ARC Review: One and Only by Jenny Holiday

Posted February 24, 2018 by Francesca in Reviews / 8 Comments

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This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

One and Only
by Jenny Holiday

3 Stars

BOOK INFO

Released: February 27th 2018
Series: Bridesmaids Behaving Badly #1
Published by Forever
Pages: 368
Format: eARC

“ONE AND ONLY was a carefree and fun story and if you’re looking for a sweet contemporary romance that will put you in a good mood, then you should give it a try.”
~ Under the Covers

I couldn’t resist the cuteness of this cover and the fact this was a wedding themed storyline. I don’t usually read a lot of those, but when I do I tend to enjoy them and I thought it would be the perfect chance to try this author. And for the most part this was a sweet intro to a series and a great place to start reading this author. But some other things I didn’t really care enough about to give it a higher rating.

First of all, I loved the heroine. She’s smart, independent, accomplished, and the responsible friend. She’s lived her life without taking a lot of risks or much excitement and that’s in part of something in her past. But I really liked her because she was real and solid. When she meets the hero, and obviously he’s a 180 from her, I felt that she might’ve stepped out of her comfort zone a little too easily for me. I guess I wanted her to have more internal struggles about some of the things she was getting into instead of just changing her personality in the spur of the moment.

Then there’s the hero. He’s so sexy and easygoing I can see how anyone would get swept off her feet. He’s also sweet and has lived his life knowing people had such low expectations of him he felt like maybe he should just meet them, or let them believe he did. That was both sad and sweet. And I wanted him to have a more take charge attitude towards his life because that’s something I find sexy. I think he was still trying to find his way and that was a little bit of a turn off for me.

ONE AND ONLY was a carefree and fun story and if you’re looking for a sweet contemporary romance that will put you in a good mood, then you should give it a try. I’m very interested in this group of girls and I can’t wait for the next one in the series. I have a feeling I’m going to love it because I just adored Wendy.

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About Jenny Holiday

Jenny Holiday is a USA Today bestselling author who started writing at age nine when her awesome fourth-grade teacher gave her a notebook and told her to start writing some stories. After a detour to get a PhD in geography, she worked as a professional writer, producing everything from speeches to magazine articles. Later, her tastes having evolved from alien invasions to happily-ever-afters, she tried her hand at romance. She lives in London, Ontario, with her family.

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I’m a 30 something sun lover living in the Big Apple (read New York).I’m a book and coffee addict and lover of all things elephants.

I get easily distracted by pictures of sexy guys and have tons of book boyfriends.I keep all my alpha males chained to my basement and guard them fiercely.*Back off bitches*I like to see Jason Momoa as a lot of those boyfriends, because ….. mmmmmmm JASON.MOMOA!

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