I Do(n’t) by Leddy Harper
Release Blitz
August 10, 2017
Blurb:
I fell in love with Holden York when I was six years old.
Most of my youth came with spiral notebooks filled with doodles, wedding plans, and “Janelle York” looped in bubbly handwriting.
However, one night in Vegas changed everything.
I woke up to more than just a fantasy of my brother’s best friend.
Five years later, I’m standing on his doorstep confronting him about the secret he kept from me.
If you think this is the story of how we rode off into the sunset together…
You’re so wrong.
But if you think this is the story of how Holden blackmailed me into living with him…
You couldn’t be more right.
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
As soon as I read the blurb for I Do(n’t), I was sucked in. I love the brother’s best friend trope, and this cover is amazeballs. The two other Leddy Harper books I read — Silenced and Dane — took me on major rollercoaster rides, and I couldn’t wait to see what was in store with I Do(n’t).
I feel like I was reading something by a different author. And I mean that with the highest of compliments. The Leddy Harper I know of writes gut-wrenching, emotional stories full of angst. While I Do(n’t) definitely had some angst, it takes a much lighter tone than the previous books of hers that I’m familiar with. And I think that is a major testament to Leddy’s creative writing skills.
At first, I thought Holden’s excuses as to why he neglected to tell Janelle that they had gotten married were BS. But knowing that they would play a part in the bigger picture of this couple’s love affair, you have to suspend belief and just go with it. I so wanted this couple to get their crap together and get on the same page!
My one complaint is that when Janelle finally goes to Holden and they move away from being just roommates and more towards rekindling whatever it was between then all those years ago, he didn’t question her reasons why. I mean, at all. Never asked what changed her mind, etc. And after all of their discussions about the night that she couldn’t remember, and everything else under the sun, I was surprised that he was just all, “okay, then! Come on into my bed!” without any sort of discussion after the fact.
I loved Holden’s “oh crap” moment when he finally realized how their entire relationship must have looked through Janelle’s eyes. He really needed to grovel to win her back, and when he finally confessed everything to her, it left me with a tear in my eye.
This story hooked me from the get-go. The characters are engaging, their history ran deep, and the drama surrounding her family — and how Holden had been there when she was not — cemented it all together for me. I Do(n’t) was a fantastic read! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
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