.1 Maybe SOMEDAY…
I have had this book since last year because it was given to me yet I only read it last January and I was disappointed with myself because I should read this as soon as I received it.
In Maybe Someday you meet Sydney, a working college student who loves music, has a wonderful boyfriend and rooming with her best friend. Yet everything changes in her almost ‘perfect’ life when she celebrated her 22nd birthday.
What I like about the story:
First time to fall in love with a male protagonist just by reading the second page! When Ridge went out his door, I was giggling. I couldn’t help imagining how he actually looked like if he is indeed real. And since then, I gave my heart to the very talented guy who has hearing impairment, but it didn’t hinder him to compose heartfelt songs and amazing music.
I like Sydney… I cannot hate her.
Sydney had been cheated by the two closest people in her life: her boyfriend and her best friend. She tried to move on and controlled herself from falling in love with her former neighbor. Yet, she failed to stop her from having a feeling with a guy who has a girlfriend. I don’t like cheaters and I couldn’t blame Sydney for being in that situation.
Salute to you… Maggie!
I wanted her to be out of the picture. I wanted to pity her. Yet, none of these two should be given to Maggie. She might be the barrier between Sydney and Ridge but this girl deserved more respect. I liked how she accepted that the relationship no longer works and there is a bigger picture of the world for her.
Quotes to remember and the songs you should play while reading it!
Ridge to Sydney
“You only miss the idea of him. You weren’t happy with him even before you found out that he was cheating. You were only with him because it was comfortable. You just miss the relationship, but you don’t miss Hunter.” –Well said! (Play the track: Living A Lie)
Sydney to Ridge
“I feel like you almost made me a Tori. I don’t want to be a Tori, Ridge. I can’t tell you how much their betrayal hurts me, and I will never, ever do that to another girl.”
I spend the next half hour reminding me myself how much I’ve missed her. I remind myself how much I love her. I keep reminding myself over and over, because for the past week, it felt as if I was starting to forget. –Aww Ridge… (Play the track: Something)
I never realized how powerful desire could be. It consumes every part of you, enhancing your senses by a million.
Desire is easy to fight. Especially when the only weapon desire possesses is attraction. It’s not easy when you’re trying to win a war against the heart. -So true Sydney! (Play the track: A Little Bit More)
I tell myself that with enough effort, I can learn to control my feelings. But then Sydney will do or say something or give me a look and I can literally feel the part of my heart that belongs to her getting fuller. I’m worried that feelings are the one thing in our lives that we have absolutely no control over. (Perfect track to play: I’m In Trouble)
Warren to Sydney
“So when I see how he looks at you, it pains me. I’ve never seen him struggle with his choice or the sacrifices he made for Maggie until you showed up. He’s falling in love with you, Sydney, and I know you know that. However, I also know his heart, and he’ll never leave Maggie.” –Ouch!
Ridge to Sydney
“Things didn’t go wrong with us. That’s our problem. Things are way too right between us. We make sense. There isn’t any doubt in my mind that we could be perfect for each other’s life, Sydney. It’s our lives that aren’t perfect for us.” (Get some tissues before you play: Maybe Someday here)
My sadness is consuming me, and I don’t know even try to hold it in as I cry huge tears of grief. I’m crying tears over the death of something that never even had the chance to live. The death of us.
Sydney to Warren
“People can’t control matters of heart, Warren. They can only control their actions, which is exactly what Ridge did. The only thing Ridge has done wrong is fail to delete his messages, because by doing so, he failed to protect Maggie. He failed to protect her from the harsh truth that people don’t get to choose who they fall in love with. They only get to choose who they stay in love with.”
Warren to Sydney
“Today is a really, really bad day, Syd. A really, really bad day. Sometimes in life, we need a few bad days in order to keep the good ones in perspective.”
