I didn’t need an epilogue with seventy-six babies and an office party to assure me their problems were pretty much taken care of.For most of Amanda Quintero’s childhood, going to college wasn’t an option. We’re left to assume that they will eventually have the children and that Delaney will find her way back into their magazine business and that they’ll sort out their living arrangements. I was satisfied with the way the book ended, and didn’t think we needed all the loose ends tied up. I remember being told in writing classes many times that you should finish your story as soon as it’s told don’t waffle on with endless ‘extra endings’ a la The Return of the King! I’ve read a number of reviews that said the story needed an epilogue.

He’s trying so hard and yet he’s got it completely wrong.

What Sam doesn’t realise is that she’s in love with him and she’s cutting him out because she can’t meet another man while Sam is still in her life. Delaney wants to get married and have children, and she lets Sam believe this is the only reason why she’s changing her life. I loved when Sam decided to start playing matchmaker. He’s panicking because he’s watching her leave him and he doesn’t know why. She’s gradually removing him from her life and he’s madly running around trying to patch up whatever’s wrong, to fix the problems he can’t figure out. Then she puts her apartment on the market (Sam lives in the same complex). They’ve been best friends since they were kids, and then one day she comes back from holidays and announces she’s walking away from everything. Sam is devastated by Delaney’s decision to walk away from the business they run together. She writes in a way that makes you feel as though you’ve read a much longer, more complex novel. Considering the fangirl obsession I’ve developed with the other book, this one was never going to quite match it for me!īeing a Blaze, there’s plenty of – uh – ‘Blazey’ stuff – but as with all of Mayberry’s books, it’s a story with ‘more’ than you’ll find in other category books. I have to admit, I still prefer Her Best Friend to this one, but this was a very good read. Sarah Mayberry writes great ‘friends to lovers’ stories.

Anything for You by Sarah Mayberry