Honestly, I'm a fan of anything Abby Jimenez but I didn't think that she'd be able to outdo 'Part of Your World'. Every book she comes out with is amazing and slightly better than the last. Yours Truly is my new favorite! I love how Abby created a male love interest that is both strong and sexy but also vulnerable and open about his mental health. It's things like these that make her books so relatable and so so so good. I devoured this book in one sitting and I will be reading it again soon to catch anything I missed. So glad this amazing world she has created is expanding and I can't wait to see what's next - maybe the story of Jane and BEN? :)

3.5 Stars I loved the first half of the book while Briana and Jacob are getting to know each other. The letters, the will-they-or-won't-they, the supply closet, and Jacob's family (except for Jewel--what a pain.) Jacob's generosity and vulnerability vs. Briana's nurturing and compassion made for an excellent recipe--at first. Then, around 60%, it felt like the tone changed just for drama's sake. Suddenly it was like Grey's Anatomy and it all became about bad decisions and whining. I don't like whiny adults. Shouldn't people this intelligent--ER DOCTORS, for Pete's sake--be above this nonsense? It was like their thought processes slipped from their brains, to their hearts, to below the waist. The story suffered. I did really like it overall, but I wanted more consistency from the characters.

Abby has done it again. I have read every single one of her books in a day or two. But this one was by far my favorite. I wanted to crawl into the pages and wrap both Briana and Jacob up into the tightest of hugs. I love the way they loved each other so fiercely but so cautiously because of their mental illnesses and trauma. I love the way Abby so accurately captured the emotions and thoughts that go hand in hand with both of those things.

This book absolutely gutted me. I have never been able to relate so closely to both characters. I have read so many books but only two that touched on living with anxiety and did it so accurately. Yours Truly was one of those books. I have anxiety and PTSD. Reading Yours Truly was literally like a peek into my life and my inner thoughts and fears. I felt so understood and ripped wide open reading this book. I didn't realize how much I needed to be able to read something so closely relatable to my life until Yours Truly.

I love how you could see them falling for each other throughout the book and the way they slowly tore each other's walls down. I love that they recognized each other's struggles and did everything they could to nuture one another and reassure each other. They have such a fun and beautiful love story. I loved getting lost in the pages and now I am anxiously awaiting whose story Abby will tell next.

Once again Abby Jimenez does not disappoint. I swear her storytelling gets better and better with each new book. My favorite part of reading ALL of Abby’s novels are the character conversations. The emotions they invoke range from laughing so hard you cry to sobbing. Abby can draw you into the story like no other.
Yours Truly was an amazing story about messy love, lives and friendship. Brianna and Jacob are some of her best characters to date. Abby tackles several hard hitting themes in Yours Truly including near debilitating anxiety, yet in true Abby fashion she finds a way to weave humor into even the most serious topics. Anything Abby writes is an immediate must read!

There’s not a lot of things that can make me wake up at 5:30 in the morning. A chance to read a new Abby Jimenez book? ABSOLUTELY, I’ll set 5 alarms. And this book? Worth all 5 alarms.

As always, Abby makes her characters relatable and sucks you right into the story. She tackles the “scary” topics that most would shy away from (sick family members, anxiety, divorce), which makes her books so relatable to a large audience. This book had me gasping, laughing, crying, and laughing again as we follow Bri, Jacob, and Benny and get to see their relationships with each other (and themselves)
unfold and blossom.

Read this book if you like hilarious banter, relatable characters, emotional depth, and finding new book besties and book boyfriends.

If you don’t like those? Read it anyway. It’s that good.

Once again, Abby Jimmie’s hit it out of the park! She does an amazing job with her characters as always, but the way she hit upon living with anxiety and trauma was spot on. This book really resonated with me. Just like her previous four books, Abby brings you through all the emotions. Yours Truly, is a spectacular story and journey, and it’s easy to see yourself right there.

Every time I read Abby’s newest book, I feel like it is her best yet. She truly keeps getting better! This time we have Dr. Bri Ortiz and Dr. Jacob Maddox as the main characters. We met Bri in Abby’s previous book Part of Your World (definitely worth a read first!). Bri has had an extremely rough year. Jacob has just started a new job working with Bri, after having a horrible year himself. They don’t hit if off right away, but they find a way to communicate.

