One Day

One Day is a light-hearted, slow-burn romance. I've personally never read a romance book before so I do recommend this as a starter since it's not over-done.

You truly grow to feel like the two main characters are friends of your own. The book is snapshots of their lives broken up into portions (early 20s, mid 20s, late 20s, so on). I honestly love the way it's structured as it feels like you're growing up alongside the characters. The further you read the more you realize you need to show more compassion for yourself - that despite mistakes everything will all work out in the end. It makes you feel less alone because even when the characters felt alone, we know they never truly were. As someone in my 20s it made me feel less lost because you grow to learn that at any age we're still learning and figuring things out. I enjoy how One Day provokes reflection and introspection: I found myself thinking about chapters of my life and wondering how little decisions affected me greatly, as they do with the characters. Overall it's a fun, comforting read that I'd say is like a coming-of-age story (because you never really stop coming of age, do you?).