Maggie to Ridge
“I fell in love with you during that year of waiting for you. I fell in love with your loyalty to Warren. I fell in love with your loyalty to me. I fell in love with your patience and willpower. I fell in love with the fact that you didn’t want to start things out wrong with us. You wanted everything to be as right as it could be, so you waited an entire year. Believe me, Ridge. I know how hard it was, because I was waiting right along with you.” –My heart!
“It always feels as though you’re trying to be my lifeguard. I don’t need a lifeguard, Ridge. I need someone who is willing to watch me brave the ocean and dare me not to drown. But you wouldn’t be able to let me near the ocean. It’s not your fault that you can’t give me that.”
It’s so much easier to having someone else to blame when things to where they shouldn’t. I know we shouldn’t be putting ourselves into a situation we’re only going to regret once it’s over. I could put a stop to it right here. I could make it easier by asking him to leave now, rather than when things get even more complicated between us. There are so many things I could and should and need to do, but none of them is what I want to do. The pressure picks the worst possible time to break me. - Stay strong Sydney!
I don’t want Sydney ever to feel like my second choice, when I know in my heart that she’s the right choice. The only choice.
Ridge to Sydney
“I felt you give me a piece of your heart. And Sydney, I wanted it. I wanted your heart more than I’ve ever wanted anything. The second I reach down and held your hand in mine, it happened. My heart made its choice, and it chose you.” (Play the track: It’s You)
I’ll never understand how a few simple words strung together can change a person, but this song, these words are completely changing me. I feel like my maybe someday just became my right now. –Yes we feel it too Syd! (Enter the track: Hold On To You)
I kiss her every way I can possibly love her. Every single time we refused to cave in our feelings in the past makes this kiss completely worth the sacrifices. This kiss is worth all the tears, all the heartaches, all the pain, all the struggles, all the waiting. She’s worth it all. She’s worth more.
I love her. Everything about her. I’ve never felt so much at once. I’ve never needed to feel more. She’s a part of me now. I’m part of her. For the first time in my life, I hear absolutely everything. (Last track to play: Let It Begin)
Verdict:
I laughed; cried and my heart was broken a few times while reading this novel. Ridge and Sydneys’story are truly touching and unforgettable. It is so far the best Colleen Hoover’s masterpiece to me.
1.2 Maybe NOT…
After reading the synopsis and knowing that the novel would come out before 2015 ended, I bought the book as soon as it was released earlier this year.
If you hated Warren in Maybe Someday, you’ll change your mind when you enter his charismatic and funny world that turned upside-down because of his new ‘roommate’ named Bridgette.
What I like about the story:
Opposite attracts like Warren, who is a happy go lucky guy that is very loyal to Ridge and a band manager compare to the cold and very distant Bridgette who worked in the restaurant that she doesn’t like and used to be a porn star. When pranks and disagreement started to brew, these two were unstoppable, no one wanted to lose.
Quotes to remember!
Warren to Ridge
“No, I don’t want her. But I feel like I need her. So bad. She’s the best worst thing that’s ever happened to me.”
Warren to Bridgette
“You’ve never let anyone close enough to where their absence could hurt you. But it would hurt you if I left you, so you wanted to hurt me first. You did. Seeing you walk through that door with him hurt like hell. But I’m not going anywhere, Bridgette and I’m not interested in anyone else.”
Bridgette to Warren
“I think it takes being loved in order to know how to love.”
She deserves to feel beautiful. She deserves to feel important. She deserves to feel cared for. She deserves to feel respected. She deserves to feel like there’s at least one other person in this world who accepts her for exactly who she is.
Bridgette to Warren
“I can’t believe I’m falling in love with such a stupid, stupid asshole.”
Warren to Bridgette
“I don’t care whose sister you are, I love you the same.”
“I don’t want you to change Bridgette. I’m not in love with who you could be, or who you used to be, or who the world says you should be. I’m in love with you. Right now. Just like this.”
Verdict:
This was so fun and light to read! I liked Warren and Bridgette. Though it was an open ending, it was fine with me.
Perk’s Book Recommendation for March will surely make you… BOUNCE! Watch out for it next week!