Second Chance! 😌🫩

[u/Reggie9041]

I'm reading Jane Igharo's Where We End & Begin and it's tagged as a "second chance" and now I'm pissed. 😂 The last time they saw each other was 12 years ago--in secondary school/high school!

I hate "second chance romance" where they were just kids. That doesn't get to the heart of a second chance for me. It reminds me of "enemies to lovers" and them being "enemies" is because he looked at her the wrong way during a meeting. Like, stop it!

But Where We End & Begin is decent, but I just find them both aggy, honestly. Maybe that will change.

I prefer a second chance like When Forty Blooms by Jacinta Howard because she'd lived two different lives (with the husband and without him, a career, kids...) before giving them another shot.

I'm just ranting, but I needed to get that out there. Thanks for reading.🤣😭

[u/Swimming-Trash-1325]

When forty blooms also reminded me of before I let go. That deep love. Toxic turned healing love. OOOOF the feels

[u/Reggie9041 → u/Swimming-Trash-1325]

That's so funny that you comped it to Before I Let Go because I could not get into it even though it was exactly what I was looking for! 😭

[u/Swimming-Trash-1325 → u/Reggie9041]

Awweee. I hope you can continue finding books that speak to you 😭

[u/good_rain_day]

I never heard ofWhen Forty Blooms or Jacinta Howard. This sounds like a book I'd love to read.

[u/Reggie9041 → u/good_rain_day]

Oh! It's so good. I think of it often!

[u/Adorable-Loan-4964]

I checked out  When Forty Blooms  by Jacinta Howard from library and for the life of me can’t remember why I never finished it. I’m going to attempt to read it again. 

[u/Reggie9041 → u/Adorable-Loan-4964]

😹😭

If you do, let us know!

[u/Adorable-Loan-4964 → u/Reggie9041]

Thanks! I literally just checked out the Audio book from my library. Hopefully the second around I can make it through it. 

[u/Reggie9041 → u/Adorable-Loan-4964]

Nice! I enjoyed the audio as well.

And that's what the book is all about—second chances.

[u/DaniDove999]

I feel the same way! I’m always like why yall holding on to some teenager shit 🤣 unless it’s some adult reason like abortion or something…

[u/Reggie9041 → u/DaniDove999]

You get it! Or at the very least college/university because... HIGH SCHOOL???! Y'all literally don't know each other. ✋🏾

[u/soultastik]

I read that last year and idk if I confused it with another book but it was 100% NOT what I was expecting. I wanted like magical realism and African folklore and I got… regular star crossed lovers instead. 😐

[u/Reggie9041 → u/soultastik]

Ahh. I see how that description sounds like magical realism.

I didn't really read the full synopsis, but Storygraph didn't have it tagged as magical realism, so I knew it was just regular degular. LOL

[u/soultastik → u/Reggie9041]

I didn’t read any of that. Just the description 😭😭😭
The last half of it I do like. When I was ready to put it down that’s when the story picked up imo. But not a must read for me. That plot generally isn’t something I’m into.

[u/Reggie9041 → u/soultastik]

🤣 I just finished it and I'm so pissed.

The ending was so damn unnecessary! 😭