{"id":16632,"date":"2018-06-04T05:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=16632"},"modified":"2018-06-04T09:56:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T16:56:35","slug":"the-one-you-cant-forget-roni-loren-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/the-one-you-cant-forget-roni-loren-review\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ONE YOU CAN’T FORGET by Roni Loren | Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Roni Loren’s THE ONE YOU CAN’T FORGET, Rebecca’s relationship with Wes is a catalyst for trying new things, which for her, includes Indian food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ARC provided by the publisher for review<\/em><\/h3>\n

Roni Loren\u2019s The Ones Who Got Away series follows a group of friends 10 years after they survived a school shooting. Book 1 was largely about reconnecting the classmates, with Liv and Finn rekindling their high school attraction. In THE ONE YOU CAN\u2019T FORGET<\/a> out Tuesday, the series gets its footing. It\u2019s the book I was hoping for in the series, the one that gets real about the ripples from the shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among the friends, Rebecca was the overachiever, the one who\u2019s path was laid out from day one. Now, she\u2019s a family law attorney on the partner track in her dad\u2019s firm. She\u2019s also the one carrying the most guilt, the one with lingering PTSD. Wes comes into the picture after Rebecca is mugged. She realizes she represented his ex-wife in a pretty ugly divorce that destroyed his dream of opening a restaurant. It sent him down a pretty dark path. He now teaches cooking in a community program for teens.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although I\u2019m giving THE ONE YOU CAN\u2019T FORGET<\/a> the same 4-star rating as I did book onein the series, Rebecca\u2019s story is so much more emotional, so much more affecting than Liv and Finn\u2019s. Loren has created two super relatable, well conceived characters and that\u2019s the book\u2019s main strength. I had a huge amount of empathy for Rebecca.<\/span><\/p>\n

I found it hard to believe it took Wes so long to realize who Rebecca was, because her hair was different (seriously, dude?), but the rest rang true. Getting involved with Wes is a catalyst for Rebecca \u2014 for trying new things (Indian food), to stop living up to her father\u2019s expectations, to\u00a0 <\/span>start standing up for herself. In a funny way, it\u2019s also a little bit of rebellion. On paper, Wes isn\u2019t exactly the best choice. What I appreciated most was Rebecca’s NOT looking at this relationship as, \u201cI\u2019ll be a whole person again if I just find the right guy.\u201d Not at all.\u00a0 And P.S. I cheered when she finally told her dad off.<\/span><\/p>\n

THE ONE YOU CAN\u2019T FORGET<\/a> is a strong second installment in the series that actually rises above the first for me. It artfully balances romance with a broader story about transforming trauma into something positive.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>If you were just so-so on Liv and Finn\u2019s story, I\u2019d invite you back to see if you feel different about Rebecca and Wes. <\/span><\/p>\n

Inspired by a meal Wes and Rebecca have at a food truck pod early in the book, I made tandoori chicken from Maya Kaimal\u2019s Curried Favors. There\u2019s a similar grilled Chicken Tikka<\/a>\u00a0that\u2019s a summer staple for us with and it\u2019s great in pasta salad<\/a>, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read an excerpt from The One You Can’t Forget<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Get it on Amazon<\/a>| iBooks<\/a> | The Ripped Bodice<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

4 stars<\/strong><\/p>

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