Yours Truly

I just finished yours truly by Abby jimiere And here are my musings!

When Dr Briana Ortiz finds out the new doctor has arrived and is going to compete with her for the promotion she thought she had in the bag, turns her already pigsty life into a storm of hell! When the nurses end up calling him Dr death... she feels it with her whole soul. That is until he writes her a letter... Feeling him pour him soul into the letter she knows she misunderstood the situation and him. She decides to give him a shot and writes a letter back...

Their friendship blossoms into a whirlwind of laughter, tears and brutal honesty that when Jacob decides to get tested to see if he is a match for her brother to have a kidney, he doesn't hesitate to say yes! Briana would give him the moon at this point and when he asks a favor from her, she knows she will do anything to help him out

This book was so adorable. I can totally relate to Briana and the wreckage that is her life. Divorcing a man who cheated for years with a friend of hers, finding out the new doc might just get her promotion, a very sick brother... Ugh that's so much! Too much for one person. She is literally holding herself together with pure stubbornness. What she did to her ex when she found out he cheated??? Pure gold haha!

Jacob is the literal opposite to her. Social anxiety. Awkward but so sweet and kind. Finds out his ex is marrying his brother and he just wants what is best for them. That's amazingly selfless. Watching their friendship develop was absolutely literary magic. I laughed so hard and sobbed so much my husband was starting to get worried about me. He shouldn't have been, this book took me on the most spectacular ride that I found myself wishing the book wouldn't end. It was so raw and real I couldn't get enough of Jacob and Briana's exchanges. I loved watching how she drew him out of himself and he helped to rebuild her trust in herself and the world.

Are you a fan of rom coms? This one will blow expectation you have out of the water.

5 stars. Thank you

WHEWWWWWWWEWW WOW!

Abby Jimenez is such a good writer, and you can really tell she writes from experiences. I personally found Jacob to be painfully relatable, and I was very happy to read him and Bri's story. 

Some of this book is a little messy, but I still felt so hard for these characters and was happy to follow along as they reached their HEA.

I truly don't get the hype with this one. I mean it started out strong I was giggling, kicking my feet and screaming.

I decided to do the Alphabet challenge and I needed a book that started with Y. What a happy surprise to have this be a 5 star read for me. I absolutely adored Briana and Jacob! I loved how she really saw him even through his struggles with anxiety and I loved that he helped her through her trust issues. For anyone that struggles with anxiety, this book will likely speak to you. I'm off to read more of Abby's books because this one was incredible. The banter, the love, the heartbreak, the laughs. I loved every part of it from the get go.

5⭐️ POR QUÉ NO LE PUEDO PONER INFINITAS PERO QUE MARAVILLA ES ESTÁ??? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Those are happy tears. I promise.

Honestly this was a 4 star for the vast majority then the last 30 pages and the journal just made my heart full. I just loved this.

3.25/4 - Let me start off by saying that it is ok to write a book with less than 350 pages. Not all books have to be 400 pages long and this book was no different. This could've been cut down by 150 pages. The miscommunication was off the charts between Briana and Jacob for absolutely no reason. They were in their mid 30's acting like this. Brianna was my favorite side character in Part of Your World, but she was borderline insufferable in this book. And everyone treated Jacob like he was a wounded bird who would break at any moment. I didn't think their chemistry was believable. However, I did enjoy the banter and the letters they wrote one another.

Ik was mega excited om Briana's verhaal te lezen want in Part of Your World kwam ze over als een bad bitch. Maar mi gaddo dit was allemaal zo zoetsappig geschreven. Jacob maakt de meest mid joke ooit, Briana: “I was laughing SO HARD”. Oke miss girl? Verhaal ansich was wel heel leuk en daardoor snel uitgelezen. Wel extra ster aftrek voor een pregnancy trope ughh

THIS WAS SO BEAUTIFUL

Overall I enjoyed the book, I loved the banter and the rep was so good. It made even my little cold heart feel things. The two MCs had amazing chemistry and I loved seeing them together but my god, the miscommunication was exhausting. I understand what the author was trying to portrayed but it was way overdone and that makes me sad. A very good read otherwise!

Me ha gustado mucho, pero en algunos momentos había too much lack of communication

abby jimenez is THAT GIRL

Okay 4.5 - the miscommunication started to drive me nuts and sorry but the main character becoming best friends with the ex didn't sit right. Other than that I LOVED this book and resonated with the male main character which I did not think would happen but that made me appreciate it much more.

