Abby Jimenez writes such amazing, real stories. I love each one more than the last! This book is dripping with heart, it pulls out all the feels! I can relate to the main characters so well, it makes the book personal. I struggle with anxiety and the inner dialogue and second guessing, insecurity were spot on. I feel like Jacob and Briana could be living right down the road! There’s always plenty of witty banter and hilarious situations. I can’t say enough good things! It’s worth every star! ❤️🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

"Yours Truly" included, tears, hope, love and happiness. My favorite author has graced us with another amazing book and yet again, so did the characters. Bri and Jacob captured my heart and soul. I laughed, cried, and related to the characters in more ways than none. Abby Jimenez's books NEVER disappoint. Such a fun read the ended way too quick.

If someone asked me to compare Abby Jimenez's books to any others, I couldn't do it, because Abby Jimenez's voice is uniquely her own. You don't just read an Abby Jimenez book; You immerse yourself in her world, one filled with realistic people with realistic problems. Her books are peppered with wisdom and humor, and sorrow and joy. Yours Truly was no different. The author tackled the subjects of depression and anxiety flawlessly, and I rooted for Briana and Jacob from the moment they met. Abby Jimenez has become one of my favorite romance authors and I look forward to reading more from her in the future.

Abby Jimenez knocks it out the park again. Bri was a lovable character from Part of Your World and she is just someone you want as your best friend in real life when you get done with this book. Abby can make you laugh and cry on the same page.

I was so excited when I got to read this book early and I couldn’t wait to dive right in. I’ve loved all of Abby’s books and this one did not disappoint at all. Abby has such an easy flow to her stories so it’s easy to get sucked in from the start. The characters are so love able and relatable that you just love finding out more about them and how they connect. There’s so much quick witted humor and many laugh out loud moments that make you want more and more. I love all the connections between other books and their characters. I really loved this book and I can’t wait for as many future books as we can get from Abby Jimenez.

I have loved all of Abby’s books, but this has become my favorite. I immediately noticed her “Content Guidance” page. Because her books often cover heavy topics, I LOVE that she addresses this immediately to help people decide if it will be harmful for their own mental health to read.

Jacob’s character is written amazingly well. He suffers from anxiety (referred to as social anxiety, but may also be Generalized Anxiety Disorder). His inner dialogue resonated so strongly with me and I think is helpful for people who have’t dealt with anxiety to read (I’m debating asking my husband to read this one for that aspect alone - sometimes it’s hard to explain in words, but Abby documented it so well).

If you’ve read other Abby books, you know the romance is going to come to a screeching halt one way or another and this one is no different, but I also appreciated that it wasn’t as drawn our or heart wrenching as other storylines.

I HIGHLY recommend this book.

The best book I have read all year! Abby knows how to write characters, as I have LOVED every character in every book she has written. Jacob and Bri are my new 2 favorites! And so fun to see Alexis and Daniel again too. Yours Truly is a love story that shows up. I laughed, I cried, I yelled at them to just get together already! You will not be disappointed in this read. I want more! 5 stars!

Bri and Jacob's story was such a pleasure to read. I've never truly related to a character more then Jacob with his struggles with social anxiety. I loved the way the characters complemented each other so well. I could not wait to read this book and feel so blessed to have gotten the opportunity to read it early. Abby continues to write books the wreck me in the best way. Every time I read one of Abby's books it immediately becomes my favorite and Yours Truly followed suit. By far my favorite book of the year! I cannot wait to read it again and again.

Yours Truly is Bri’s book from Part of Your World. She is at a stage in her life after her divorce when she has no faith in the opposite sex until she literally stumbles or more like runs over Jacob. The story of their friendship evolving from best friends to lovers was well written. Loved Brianna and Jacob’s banter, Bri’s diabolical questions to learn the true psych of Jacob within his responses. I never knew how much anxiety can run someone’s life as is does with Jacob and how he manages his coping mechanisms. Abby’s telling of this condition brings awareness that kindness goes a long way to some that suffers from anxiety . It’s a lovely story with all the feels a of a new relationship, the does he like, does he not. I highly recommend this book.

I have no chill when it comes to a new Abby Jimenez book! One of my absolute favorite authors, this newest book did not disappoint. Deeply personal for the author, this story features Brianna Ortiz, a recently divorced ER doctor whose brother is suffering from kidney failure and in need of an organ donor.

Enter Doctor Jacob Maddox, her new ER co-worker who is also recovering from a recent break-up and suffers from debilitating anxiety. Jacob and Brianna get off to a rough start in the beginning but then start exchanging letters, eventually becoming the friend neither knew they needed.

I couldn't get enough of this book to be perfectly honest and did not want it to end. Full of a great cast of secondary characters, including Jacob's big, quirky family, and Brianna's best friend Alexis (from Part of your world). There was also an emotional support dog, a parrot who curses and an old persnickety cat.