I typically relate best to the heroines of books, but this time it was Jacob I was relating to best. He has anxiety, and I saw so much of myself in him. While not to the same degree that he has it, I understood where he was coming from. Abby did a fabulous job portraying the anxiety, the mindset, the way the mind is racing and processing, and how life can be with anxiety.

If you are a fan of Abby’s books, she has many Easter eggs hidden throughout, plus references to real life items/situations. If you know, you know! 😊 I am so thankful that I received an ARC through NetGalley. I’m very excited for my autographed copy to ship in April when it is released!

Abby Jimenez continues to amaze me with each new book. Briana Ortiz is Alexis' best friend, introduced in Part of Your World. Briana is both lovable and relatable. She's decided that men can't be trusted and between work as a physician in the Emergency Department, she's finalizing a divorce and looking after her sick brother Benny, who suffers from a rapidly deteriorating autoimmune disease and is awaiting a kidney on the transplant list.

Jacob Maddox is the new physician in the Emergency Department. He needed a change and starting over has been just as hard as he anticipated. Not to mention the fact that he's not earning any brownie points with the staff, including Briana.

What transpires is part of the creative magic that is Abby Jimenez's writing. The story has so much heart to it in terms of how it connects the reader to the root of the characters' deepest anxieties and issues, but also with a clear picture of what they are longing for. Jacob is just as lovable as all of the previous leading men in her books. Despite the initial poor impression, Jacob struggles with social anxiety on a level that made him endearing and reading his perspective on it makes any introverted reader feel a little bit less alone in the world with how we all struggle to connect with people or need a bit of a heads up before jumping into a social situation. Yet he is one of the best guys down to his core in the way he cares about people and how far he will go to be there for them, without expecting gratitude or accolades in any form. The world would be a better place if people shared the same values and actually stood by them for even a fraction of the time the way that Jacob is every day, all of the time.

I adored Briana, too. She's feisty and funny. She brings out a level of comfort in Jacob that he seldom feels around others and she does it so naturally without isolating him. I even loved her more for her petty side. Maybe Jacob is above stooping to a lower level, but I wanted to high five Briana for the way she got her hackles up and was battle ready to defend his honor or anyone she is protective over. Briana also had certain experiences in her life that colored her view on relationships and life expectations. I really empathized with her and understood her concerns, but also applauded Jacob for his never-ending patience and not ceasing to stop showing her in the ways that he could that he was there for her.

The combination of throat punch feels, witty humor, dialogue and fantastic characters who develop in the midst of confronting their fears and finding a soft place to land round out this book out as another smash hit. Did I also mention that the starring pet in this book is a Bernese mountain dog? There's also a foul talking parrot and a stealthy hiding cat. Can't recommend this book enough and already counting down to when Abby's next book will be ready.

Abby has done it yet again!! My favorite book yet!! I waited until I had a long plane ride to be able to devour this book in one sitting. I was so happy I did!! I laughed out loud more times than I can count! I cried and literally clapped when I finished. Brianna and Jacob’s story is so beautiful and complex. Abby tackles difficult issues with softness and humor and makes you fall in love with her characters over and over. Can’t wait to read it again!

Thank you to Net-galley, Forever (Grand Central Publishing), and Abby Jimenez for the eARC in return for an honest review!

I ABSOLUTELY adored Yours Truly! In fact, I read it in 4 hours 🫠

Brianna and Jacob are the definition of soulmates. Jacob is my favorite book boyfriend of all time. He’s caring, attentive, and squashes Brianna’s fears and commitment issues without even trying. I felt like his social anxiety was well represented, along with Bri’s commitment issues making 100% sense.

I know some people aren’t going to like that there’s a trope in here that most people hate. I think it was perfectly executed for the plot and characters.

I cannot stress my love for Jacob enough. That man put my standards in space and they will never be met by a non-fictional man, so thanks for that Abby.

4.5 rounded to 5 ⭐️

Abby Jimenez has this ridiculous ability to take completely relatable characters and make you feel every one of their feels. You get insight and depth that makes you understand them on a deeper level. This makes them a part of you. Their anxiety is your anxiety. Their heartbreak is your heartbreak. Their happiness is your happiness. I know that you know this is the recipe for a book hangover. But honestly, we all love and need a good book hangover.

My daughter suffers from depression and anxiety and this book really helped me understand her actions and see her triggers clearer. I thought I understood what she was thinking and feeling (as any typical mother does) but Abby quickly let me know that I didn't understand the half of it. I've reread this book and picked up on even more nuances that were so beautifully and effortlessly written in that I missed it the first time.