Also it could've ended after the first conflict resolution I don't think it needed to keep going.

4/5

The first 80-90% was amazing. I loved it. And then the last 10% destroyed the book for me.

There was NOTHING in the earlier part even implying that Briana had been pregnant and lost a baby. Nothing. And then we get a surprise pregnancy trope at the VERY end and the surprise miscarriage in the past?? Excuse me??? Why??? Makes no sense. There's nothing in the story even implying that that had happened earlier. She only said she never had children with her ex-husband, not that she had been pregnant!

If there was even a mention in the first half of the book, I wouldn't be that frustrated. But there was NOTHING. And suddenly we learn that she was pregnant and lost it?? And now she's pregnant again?? And she fucking pushed Jacob away?? Because of that trauma?? Come on. It was completely unnecessary.

I cried while reading it, but it was still unnecessary. Though I loved that Jacob gave Briana his journal.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Jacob's got social anxiety and his ex is marrying his brother. Briana is going through a divorce and her brother needs a kidney stat. Now she has to deal with the new doctor trying to take her job. I loved how this book moved quickly past enemies to lovers and on to swoony fake dating. They were harmless to each other, which I appreciated throughout.

4.75/5 ⭐
I love Jacob so much he deserves the world and Briana better treat him right. Only my second Abby Jimenez book but I want to read everything she's ever written already. Jacob's anxiety was so well-written. I found myself relating to him a lot which is great. And the way Briana learned what made Jacob anxious and how to read him was so sweet I can't. I love fake dating and friends-to-lovers so this was perfect. Them bonding was everything. The letters, the phone calls, the closet meetings. Yes. Also I usually hate the one-bed trope but it was so good in this book. Briana's commitment issues kind of came out of nowhere for me. It didn't feel like it was built up throughout the book and was instead just thrown in at the end. So the third-act breakup was a little annoying because they literally just got together. Also the accidental pregnancy didn't feel necessary. But overall such a great book. Almost perfect, highly recommend.

I found the main characters both annoying and their constant fighting unnecessary. Also the fact that she was pregnant at the end felt forced. Missed the magic of Part of Your World

I think Abby Jimenez just became an auto-buy author for me. I TORE through Yours Truly. I five-starred the first book in this series two years ago, but somehow missed this one until book 3 came out (which I will now have to buy, thems the rules).

I laughed out loud. I literally cried. I did not care one bit that the miscommunication could have been solved way earlier. The longing was SO GOOD. The pining after each other and falling in love was so wonderful. Fantastic banter, Jacob was such a wonderful H. I keep coming back to this word, gooey - like not saccharine, but like a lava cake, where you feel melty and sweet and also that the edges are strong enough to hold the whole thing up.

He and Briana didn't even kiss until like 75% of the way through but but but the longing! The family interactions! The conversations about their hypothetical daughter named Xfinity and other ridiculous hypotheticals.

CW: mention of miscarriage, multiple characters with normal pregnancies, cheating (past), divorce, depression, anxiety/panic attacks; both H/h work as ER doctors so also - wounds, blood, stitches, kidney failure, dialysis, organ donation

4.5*

3.5 rounded down.

I thought this would be a 5 star read for me. I wanted it to be a 5 star read, but something didn't click for me.

It felt unnecessary long. It had good characters and some things I really enjoyed and ended strong. The last chapter was great. But the parts I didn't enjoy lead to a rating of 3.5

The book does do good job with mental health issues, especially anxiety, in my opinion.

this was literally 350 pages of miscommunication and 30 of happiness but . still so adorable ily jacob

Reader, I CRIED like 8 times.

This was gorgeous, but holy shit I have not related to a character so strongly in so long as I related to Jacob, like it fucking HURT to read.

I loved this, 10 out of 5 stars.

This book was amazing. It grabbed me from the first page and didn't let go. I binged this book so hard. Briana and Jacob are the most amazing couple. At first they didn't like each other, but then they start to send letters to each other and everything changes. They begin to fake date and learn so much about each other.

I love the male characters that Abby Jimenez writes. They give me hope in the world for the “good guys” and having Jacob have anxiety was even more endearing. I just can't stop thinking about this book and I have already gotten another of her books and I'm ready to read that next. She has definitely become an auto buy author for me.