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Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover

A brand new reading experience.  I believe that Colleen Hoover is the most innovative writer of anyone I have ever encountered.  I have heard of authors having a playlist to their books as in songs that have given them motivation or even thoughts from the songs to the pages that they are writing.  Actually, Colleen (yes I can call her by her first name because her writing has touched my soul-that puts us on a first name basis!) did this with Slammed and the Avett Brothers.  What a great way to express what you are feeling, but also give you a reference for what the characters are feeling, and also connect with the author.  But what Colleen has completed with Maybe Someday is an entire new experience. 

The first song was good and I thought, ok, this is a cool idea.  But after I started to get to know the characters and followed along with the plot, the song that changed the entire experience for me was “I’m in Trouble.” I literally got chills.  It was such an amazing moment.  I started smiling and got embarrassed because the words were so true, Ridge was in trouble.  I loved Maybe Someday and of course the last two songs were amazing and brought tears to my eyes.  Griffin Peterson, you did an excellent job with the music! I of course bought the album on iTunes and can’t stop listening to it… daily.

I loved the dual points of view.  I enjoyed getting to know Ridge and Sydney through their own perspectives, and Ridge especially was an amazing character, totally crush worthy and an amazing man.  I also loved Warren.  What a great secondary character and I loved that he wanted Sydney all up in his business and that he never got the hint.  I loved that he was a faithful friend to both Sydney and Ridge. 

I’m not going to lie (why would I?  It’s my blog). I spent a large majority of this book upset with both Ridge and Sydney.  I couldn’t believe what was going on especially after what Sydney had gone through at the beginning.  I don’t want to say much more than that, but know that I was upset with them and wanted to slap them around a little bit. When I wasn’t upset with them, I loved that Ridge would tell Sydney things that he had never told anyone.  It brought a special component to their growing friendship.  The stories from his past were heart wrenching and showed a very vulnerable side to Ridge which of course had me falling head over heels… I was in love!

So as I finished the book and even read the extra epilogue I sat speechless.  My heart beating (beat beat pause), and I just didn’t want it to end.  This seems to be a common theme with Colleen’s books.  She gets you hooked on characters that become a part of you.  I felt like Ridge and Sydney were my friends and at any point they could have turned to me and included me in the pages.  I feel like the worst part of finishing a Colleen Hoover book is that I feel like I’m going to miss my new friends.  Guess I’ll just have to re-read!    

I cannot wait for Ugly Love!!!   

Keep Reading and Listening my Friends!