Review: Once Friends, A Hollywood Love Story: Sonja & Jay, #1 (LOVE in the USA, The Hesters) by Z.L. Arkadie
Review of Once Friends, A Hollywood Love Story: Sonja & Jay, #1 (LOVE in the USA, The Hesters) by Z.L. Arkadie
Jay and Sonja grew up together as best friends. And they stayed best friends until an incident that stepped over the line of friendship. After that, Jay withdrew from Sonja and her sisters' lives, and she never saw him again. He's now an A-list actor who's extremely unhappy, so unhappy that he's about to quit his career until a chance meeting with Sonja's sister, Elaine. Suddenly he's energized, running around getting his new project off the ground. Now if only Sonja will be as excited about that project, a project that directly involves her and her long ago written screenplay.
I liked the mystery aspect of Once Friends, but I have to say the romance/second chance aspect is pretty bad. There's little to no strength to their connection, and the bedroom scenes were awkward and rushed. I didn't feel the heat between the two, and I definitely didn't feel the love that was supposedly building. If not for the interesting side plot of Sonja's grandmother's story, I would be 2 starring this. But, because that mystery was really compelling, and I liked her grandmother, a lot, I can honestly feel fine with rating this 3 stars. However, I doubt I'll be reading the second part of Sonja and Jay's story because frankly, the first part isn't that interesting aside from her grandmother, whose story is mostly finished by the end of this first installment.
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Jay and Sonja grew up together as best friends. And they stayed best friends until an incident that stepped over the line of friendship. After that, Jay withdrew from Sonja and her sisters' lives, and she never saw him again. He's now an A-list actor who's extremely unhappy, so unhappy that he's about to quit his career until a chance meeting with Sonja's sister, Elaine. Suddenly he's energized, running around getting his new project off the ground. Now if only Sonja will be as excited about that project, a project that directly involves her and her long ago written screenplay.
I liked the mystery aspect of Once Friends, but I have to say the romance/second chance aspect is pretty bad. There's little to no strength to their connection, and the bedroom scenes were awkward and rushed. I didn't feel the heat between the two, and I definitely didn't feel the love that was supposedly building. If not for the interesting side plot of Sonja's grandmother's story, I would be 2 starring this. But, because that mystery was really compelling, and I liked her grandmother, a lot, I can honestly feel fine with rating this 3 stars. However, I doubt I'll be reading the second part of Sonja and Jay's story because frankly, the first part isn't that interesting aside from her grandmother, whose story is mostly finished by the end of this first installment.
ARC via Booksprout.
#bookreview #ZLArkadie #LoveInTheUSASeries #TheHestersSeries #bookseries #secondchanceromance #friendstolovers #contemporaryromance #romance #Booksprout #ARC
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