That’s no reflection on Jenkins Reid as an author, but it was more so a case of right book, wrong time. However I do sort of wish that I read this before I read Evelyn Hugo or Daisy Jones, because I think that I put such a massive expectation on this after such amazing books that it just didn’t live up to the hype. It definitely kept me gripped from the very beginning, that’s for sure. I couldn’t imagine the struggle of that actually happening to you, so I was really rooting for her to make the right decision the whole way through. I found myself for the most part absolutely torn between Sam and Jesse and really felt for Emma, the main character. It was written really beautifully, and the prose was excellent. I loved the idea of this book, and I knew that an author like Jenkins Reid would be able to conjure a believable, but complicated love triangle and actually pull it off. But just as Sam and Emma are celebrating their engagement three years later, Jesse shows up alive. After grieving him, she finds Sam, who helps her to love again. But on their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is in a horrible helicopter crash and is presumed dead. One True Loves has a great premise: Emma and Jesse were childhood sweethearts and after being together for almost 10 years, they get married. After absolutely adoring both Daisy Jones and Evelyn Hugo much like most of the bookish community, I was really excited to get stuck into this one, although I have to admit it didn’t exactly hit the same mark as the former pair, but I did still enjoy it! Let’s delve into a bit more. In anticipation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s newest book, Malibu Rising, next month, I decided to take a dive into her back catalogue by reading one of her earlier books, One True Loves.

Who is her one true love? What does it mean to love truly?Įmma knows she has to listen to her heart. 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. He’s alive, and he’s been trying all these years to come home to her. When Emma and Sam get engaged, it feels like Emma’s second chance at happiness. Years later, now in her thirties, Emma runs into an old friend, Sam, and finds herself falling in love again. Just like that, Jesse is gone forever.Įmma quits her job and moves home in an effort to put her life back together.

On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure.

They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts. In her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid Contemporary, Romance Goodreads | Bookshop | Book Depository

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