Title Always by Sarah Jio
Publisher Random House (Ballantine Books) February 2017 288 pp
Genre women's literature, fiction, romance, chick lit, contemporary romance
4.5 stars
Author
Sarah Jio is an international bestselling, award winning author of 8 books. She also is a contributing journalist to u droid publications including the New York Times, O, Glamour, and many others. She has also appeared as a commentator on NPRs Morning Edition. She lives in Seattle and knows the city well. I know little about the music scene in Seattle, but her research is generally impeccable, and she writes hauntingly beautiful prose.
I was originally giving this 4 stars, but having read her recent columns for my background research, I was ready to give her five full stars for her continued faith in love. My cynicism is showing. She has my admiration. I have no doubt she is raising the future Prince Charmings in her three sons.
Story line
I was immediately transported to Seattle, present and past (1996) as the story alternates between these two time frames. Kailey, a newspaper journalist with a promising career is newly engaged to a seemingly perfect businessman, Ryan, who adores her. However, she will always remember her first, true love, Cade. Then she unexpectedly meets him and has to uncover his story. This provides an interesting social awareness backstory of homelessness. There is a powerful mix of heartbreak and hope. It's an emotional tangle with two good men and impossible choices. There is good pacing, with an element of suspense and good character development. Yes, you can predict the ending, and it's a little too perfect, but sometimes suspending reality feels lovely. Love is rarely simple, and it's always worth fighting for. The greater good humanitarianism, has never been more important. It was a fast read (my kindle said two hours). I'm expecting Tom Hanks in the title role.
Spoiler: With each new political appointee I wanted her to marry the rich guy and buy the right people, not move to France.
Read on
Especially her debut The Violets of March and The Last Camellia
Lisa Kleypas, Debbie Macomber, Georgette Heyer, Sophie Kinsella
Quotes
To old love and new, but, most of all, to the kind that lasts, always.
It’s true. I’ve long since stopped feeling the ache in my heart that I lived with for so long. I may not have had closure, but I have tasted wisdom.
I know that all I want, for the rest of my life, is this. All I want is this love. I want it every day. I want it morning and night. I want to breathe it in. I want to drown in it. And it strikes me how wonderful and tragic it is that in a sea of people just one can reach you so deeply.
Received as an ARC ebook from Netgalley.
Valentine approaches. It is a time of gift giving, to express our love with personal presents. Books are ALWAYS appropriate, especially this one. I have read all of Jio's previous novels, recommended them to many people, and included one as a book club pick as I have never been disappointed. Her books are charming, gentle, thought provoking reads. They often provide you with an intense sense of time and place with fascinating i depth characterization and wonderfully descriptive layered stories. They are all great escapism reads too, to continue my 2017 theme. I opened this book with high expectations and great anticipation.
Title Always by Sarah Jio
Publisher Random House (Ballantine Books) February 2017 288 pp
Genre women's literature, fiction, romance, chick lit, contemporary romance
4.5 stars
Author
Sarah Jio is an international bestselling, award winning author of 8 books. She also is a contributing journalist to u droid publications including the New York Times, O, Glamour, and many others. She has also appeared as a commentator on NPRs Morning Edition. She lives in Seattle and knows the city well. I know little about the music scene in Seattle, but her research is generally impeccable, and she writes hauntingly beautiful prose.
I was originally giving this 4 stars, but having read her recent columns for my background research, I was ready to give her five full stars for her continued faith in love. My cynicism is showing, it she has my admiration. I have no doubt she is raising the future Prince Charmings in her three sons.
Story line
I was immediately transported to Seattle, present and past (1996) as the story alternates between these two time frames. Kailey, a newspaper journalist with a promising career is newly engaged to a seemingly perfect businessman, Ryan, who adores her. However, she will always remember her first, true love, Cade. Then she unexpectedly meets him and has to uncover his story. This provides an interesting social awareness backstory of homelessness. There is a powerful mix of heartbreak and hope. It's an emotional tangle with two good men and impossible choices. There is good pacing, with an element of suspense and good character development. Yes, you can predict the ending, and it's a little too perfect, but sometimes suspending reality feels lovely. Love is rarely simple, and it's always worth fighting for. The greater good humanitarianism, has never been more important. It was a fast read (my kindle said two hours). I'm expecting Tom Hanks in the title role.
