Loved most of the story. Don’t like the part where you have sex with two people at the same time and don’t tell someone they have a child. Just wrong. Loved Lautner, Sydney, not so much.

This was my first ever read from Jewel E Ann and the reason I’m now head over heals in love with her writting. Undeniably You made me FEEL!! I laugh, cry, felt anger, anguish, more crying and more laughing. Just the perfect combination of all the emotions to make this an extraordinary story. I don't like to give you any hints that might spoil your beautiful journey. I'm just going to say READ THE BOOK. If you are ready for the rollercoaster ride of your life. If you are ready to meet Dr Sullivan and Sydney. If you are ready to read a story that felt so real with characters so relatable. It's going to steal your heart forever. “Here’s the problem. I don’t know how to live if I’m not loving you. It’s like asking my lungs to expand without air, my heart to beat without blood, my eyes to see without light. It’s just not possible.” I have read this book 4 times already and never get enough of it.

Undeniably You by Jewel E. Ann is a delightful, engaging contemporary romance. I absolutely loved this book. I’ve had a paperback copy of it on my shelves for quite some time, but I’ve just now gotten around to reading it. It is on my list of books to re-read. Did I mention that I thought it was good and that I loved it? Undeniably You is flawless chick-lit. All the characters are solid. There is just the right amount of humor. The angst is maxed out. The romance is perfect. The story is told from Sidney’s POV. The book begins at her wedding and then flashes back to when Sydney spent a month housesitting in Palo Alto, California three years earlier. The story progresses as you’d expect….until the timeline moves back to the present. There is a big, and I mean BIG, detour from what I anticipated! I was fully engaged in the first half of the book, but the second half had me biting my nails and turning pages into the middle of the night. Did I mention the angst? Prepare for the emotional rollercoaster ride of your life! The cast of characters is brilliant. The secondary characters richly add to the story without stealing the spotlight from the headliners. Sydney Ann Montgomery is taking a year off before she starts grad school. She is spending that year travelling and house sitting. She plans to do use her time well and achieve all the goals her late mother missed out on. Lautner Sullivan is a seriously sexy pediatric resident. This one-time college football star has goals and dreams of his own that require his full attention. He doesn’t need any distractions, but when a wrong turn lands him in the right place for an excellent “what if” opportunity, he goes with it. Sydney and Lautner have thirty days. Thirty days for fun, romance, witty banter and hot sex. Their relationship has an end-date because Sydney will not fall into the same trap her mother did. She will not let love get in the way of her goals. She will not let this totally hunky, super romantic, awesomely sweet guy put her rigidly planned out life on a detour no matter how hard she has fallen for him. “I. Love. You. Period. It’s a goddamn soul-shattering love that will never, ever be matched. My love for you is unapologetic and forever.” Lautner professes his love, but the girl has plans. When 23 year old Sydney gets on that plane without fully confessing her feelings to Lautner, it isn’t the first time you want to slap some sense into her, and it won’t be the last. In reality, would I advise a 23 year old to give up their goals for a 30-day long relationship? No, but I also would not advise said 23 year old to shut the door on that relationship either. As Sydney tearfully boards her flight to Paris, my only solace was remembering the book started with a wedding. Remember that BIG surprise I mentioned? Well, my heart is again racing just thinking about it. This is a spoiler free review so you will not get more out of me. You just cannot appreciate this story knowing more. Don’t read the spoilers with all the plot points or the end. You’ve got to live through each twist, turn, misconception, and deception to get that full-on adrenaline rush of this book. Undeniably You is a sexy, funny, angst-filled standalone contemporary romance that will drag you through the entire spectrum of emotions. Do yourself a favor, buy the book and read it….don’t put it on the shelf until you’ve savored every single word.

Sydney & Lautner! Ugh! These two and their story will have you up and down and every which way! Jewel E. Ann! What a Way to bring the story around! Loved it! Always a one click Author ❤️

I went in to Undeniably You expecting fun banter, sexy, sweet. Sydney is spending a year house and/or pet sitting while saving to finish college. She Meets a pediatric resident and swears to keep it light and move on in a month.... There is also a cute veterinarian that she takes the dog to who is interested... There is great sexual tension. About midway through the book the heartache begins. A beautiful ache that draws the reader in. I loved how different this story is, unexpected! I went in thinking fun (which it is) but then came the tears! I listened to this as a re-read on audiobook this week and enjoyed it all over again! Wonderful narration! "My Whole. Entire. World. Is in your eyes. My past, my present, my future … it’s all there. When I’m lost, I find myself in your eyes. I see my heart beating in your eyes. I see everything beautiful about life in your eyes. I see an ocean of infinity in your eyes.” -5 Stars!-

Couldn't stop reading!

I really love this book! When I read a book I want a roller coaster ride of emotions. I want to laugh, to cry, to feel like I too am falling in love. Sydney is a character that I love and yet want to scream at sometimes for her actions, or decisions. She made me laugh out loud with her quirky sense of humor and the undeniably embarrassing situations she finds herself in. Lautner … oh Lautner! He's been added to my BBF list. Lautner is never afraid to tell Sydney exactly how he feels and I love that about him. Life is easy, love is easy … we make it complicated, and this book is that perfect example. I love Jewel's writing and look forward to more by her. I'd love to write more, but I'm afraid it will turn into a spoiler because I feel like I could go on about this book for hours. In my opinion, a MUST read!

Loved, loved, loved this book. Laughed out loud numerous times, got teary eyed a couple of times too. There is no doubt this author knows how to write love stories (IMHO-her stories are kind of a new genre, Love stories, with a sprinkling of Hot Spicy Romance) This was one of those books where the story begins almost at the time of the events near the end of the book and reflects back on what has led up to this point. Jewel loves to take the reader on roller coaster rides, so if plot twists and turns aren't your thing, you need a sex scene every 5 pages, (not that there aren't enough very hot ones for most and perhaps too many for some) or if you don't like to sometimes "wonder what's going to happen" or like darker stories or threesomes, you probably need to find another author. Personally, I adore roller coaster rides and love to experience and feel the full gamut of emotions when I read a book. I love it when the main characters have their lives affected by "life" whether it be the highs or lows that life brings to us. Sometimes nice people get hurt and experience the low points life brings, and sometimes nice people have to make choices that not everyone agrees with, nice people can hurt other nice people without wanting to. This is what real life is truly like for most of us, not vampires sucking our blood, or being sold into sex slavery. (not that there isn't an audience for those books too). I guess I just love the books that make me "feel" the highs and the lows, the frustrations with the main characters, and the mystery of how it all will ever turn out. Jewel really has a talent for this, she gives us page turners and books to lose sleep over. One nice thing so far with Jewel's books is that she knows how to bring it all around to where we can have our HEA. Very much another 5 star book for this aspiring new author! (Was given an advanced copy as a beta reader) Comment |