this site.įreelance writer Sora Reid believes in inertia. The Second You’re Single by Cara Tanamachi This page is just for books that I never reviewed, but I’ve moved more towards reviews and summaries in the same post over there. It is WAY more current than this page, and has a decent number of titles at this point, including many recent releases. I also have a list of reviews with spoilers here. If you’ve read any of these books, click the image to join the spoiler discussion! If you have anything to add to any of these summaries, I’d love to see your comments. I still think they’re useful, though, so that’s why we’re here: I’ve created this landing page for all of my ten-second spoilers! I won’t ever have the time to go back and write full-length summaries or reviews for these books. Bookstagram became my main priority, but I still love posting spoilers here.įor some of these books I read pre-blog, all I have are two-sentence summaries to jog my own memory. I made a Bookstagram to promote my blog, but quickly fell in love with that community. To me, there seemed to be enough of a gap that I could start my own blog of spoilers to help people like me! I found a couple of sites that spoil the endings (shouting out my new friend Jen Ryland here!), but couldn’t find everything I was looking for. When I didn’t write down the ending right away, I would try googling it to add it to my list. Often the synopsis alone isn’t enough to jog my memory! I especially needed these spoilers for books in a series, when it had been a while since I read the previous novel. I started jotting down endings because I found myself re-reading books I had already read, knowing I’d read it before but unable to recall the ending. Before I started blogging and Bookstagram, I was writing down the endings to books in my bullet journal as I finished them.
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