The mental health rep in this book was amazing!! From the coping strategies Jacob uses to handle his anxiety (meds, therapy, journaling, etc.) to Brianna's own mental health struggles (depression over her brother's declining health and trauma from her divorce and a miscarriage).

Abby Jimenez doesn't hold back, this book made me laugh out loud and sob like a baby. I fell in love with these characters and their beautiful slow-burn, friends to lovers/fake dating romance. Highly recommended for fans of other organ transplant romances like Would you rather by Allison Ashley or Unlikely match by Laura Bradbury.

I can't recommend this book enough and am so grateful to NetGalley and Forever for the opportunity to read an early digital copy in exchange for my honest review! Make sure to mark this down and get your pre-orders in for April 11, 2023.

CW: divorce, chronic illness, kidney failure, organ donation, infidelity, miscarriage, anxiety, depression

Thank you so much to Abby and Netgalley for the ARC!

Can Abby write anything that I won't love? Unlikely at this point. They just keep getting better.

I was so excited to get to know Bri from Part of Your World and meet Jacob. I truly connected to this book due to Jacob's social anxiety (hello, same) and Bri's brothers struggle with kidney failure (something I personally went through with my Mom).

I devoured this one and can't wait for her next.

I loved this book! I was lucky to get a copy and tried my best to read it slowly so I could enjoy every minute of it. Abby Jimenez writes real characters, and I really identified with the social anxiety issues that Jacob experienced. There were so many laugh out loud moments, but the parrot was the absolute best. I wish I could go to dinner at the Maddox house! Loved, loved his book and all of the characters in it. I’ve already preordered a copy so I can read it again when it comes out!

This book was absolutely wonderful. Absolutely perfect. I loved Part of Your World so much, and I loved this one even more.
Abby is so good at writing stories that are so well balanced between heartwarming and heart wrenching. I can’t believe I read this in two days! I can’t wait until April so I can read the paperback all over again.

Briana is about to be finally divorced, her brother is sick and it’s not looking good, and she’s seemingly getting passed on for a job she more than deserves. Then enters Jacob, new to the hospital and everyone is calling him Dr. Death. And Briana agrees with until everyone until they start sharing letters with each other and her perspective changes very quickly.

Everything about this book was perfect. Jacob and Briana were so easy together. They understood each other. Jacob didn’t have an easy time with people, with a lot of things, his social anxiety made it hard for him. But with Briana things were easier. I was able to relate so much with Jacob on so many level. The way he lived his life with anxiety felt so honest and raw, it was a really great to see how hard it is. It wasn’t like he ‘had anxiety’, Abby wrote him overthinking, what he did when he was feeling anxious, how he spent all day thinking about what to eat for lunch so it wouldn’t be a nuisance in their supply closet date, how Briana noticed when he was feeling anxious and how she could help him alleviate some of it. It was absolutely wonderful.

And Briana’s story arc was so good too. Neither of them truly believed that the other could ever be interested in them. Briana has so many trust issues. All of the men in her life failed her, so how could Jacob be any different. He told her he was still in love with someone else? Why would they change? Her crisis didn’t really come to a head until later in the book, so it was easy to think that she was just feeling bitter about her divorce. Especially since she now had Jacob and things were really looking good for her. Jacob and his mom really pulled through for her, and even her mom, she had such a good support system, she just needed to trust herself so she could open up again.

All of the secondary characters were so amazing. All of Jacob’s family were so different from each other and especially different form Jacob. They love him so much and he loves them. Seeing how supportive they were of him and always have been warmed my heart.

I loved seeing Alexis and Daniel again! I loved that Briana and Jacob got to experience a little Wakan magic for themselves. I love Alexis and Briana’s friendship so much.

I already can’t wait for the next book about Justin! Abby does a great job of teasing these things. I will obviously read everything Abby ever writes and I am so happy I was able to read this one early!

Thanks so much to NetGalley, Abby Jimenez, and Forever for this ARC in exchange for an honest review! I can’t believe it doesn’t come out until April!

This refers to an ARC I received here on NetGalley. Abby has done it again! She has written a book about two characters who have relatable problems and they must learn to trust in order to get their HEA. I stayed up most of the night to finish this because I couldn't wait to see how Briana and Jacob learn to trust and communicate with each other. And the dog is Lieutenant Dan!

Wow. This book was phenomenal! The characters had so much depth, and we even got a glimpse into the life of Alexis from Part of Your World. I binged this book within the span of two days, and was left with a huge book hangover. Without spoiling the plot, I could completely relate to Daniel. Abby did an amazing job depicting what it’s like living with anxiety, and I loved that she opened this up to readers. If you’ve read any of her past books, I think you’ll agree this is her best yet (and I thought The Friendzone was the best when it first came out)! From romance to heartache, to real life situations, this book has it all!