If you've read any book by Abby Jimenez you already know doesn't shy away from the hard stuff. In Truly Yours we are hit with our heroine who is going through a divorce and our hero who suffers from severe anxiety. These characters are real and authentically written.

I loved every moment in this book. Thank you Abby for this. You are brave and real and I am grateful that I had the opportunity to experience this.

Abby has done it again!! Her depiction of real life scenarios mixed with her skill to properly insert romantice comedy, heart break, and hope just amazes me every single time!. I love how to down to earth it was and I felt like I was there with them going through it all. Bri and Jacob's story was probably the most heart wrenching and heart warming one yet.

Laugh-until-you-cry hilarity, and gripping, all-too-real descriptions of social anxiety that made the character leap off the page. The fake dating trope is well-played, the dog is adorable, the characters fun and relatable.

Amazing book!! I related to it so much! Usually I don’t like books that aren’t dirty but this one was amazing!! Well done Abby! Another hit!

Not my favorite of Abby’s but I think that’s because the burn was extra slow - I wanted more actual romance scenes between Bri and Jacob. I did appreciate the portrayal of anxiety and how the book had people who understood instead of just expecting Wes to get over it. But how was Bri drinking bourbon with her mouth guard in?

Abby Jimenez does it again!!! Her books draw me in quickly and I read them in one sitting and am left wanting more. Yours Truly will take you on a roller coaster of emotions from laughing to crying to laughing again. If you read Part of Your World, you must read it’s sequel, Yours Truly.

I don’t even know where to start. The way that Abby tells her stories, she draws you in and you definitely get sucked into her world, in the best way possible. I laughed, I cried, I laughed until I cried. Abby writes in a way that really makes her characters personable. Like I want to be a part of Jacobs family. They sound like a blast. I love the little glimpses we get of previous couples sometimes too.

First off, how she describes how anxiety feels, is exactly the words I’ve always been looking for. I also love how Jimenez describes people as mosaics-how parts of us are colorful and parts are jagged.

I love that these characters are believable and I especially love how communication in a relationship is portrayed; even if how it’s portrayed could be a bit negative, I feel like it’s realistic.

If you haven’t read her other books you can still read this one and enjoy the story. However, you will get more out of the story if you read Part of Your World to be able to relate to specific characters.

Would I read this book again? Yes! Would I gift this to a friend? Yes!

Best author. Best stories. This one is especially moving and funny. Abby goes above and beyond to capture readers. It’s impossible to not be swept up in Bri and Jacob’s story….and all of the supporting characters too. I can’t recommend this enough.

I have been blessed by the Book Gods (aka NetGalley, Estelle, and Abby Jimenez) to receive an extremely early copy of this book. Below is my honest review!

TRIGGER WARNINGS OF THE BOOK ARE LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS REVIEW.

I’m on my phone typing this because I just finished this book and I need to write my review. But if I could insert a meme, it would be <I>Hello, God? It’s me again.</I> because I JUST WANT TO BE SO IN LOVE LIKE BRI AND JACOB. ABBY JIMENEZ DESTROYED MY HEART YET AGAIN.

If you want a critique of this book, you might want to look elsewhere BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK.

One of my favorite things about this book is how much I related to Jacob. Literally down to every single detail. As someone who has social anxiety, I need to be mentally prepared for a lot of things before they happen—just like Jacob. Being able to relate to him made this book just so much better. And I feel so validated because even my brother looks at me funny when I tell him these really odd specific things about having social anxiety.

Bri’s way of helping Jacob with large gatherings is also super hilarious! “In this economy?” “Those motherfuckers are always up to something.” I LOVED IT. Feels very Gen Z to me.

Abby Jimenez is able to successfully wreak me because she can write such emotional scenes. The kidney situation with Benny. The letters. Personal conversations with the main characters’ respective parents. I teared up so many time.

I would need to double check this fact, but I think this book was the most angst. It takes a SUPER LONG time for Jacob and Bri to finally have that passionate romantic scene. Which is not bad in my opinion because I love a good slow burn.

Overall, 11 out of 10! I love this book! Abby Jimenez is officially an auto-buy author for me!

Would I recommend this book? YES. PLEASE PRE ORDER IT. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT.

Potential triggers:

‼️ Mention of a miscarriage
❌ Cheating partners
🚫 Mention of suicide
‼️ Depression and other mental disorders
❌ Severe, potentially life-threatening medical issues