Spoiler: With each new political appointee I wanted her to marry the rich guy and buy the right people, not move to France.
Read on
Especially her debut The Violets of March and The Last Camellia
Lisa Kleypas, Debbie Macomber, Georgette Heyer, Sophie Kinsella
Quotes
To old love and new, but, most of all, to the kind that lasts, always.
It’s true. I’ve long since stopped feeling the ache in my heart that I lived with for so long. I may not have had closure, but I have tasted wisdom.
I know that all I want, for the rest of my life, is this. All I want is this love. I want it every day. I want it morning and night. I want to breathe it in. I want to drown in it. And it strikes me how wonderful and tragic it is that in a sea of people just one can reach you so deeply.
Received as an ARC ebook from Netgalley, as well as purchased hardcover.
Published in Friends of the Rochester Public Library Wordpress blog, celtreads.blogspot, Amazon, Goodreads and Facebook.
Valentine approaches. It is a time of gift giving, to express our love with personal presents. Books are ALWAYS appropriate, especially this one. I have read all of Jio's previous novels, recommended them to many people, and included one as a book club pick as I have never been disappointed. Her books are charming, gentle, thought provoking reads. They often provide you with an intense sense of time and place with fascinating i depth characterization and wonderfully descriptive layered stories. They are all great escapism reads too, to continue my 2017 theme. I opened this book with high expectations and great anticipation.
Title Always by Sarah Jio
Publisher Random House (Ballantine Books) February 2017 288 pp
Genre women's literature, fiction, romance, chick lit, contemporary romance
4.5 stars
Author
Sarah Jio is an international bestselling, award winning author of 8 books. She also is a contributing journalist to u droid publications including the New York Times, O, Glamour, and many others. She has also appeared as a commentator on NPRs Morning Edition. She lives in Seattle and knows the city well. I know little about the music scene in Seattle, but her research is generally impeccable, and she writes hauntingly beautiful prose.
I was originally giving this 4 stars, but having read her recent columns for my background research, I was ready to give her five full stars for her continued faith in love. My cynicism is showing, it she has my admiration. I have no doubt she is raising the future Prince Charmings in her three sons.
Story line
I was immediately transported to Seattle, present and past (1996) as the story alternates between these two time frames. Kailey, a newspaper journalist with a promising career is newly engaged to a seemingly perfect businessman, Ryan, who adores her. However, she will always remember her first, true love, Cade. Then she unexpectedly meets him and has to uncover his story. This provides an interesting social awareness backstory of homelessness. There is a powerful mix of heartbreak and hope. It's an emotional tangle with two good men and impossible choices. There is good pacing, with an element of suspense and good character development. Yes, you can predict the ending, and it's a little too perfect, but sometimes suspending reality feels lovely. Love is rarely simple, and it's always worth fighting for. The greater good humanitarianism, has never been more important. It was a fast read (my kindle said two hours). I'm expecting Tom Hanks in the title role.
Spoiler: With each new political appointee I wanted her to marry the rich guy and buy the right people, not move to France.
Read on
Especially her debut The Violets of March and The Last Camellia
Lisa Kleypas, Debbie Macomber, Georgette Heyer, Sophie Kinsella
Quotes
To old love and new, but, most of all, to the kind that lasts, always.
It’s true. I’ve long since stopped feeling the ache in my heart that I lived with for so long. I may not have had closure, but I have tasted wisdom.
I know that all I want, for the rest of my life, is this. All I want is this love. I want it every day. I want it morning and night. I want to breathe it in. I want to drown in it. And it strikes me how wonderful and tragic it is that in a sea of people just one can reach you so deeply.
Received as an ARC ebook from Netgalley, as well as purchased hardcover.
Published in Friends of the Rochester Public Library Wordpress blog, celtreads.blogspot, Amazon, Goodreads and Facebook.
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