Do we expect Abby to provide us with laugh out loud scenes that leave us cackling? Yep. Do we expect Abby to smash our hearts into a million little pieces and then slowly and painstakingly put them back together in the MOST beautiful way? Yep. Yours Truly is EVERYTHING we’ve come to expect from our dear Abby, but beneath the humor and slow burn, this book is raw and personal, in ways that are both unexpected and incredibly vulnerable. I picked this book up and COULD NOT STOP until the HEA. Thank you to NetGalley and Forever Publishing for my ARC!

Every once in awhile, I come across a book that I just can’t seem to put down and I must finish it immediately. Yours Truly is one of those books for me. I started it on a Saturday night and finished it that same Saturday night. I loved every single second of this story and the characters in it. Abby Jimenez created a story full of love, compassion, understanding, healing, and so much more. I felt every single emotion possible throughout the story and could not put it down. I absolutely needed more of Briana and Jacob and their amazingly beautiful love story. Ms. Jimenez is an amazing storyteller and writer. Her writing transports you directly into the lives of her characters and you do not ever want to leave, I know I didn’t. Everything about Yours Truly was addictive and beautiful.

The characters in Yours Truly were the absolute best and so relatable. You could feel the raw emotions of Briana, Jacob, and their families. You can feel their pain, happiness, hope, love, acceptance, and understanding through the pages of the story. I fell in love with Briana and Jacob’s family as much as I fell in love with the two of them. The chemistry between Briana and Jacob was unreal. The tension between these two was palpable. You could feel how much they loved and wanted one another, even if it took them too dang long to admit it!

I simply adored every single thing about Jacob. His kind nature, his simple routines, his quietness, his heart, and even his social anxiety. It made him, him. And Jacob is absolutely amazing. He went out of his way to help others and never wanted the recognition for it. He just wanted to help others. Everything about this man had me falling in love with a fictional character. I loved him from page one and fell more in love with him after each page. Briana was a different story. It took me time to fall in love with her character. She could be rough around the edges, with good reason, but I needed more time to start to enjoy her character. She is witty, fierce, hard headed at times, and so full of love. Together Briana and Jacob brought out the absolute best in one another. Jacob felt completely at ease with Briana in a way that he had never experienced before. He wanted to be with her all the time when he normally likes his solitude. Briana broke her “don’t fall in love again because all men are the same rule” because Jacob is that amazing and understanding. Also, he is giving a kidney to her brother. He is giving her brother his life back and she is forever grateful to him for it. But that’s not the reason she fell in love with this man. Jacob gave her the space to be herself and showed her that not all men are like her cheating ex. He accepted her exactly as she is and allowed her the space to be herself. He fell head over heels in love with her. He showed her through his words and actions that there are good men out there and he will love her even if she doesn’t chose a life with him. I fell in love with their love and it was an amazing journey to be a part of. I simply could not get enough of these two and I’m sad the story is over. I feel like I could read about them forever.

Overall, I rate this amazing story a 5/5! If I could rate this book 10 stars, I would. I am absolutely obsessed with Briana and Jacob’s love story. It’s full of heartache, understanding, healing, acceptance, joy, and love. It was an absolute joy and privilege to go on this journey with these two characters. Abby Jimenez writes in a way that I feel every single emotion, heartache, and happiness that her characters do. Yours Truly is one of the best books that I have read this year and I honestly cannot stop thinking about it. I will miss Briana and Jacob tremendously. I will continue to obsess over this story even as a start new ones. I love it so very much. Well done Ms. Jimenez, well done.

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez is the fifth book by this exceptional author. She always creates amazing characters in interesting and heart touching situations. Her books have it all, love, laughter, drama, sass and tears of both sadness and joy. Oh, and dogs! If you haven’t read her books start now. This one doesn’t come out until 2023 so you have time to catch up on the first four. Happy reading!

While I did enjoy Brianna and Jacob’s story and how the author portrayed anxiety, I found the book to be repetitive. I wish the author had also developed side characters as it became boring hearing Jacob and Bri worrying and miscommunications the entire book. I also felt that Jacob’s insecurity was a huge turn off.

One of my favorite things about Abby is how her real life comes into her books. I am a huge fan or her writing style and will continue to follow her. There is parts of this book when Jacob is the narrator that I had to screen shot because as someone who struggles with anxiety, that I can directly relate to those feelings. This book is just as amazing as all of Abby’s others. The connection I feel in this one is so real, This book is an advocate for so many things people forget to talk about, such as organ donation, mental health and chronic illness. Thank you Abby for another beautiful book!