Title: The One That Got Away
Series: Friendship, Texas #4
Author: Magan Vernon
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Blurb
A brand new standalone from Friendship, Texas featuring everyone's favorite awkward baker and the one that got away.
I looked up and standing there was my ex-boyfriend, Jordan Webber. Maybe ex-boyfriend wasn't the right word. Maybe the boy who I dated for almost two years. Then he graduated early, leaving for art school in New York. He wanted me to come with him, but what future did I have in New York? My parents weren’t paying for me to go to school unless it was a state school with a real degree and all I ever wanted was to do photography. So the portrait studio worked for the time being until I realized I really needed to get out of the house and took the part-time job at the bakery. Between my parents’ divorce, work, and trying to get over my break up, I was basically a hot mess the first two years after high school. Joey came in at the right time as a distraction then the job at the bakery. But I still never forgot about the one that got away.
I hadn't seen Jordan in over four years and there he was, standing there with a hand on one of the boxes and his blue eyes wide open like he'd just seen a ghost.
"Abbey Dillinger?" he asked, it wasn't so much of a question as it was a breathless statement.
I hated him for leaving me. He could have gone to art school in Dallas. He could have stayed if he really did love me. I should have hated him. But seeing him, standing in front of me, I couldn’t hate him. The past four years had been very good to him.
**This book is a standalone in a series of standalones taking place in the fictional town of Friendship, Texas. You don't need to read any of the previous books to understand this one***
ADD TO GOODREADS
This was my first venture into Friendship, Texas and I have to say I enjoyed the trip. This standalone second chance romance was a quick, sometimes predictable, read.
I'm a sucker for a second chance romance. I love the idea of two people coming back together and making the commitment to try again that gets me. This book adds another fun element to me-high school sweethearts coming back together. I did have to remind myself that the characters were young as some of their actions/reactions seemed a bit childish.
I did like the main characters. Abbey and Jordan worked well together and I did want them to be together. But again, I needed to remind myself that these characters were young because I had a hard time connecting with them. I felt Jordan was a bit wishy washy but at that age I think many men are so overall that worked.
I didn't always enjoy the secondary characters, they almost detracted from the book for me. But the pacing of the book was good, the writing was solid. I would try this author again and would recommend this book for someone looking for a college aged second chance romance.
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