One True Loves
Washington Square Press
June 7, 2016
Paperback
352
Publisher via BookSparks
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.
My review:
Probably one of the best opening lines ever:
“I am finishing up dinner with my family and my fiancé when my husband calls.”
If that doesn't make you want to keep reading, right? This book was great. This author has yet to let me down with her books, which always have a great plot, emotional situations, and some really great quotes! This was definitely a novel that made you think what would you do if facing the same type of situation? Really well written (did I mention the quotes?), great flow, and characters. I'm not sure that Emma didn't start to annoy me toward the end with her waffling, but it ended very satisfactorily for me, so I'm going to forgive that small flaw. I loved that this really brings home the point that where you are in your twenties (emotionally and goal-wise) is not necessarily where you will be a few years later. People change, and does love always change with them? Great thought provoking questions abound in this gem!
Perhaps a bit schmaltzy for some, for me this is a wonderful read about what constitutes true love, and is it possible to have more than one in your lifetime?
This is part of the BookSparks June picks for their summer reading challenge (SRC2016). Click the link for more info, and to follow along this summer.
I can take a little bit of schmaltz if the story grabs me. It sounds like this one definitely would!
The writing is really what grabs me, I find her books to be written so well that they pull you in and you fly through them. They always have a thought provoking theme as well.
I LOVE that first line! You're right about it being one of the best ever. This book has come so highly recommended to me by so many that I think I'm going to just go ahead and buy it instead of waiting on the library copy. Great review as always.
While its not going to win any literary awards, I did like that it makes you think about the what ifs in your life. I find her writing to be so smooth and seamless that you fly through the book!
Yes with this book I thought it really points out well that when you are in your twenties you are while the same person, you change and evolve into someone who might just make different decisions. I enjoyed the book, didn't go head over heels about it but did think it was a four star read.
I absolutely agree! Thanks Kathryn 🙂