Review: Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover

Title: Maybe Someday
Author: Colleen Hoover
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: March 18,2014

At twenty-two years old, aspiring musician Sydney Blake has a great life: She’s in college, working a steady job, in love with her wonderful boyfriend, Hunter, and rooming with her good friend, Tori. But everything changes when she discovers Hunter cheating on her with Tori—and she is left trying to decide what to do next.

Sydney becomes captivated by her mysterious neighbor, Ridge Lawson. She can’t take her eyes off him or stop listening to the daily guitar playing he does out on his balcony. She can feel the harmony and vibrations in his music. And there’s something about Sydney that Ridge can’t ignore, either: He seems to have finally found his muse. When their inevitable encounter happens, they soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one…



From #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, a passionate tale of friendship, betrayal, and romance—and the enchanting music that inspires one young woman to put her life back together.

From the author of the New York Times bestsellers Slammed, Point of Retreat, Hopeless, This Girl, and Losing Hope, Maybe Someday is destined to become another bestseller and long-lasting fan favorite.

My Thoughts:

Wow. I am in utter awe right now.  I began reading Maybe Someday last Wednesday, and just finished reading the last sentence about fifteen minutes ago. It took me five days to read. Not because it was bad in any way- it was fantastic!  I just could not bear to read it all in one sitting. I just couldn't contain all of the emotions that I was feeling. There were too many feels. So many beautiful passages. So much to ponder.  So much of everything.  I needed to take my time with this book.

Very seldom do I allow myself to cry when I read a book.  Usually, if I'm reading a book, and I start to feel deep emotions coming on, I'll set the book aside, and go do something else until I've calmed down, sidetracked myself with other things, or until I've put my barrier up. (Yes, I know I have issues. But that's for another day. ;) )  Well, anyhow, as I mentioned in the previous paragraph, I did try and set Maybe Someday aside to focus on other things. You know what happened?  Ridge, Sydney, and Maggie didn't let me forget about them. They kept creeping into my thoughts, and I just couldn't disconnect myself from these characters. I had to go back and read just a little bit more.  Therefore, Maybe Someday, messed with my emotions and with my heart to the point where I felt shook up (not with the book, mind you).  I guess that's  a good thing. Part of my healing process maybe?

Ok, back to the book.

Ridge. Oh boy. *takes a deep breath*  If you want to meet a guy who is kind, compassionate and wears his heart on his sleeve, then you've got to meet Ridge.  There were times, I wanted to be upset with him, but I just couldn't, because I got why he did the things he did. I just wished he didn't try to carry all the weight or blame on his shoulders alone.  I have to say, I adored the relationship he had with his best friend, Warren, and the pranks the two played on each other. They had such close friendship, and knew each other so well.

Sydney was another character I wanted to dislike at times, but I just couldn't. Sometimes I wished she would have handled things different.  I don't think she could have though. She needed someone to cling to or to rely on when her world got turned upside down.

I just don't know how Colleen Hoover does it. She truly has a gift for writing. There's so much beauty, meaning, and truth behind her words, and yes, a rawness to them too. There was a point in the story where I was worried that everything would happen or unfold too fast, but thank goodness, she gave the characters' a real chance to step back and to think. I would have been so disappointed otherwise.

 I was telling my good friend, Krista,  that I wanted to highlight or underline certain passages in my paperback, so that I could go back and read them later on. This normally doesn't happen. I'm more of a note-taker. But I wanted to be able to flip through my paperback, and see my favorite parts right away.

Maybe Someday is told from dual pov's.  Normally, I do not like those, and try and avoid reading books with dual pov's if I can. However, I cannot imagine this book without Ridge's thoughts. They were so necessary and so vital.

One last thing. Many times when I read a standalone book, I find that I'm disappointed when there is not epilogue at the end, because I want to know how the characters are down the line or if they're all ok.  I will tell you that Maybe Someday does not have an epilogue, and I'm really okay with it. I'm at peace. 

Rating: 5+ Stars