“When you find love, you take it. You grab it with both hands and you do everything in your power not to let it go. You can’t just walk away from it and expect it to linger until you’re ready for it.” – 4/5 stars!

Attention! This book contains: dinner dates, terrible parents, drama, scars, novelists, and life changes.

Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with an unforgettable love story between a writer and his unexpected muse.

Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist.

Can Ben’s relationship with Fallon—and simultaneously his novel—be considered a love story if it ends in heartbreak?

It has been a while since I’ve picked up a Colleen Hoover book! It’s not that I don’t like them, I just don’t grab them anymore – but I had this on my shelf for a very long time and it was time to finally give it a go.
I liked it! It’s not my favorite book from her, but it’s also not at the bottom of the list. The concept of the book was really interesting and unique: the characters meet on the same day, every year for 5 years, and each chapter is a different year! They have no contact the rest of the time, just that one day per year. It was interesting to see how their lives changed so much from year to year, and I thought the portrait was very realistic and believable. Sometimes they were dating other people, other times they were not – and that made it difficult for them to be together.
For me, this story made me think about how some people don’t get together because the timing is not quite right – and sometimes it will never be right. But I also believe that some people are meant to be together, and will eventually find their way to each other.
I really liked this story and how creative it was – I mean, it’s Colleen, so of course the story is very creative and different. I wonder if November 9th is a special day for her?

I enjoyed this a lot, and in true Colleen fashion, this had a few plot twists in the mix! It was fast-paced, and every year something dramatic happened so I was always invested in the story. This was the only Colleen Hoover book I was missing from her older books, so now I’m (mostly) up to date! I still have a few books to read from her that are more recent, but we’ll get there eventually.