Title: No One But Us
Author: Elizabeth O'Roark
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 18, 2018
Blurb
She's my little sister's best friend. And exactly
who I should NOT be spending a summer with...
The last time I saw Elle, she was a child. A
Harry Potter-obsessed 13-year-old with a penchant for fan fiction and following
me around. Six years later she’s on my doorstep. The braces are gone. The “Team
Gryffindor” t-shirt’s been replaced with a bikini the size of my index finger.
And I can’t get her out of my head, no matter how hard I try.
Except she’s still the girl I’m not allowed to
have, the center of a secret I hope she never learns.
Resisting what I feel for Elle Grayson is the
only way to protect my family. But am I willing to break both our hearts in the
process?
Elizabeth
O'Roark lives in Washington DC with her three children—Jack, Lily and
Patrick—and attempts to write when not driving a child to sports or answering
questions about the next meal and the whereabouts of batteries/phone
chargers/Halloween candy. A former medical writer, she has bachelor’s degrees
in journalism and psychology from the University of Texas, and a master’s in
counseling psychology from the University of Notre Dame. She really hasn’t used
any of her degrees, and wishes she’d invested all that tuition in Apple stock
instead.
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****** MY REVIEW *****
****** MY REVIEW *****
When I requested to read this
advanced readers copy, I didn't realize that it was a revision of a previous
O'Roark novel. What I do know now after reading No One But Us is it’s a ‘new’
version of the story ‘Bloom’. I must confess that I haven’t
read the book ‘Bloom’ so I can’t compare the two stories with each other.
Elle Grayson can’t remember a time that she wasn’t in love with her best
friend’s brother James. The last time that she saw him she was 14
years old. Now, fast forward 5 years later they will see each other again and even will be spending the summer together in a
house. Will James ever see Elle as more than a friend?
Things are going on, the situation is more complex and not so simple -- Family
and the outside world are causing trouble for Elle and James. Is it
truly worth it for them to be together or will it be worth it for them to just
break away from one another and quit the hassle of working towards their
relationship and just stay friends. This is a complex read and showed the ups
and downs that they went thru for their love. The thing I didn’t like is not
knowing how they ended up at the end. There was no epilogue, nothing letting me
know how they were doing after a few years..so maybe there will be a novella
letting the reader know how these characters are doing.
My Rating: 4.2 stars *****
“I received an advanced
copy of this book from the author at no cost to me."
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