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One Song Away (2014)

by Molli Moran(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

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Romance

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Molli Moran

review 1: Sophie-Claire’s life isn’t going as she thought it would. After high school she moved to Nashville where she wanted to pursue her dreams of being a singer/songwriter. That’s not happened the way she thought it would and she’s not happy about it. Then her boyfriend cheats on her and her roommate tells her she needs to move out – things weren’t looking up. She has no money to get another apartment so she ends up moving back to her hometown. She knows she can’t live with her parents for the long haul so starts immediately looking for a job.Sophie runs into Jake who was one of her best friends in high school and also her first love. He offers her a job at the coffee shop he owns and she’s thrilled. She never actually told Jake how she felt about him but believe... mores now that she’s an adult she can work for him and continue to be friends with him. Unfortunately she told her matchmaking mama that she had a boyfriend (when she didn’t) so she asks Jake to be the fake boyfriend. Jake agrees but soon Sophie finds herself falling in love with Jake all over again – only this time it’s an adult love that she may not be able to survive if he doesn’t feel the same.Sophie was an interesting character. At times she seemed to really like herself and have herself totally together (well, except for that whole job/living situation) but at other times she completely confounded me because she seemed to have such low self-esteem. I can’t say that the two sides coalesced all the time in my mind. I can’t say that I agreed with all of her actions throughout the book. When she finally confessed to Jake and he became more than shocked at her confession she wouldn’t let him get a word in edgewise and allow him tell her how he was feeling. She assumed she knew and that irritated me as it ended up being a one-sided conversation almost entirely.Now the story was told from Sophie’s POV so I didn’t get too much insight into Jake except what we learned from Sophie. I saw a guy that was incredibly likable and all signs pointed to him falling in love with Sophie. She couldn’t see that, however, and when she did hear him stating that he was actually with her, and she realized that their relationship wasn’t fake any longer, she pushed him away and couldn’t deal with it. I just didn’t get that. Why would she do that when she was finally getting everything she’d wanted? I was confused. Then, after the love confession Jake, imho, should have run to her, groveled and spoke his mind but he let her be alone until she was ready to talk to him. Not my idea of going after what you really want.Despite some of the issues I had with the last part of the story the first ¾ of the story was quite good. I enjoyed seeing the relationship between Jake and Sophie grow and flourish. It was a story with pretty high emotion and not necessarily a light read but I thought it worked in the story’s favor. I really enjoy friends to lovers stories and while this one had a few hiccups for me it was a good one overall.Rating: 3.5 out of 5
review 2: Sophie and Jake's story actually began years ago, when they were kids and best friends. Life took them in different directions--Jake to see the world, Sophie to Nashville to be a singer-songwriter--but it also brought them back home. They pick up where they left off, rebuilding their friendship that had gone cold due to time and distance. For Sophie though, a renewed friendship with Jake also brought back feelings she'd had for him when she was younger, feelings that have not changed but have gotten stronger. Their boyfriend-girlfriend relationship is a ploy but it become increasingly obvious that it isn't, not for Sophie at least.Despite this story being told from only Sophie's POV, there were a lot of hints that Jake might possibly feel more than friendship toward her. His possessiveness at a dance was one, his deflection of another woman's attention another, and his desire to kiss and touch Sophie yet another. The first, I chalked up to him being a good friend. The other two, I decided were a necessity for their fake relationship to appear real. Then I started to wonder if maybe, just maybe, he felt more than friendship toward Sophie. Seemed like it, especially when he refused the other woman's kiss.There is one section of this story that reminded me of how realistic fictional characters can be. After Jake turns down the other woman, he says something that, unbeknownst to him, Sophie hears and it's a huge turning point for them. While that truly is an "Aw..." moment doused in a healthy chorus of sighs, that's not why it served as a reminder. Sophie's reaction was. See, she didn't turn into mush, or run after him and tell him she heard everything, or jump and down with joy. She did the opposite: she shut him out.That saying, "Shit just got real," definitely applied here, lol. I was both amused and relieved by her reaction. Why? For me, it showed just how much she wanted it to be real but also how unprepared she was for it to actually be real.Throughout the entire story was Sophie's dream of becoming a singer-songwriter. It was why she left for Nashville in the first place. I wanted her to have her dream, especially after her ex blew into town and made her the deal of a lifetime, but I also wanted her to have her moment in the sun while she was home, showcase her talent in front of her friends and her family. She got her chance and used it to convey her decision on whether or not she was going to take up her ex's offer.The first time I read a Molli Moran story, I was astounded at how relative it was. The characters, settings, and situations, were real. This story follows that formula. It delivers a beautiful friends-to-lovers tale that someone out there will be able to identify with. It reminds us that sometimes the love and happiness a person wants isn't found abroad but in their own backyard.***Received from author for an honest review*** less

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