Maybe Someday

After struggling through a book of short stories by another author, it was refreshing to read [bc:Maybe Someday 62967882 Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1) Colleen Hoover https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1666362550l/62967882.SY75.jpg 24878180] by [a:Colleen Hoover 5430144 Colleen Hoover https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1464032240p2/5430144.jpg]. Again, this great storyteller presented star-crossed lovers in an unexpected, angst-ridden relationship. Sydney has just been betrayed by her best friend/roomie and her lover when the story starts. (What a hook, huh?) A guitar-playing neighbor, Ridge, invites her in from the rain with her two hastily packed suitcases. That's how the story all began. Where it went from there kept me entranced for three days. Other reviewers can tell you about the plot, but I like to remember what the book meant to me. In the throes of moving house, I hadn't had time to read. Plus, all my books were packed, and I had yet to find the library in my new city. So, when the unpacking started, I grabbed the first book I found that I hadn't read and started it. And started it. And restarted it. I finally got about halfway through and just gave up. It was well-written by an NYTimes bestselling author. I even liked parts of it. I just couldn't get into it. I would look at the book and then go doom-scroll.Did I lose my love of reading somewhere? I knew that Colleen Hoover's books always went down like hot chocolate on a cold night for me. I found the library and placed a hold on one of her books. It finally came in and from the moment I brought it home, I realized I still loved reading. I love reading about a deep relationship with struggles and complexities. I love characters that ruminate over their predicaments. I'm an overthinker and I want characters I read to be just as ponderous. Overall, there were parts of this book that were hard to believe. Sure. A deaf guitarist? Well, Beethoven was deaf, but he wasn't born deaf. Anyway, I was willing to suspend my disbelief because I like the escape this book provided. Five stars for sure, four of which come from just having a book restore my love of reading.