Review Tour: Just One Year by Penelope Ward

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From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel.

The beginning of my sophomore year in college was off to a rough start.
On the first day of orientation, I had an altercation with an infuriating British dude in a campus bathroom.
(The ladies’ room was out of order. So, I used the men’s room. Don’t judge.)
I got home later that night and realized that the foreign student we were expecting to rent a room in my parents’ house was allergic to our cat.
So, the spare room went to someone else: Caleb—the British guy from the men’s room.
And so it began…my love-hate story with Caleb Yates. Or was it hate-love in that order?

The guy knew how to push every one of my buttons.
Sometimes I’d email him to express my aggravation and disdain.
He’d actually rewrite my own words and send them back to me.
That was the type of infuriating person Caleb was.
So frustrating.
And…
Sometimes incredibly funny and endearingly sweet.
And hot.

He eventually grew on me, and Caleb soon became one of my best friends that year.
Too bad he was headed back to England soon, so nothing could happen between us—for so many reasons.
I definitely couldn't fall in love with him, especially since all we had was just one year.

Review

This book.

The feels.

The angst.

The tension.

Caleb and Teagen had a rocky start but eventually they became friends and slowly lovers. I loved the slow delicious burn of this story. I felt every single emotion between Caleb and Teagen. I laughed and ached right along with them both while reading. You could cut the tension between them with a knife and these are the books that I enjoy the most. Caleb and Teagen brought out the best in each other once they let their walls down and it was such a beautiful thing to see.

Ward writes about characters that are flawed but so relatable. Reading this story definitely hit close to home and I just wanted to wrap my arms around Caleb while reading. Ward has a special talent of writing unique and refreshing stories which is why she is one of my favorite authors. I have never been disappointed after reading her books.

If you are looking for a wonderfully written slow burn, emotional, romance novel that will leave you with a book hangover look no further.