One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

352 pages

★★★★

Emma Blair marries her high school crush, Jesse, and they spend their young lives traveling the world together. On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse goes on a trip to Alaska and doesn’t return after the helicopter he was in crashed. With the love of her life missing, Blair is crushed so she moves back home and begins working with her parents at their bookstore that she hated growing up. Over the next two years, she falls in love with her hometown, reading, her parents bookstore, and her childhood best friend. Vowing to never forget Jesse, Blair creates a comfortable life with Sam. Until she picks up a call and hears Jesse on the other end.

This was a wild ride from the very beginning and the premise was so interesting to me as I had never heard of it before. While reading it, I realized that there are other movies and books with similar plots but as this was my first one, I thought it was great. The middle dragged on a little but it was an emotional push and pull between two loves of her life.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, 389 p.

"Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.
Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways."--Goodreads blurb

 This book has been on my radar for many years now and boy do I wish I'd read it sooner. I loved this book. So well-written, emotional, and engrossing. This was my first book by Reid, though I see her name everywhere. I will definitely be trying some more of her books, as she is phenomenal.