The Happy Ever After Playlist

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"Sloan Monroe can't catch a break. Two years after losing her fiance, her life consists of cemetery visits, unorthodox art projects, and drinking sessions with her best friend, Kristen. So when a dog dashes in front of her car and gets her a ticket for obstructing traffic, Sloan is at her wits' end. But after meeting the ridiculously attractive and charming owner of the trouble-making retriever, she begins to think that maybe her luck has finally started to turn around... When Jason Larsen -- a.k.a. Jaxon Waters, rock n' roll's newest prodigy -- turns on his phone after a two-week hiking trip in Australia, he's shocked to find out that his beloved dog Tucker escaped his babysitter and is being held hostage by a beautiful woman. As Jason and Sloan begin to fall for each other, past traumas and rising tensions prove that their seemingly perfect match may just go to the dogs"--Provided by publisher.

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cute premise, less-than-healthy relationship dynamics submitted by bec on June 16, 2020, 2:06pm This book starts strong, with a funny and sharp first few chapters AADL's summary above encapsulates. Familiarity with the characters from the previous book in this series is nice but not obligatory; the characters are vibrant and the tone is often humorous but doesn't shy from the hard parts of their lives. I'm a regular romance reader, and these days the genre has a lot to say, constructively, about healthy relationships; maybe I'm just getting old, but as the romance unfolded I was struck by its high degree of romanticized codependency- something that the book leaned into at great length instead of helping the characters grow out of. It was a fine, fast read, but that troubled me.

The Happy Ever After Playlist submitted by 17661 on August 1, 2022, 10:00am After reading The Friend Zone, I was very eager to dive into Sloane's story. Abby Jimenez writes such endearing characters with so much heart. The romance storylines are always so swoony and and angsty in a way that makes my heart hurt. But I think what makes her writing so good is how she dives into heavy topics. Please be advised, though: some topics in this book may be triggering for certain readers (grief/loss, mental health struggles, conversations of drug/alcohol abuse/self harm).