love with a man who would die before the ink was dry on our marriage
certificate.
But that’s what fate had in store for me. It broke me. I vowed I’d never fall
in love again.
Five years later, fate had one more thing planned. It wanted to play around in
my life again. Its tool? Another blasted stick of gum. Same place, only this
time, it was Jude Baker, a university lecturer, who slipped on the gum.
Despite being a pacifist, Jude wasn’t particularly happy about having gum stuck
to his shoe and made his distaste abundantly clear.
But that stick of gum was the catalyst to a series of events where our paths
would continue to cross. There would be a broken nose, a fractured hand, a cat
on a lead and a crashed corporate Christmas party that would align our hearts
and make me realise that I wanted to be happy again.
But there would also be tears. Many, many tears. Because falling in love
was never easy, especially when you were still in love with another man.
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Sob-Worthy Stars
THIS BOOK! This book was everything I hoped for for Sarah Lohan in the sequel to 47 Things.
47 Things is a book I’ve read so many times in the last two years. I recommend it constantly, despite the fact that it’s a complete sobfest. And I still cry with every re-read. So I had my tissues ready when I tore into One More Thing, and I am so glad that I had them readily available, because Anderson writes just as many tear-worthy moments in Sarah’s second story as she did in the first.
OMT was a perfect tribute to Tyler and Sarah’s epic romance, combined with the brutal decision of letting go your first love and moving on with your life to open yourself up to love again. The moment that Sarah meets Jude is so perfect, you just KNOW that Tyler had something to do with it. Little by little, their friendship grows, and Sarah’s emotions are all over the place as she goes back and forth between wanting to spend time with Jude, but feeling like she was betraying Tyler at the same time. Add into the mix sweet little Ty, and Sarah’s guilt was compounded as she witnessed her son form a bond with Jude that he’d never have with his own father.
I loved how this story wasn’t just about Sarah struggling with letting go of Tyler and allowing herself to be happy again with Jude. It was also very much about Jude battling his demons and putting them to rest so he could be happy again in his life, with Sarah. Together, they heal each other’s hearts and soothe each other’s souls. Together, they learn to LIVE life again rather than just walk through the motions.
Sprinkled throughout the chapters are entries from Tyler’s journal, beautifully tying together the first book with the second. And the ceremony when Tyler’s entire “family” gathers together to scatter his ashes? I really think I cried harder then than I had when his heart stopped beating to begin with.
One More Thing is an absolute gut-wrenching, emotional read in the very best way. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Author of the Beautiful Series, Drawn, and 47 Things, Lilliana has always loved
to read and write, considering it the best form of escapism that the world has
to offer.Australian born and bred, she writes New Adult Romance revolving around her
authentically Aussie characters with all the quirks you’d expect from those
born Down Under.
Lilliana believes the world should know Australia for more than just its
beaches and outback. Book after book, she successfully brings to life city and
suburban characters much to her readers’ delight.
When she isn’t writing, she wears the hat of ‘wife and mother’ to her husband
and four children.
Lilliana turned to writing, she worked in a variety of industries and studied
humanities and communications before transferring to commerce/law at
university.Originally from Sydney’s Western suburbs, she currently lives a fairly quiet
life in suburban Melbourne.
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