Boston Classics Box Set Volume One

I adore everything written by Karen Grey, so to be able to pick up a box set of her first two novels including the novella "Signed, Sealed & Delivered" which is the prequel of Lucy & Ben's story? This was the best news!

These books take you take to the nostalgic 1980's, before cellphones were stuck to everybody's ears and eyes, the time of Saturday morning cartoons and great TV commercial jingles. I grew up in that time and love to read characters and stories set there!

This is an excellent series starter set and everyone truly needs it in their lives - run out and pick it up now! This is one of the only ways you can get your hands on "Signed, Sealed & Delivered," and it's important back-story info!

What I'm Looking For
This was a fantastic book! I read "Like It's 1999" twice before this one, so I was already familiar with many of the characters, their traits and a bit of the storyline from that one. It didn't spoil anything because I didn't know exactly how everything played out, just little bits that were mentioned in "Like It's 1999."

Will is a stage actor doing Shakespeare and there are a ton of Shakespeare quotes he does throughout, as well as a bartender - which is where he meets Kate when she is out with her work colleagues one night.

The dynamic between Will and Kate is pretty great, and I also truly love how Karen chose to write this series in the 1980's so there were a lot of mentions about old technology, like relying on landlines, beepers, the first car-phone, "wouldn't it be great if we could take our phones with us everywhere?" - that sort of idea!

Signed, Sealed & Delivered
A very quick novella, but has all of the critical, back-story information you need about Lucy and Ben, and how they were friends (sibling's best friend trope), how Lucy gets into dog/animal training, and how much they actually pine for each other. They have a quick little (secret) tryst. Love it!

Forget About Me
The story of Lucy and Ben 8 years later - after Signed, Sealed & Delivered (when they are adults and run into each other again). Ben has returned to Boston from LA, when his father has a health issue and needs help. Much has changed in the last 8 years, and they have had no contact since Lucy went off to college and Ben didn't send her any letters back... Lucy got the message that he didn't want to keep in touch after their summer.

While Ben is in town, he's acting in plays at the local Shakespeare Boston theatre (he's been modeling while in LA and it got really hot!). Lucy has been a very good girl ever since, but a dog (of all things) brings her and Ben back together - but will things be the same? She lost her big brother all those years ago to a drunk driver, and she's been trying to be a model daughter, so will being friends with Ben again fit into that new lifestyle? And Ben has a secret about Tony that might just change everything... And he feels that he has to share it with Lucy. Will she ever forgive him? Can she love him after he tells her?

Go pick it up now! Available everywhere!
I received an advance copy from the author and Home Cooked Books Promotions. This is my honest feedback and reviews.

A collection of love stories written by various authors back in the 1980s. Reading their stories it makes you realize how far we’ve come, in theory.

This was an amazing blast from the past full of so much fun and all the feels.

The 80’s touches were totally on point without feeling stale or dated. It was a nostalgic walk down memory lane with so many moments that felt like special “in jokes” between the reader and the author.

What I'm Looking For:
- Will: Bartender some nights, struggling Shakespearian Actor the rest of the time
- Kate: Workaholic Investment banker, research trips, social anxiety
- Running and Biking and other swoony dates
- A cat! (in audio this is epic because narrator Karen White does amazing animal voices)
- Answering Machines, Payphones, Cassette Tapes, A Car Phone??

Signed, Sealed & Delivered:
- Prequel novella to Forget About Me (Ben & Lucy)
- Moments in time through growing up
- A Secret Summer of Love
- Letters back and forth when Lucy goes to collage

Forget About Me:
- Childhood Friends to Lovers
- Brother's Best Friend/Best Friend's little sister
- Second Chance
- Guilt and Loss and Feels
- Learning to follow your passion
- An adorable dog!!!
- Mix Tapes, Phones attached to the wall, Pagers, Answering Services

I have read all of these individually and would totally recommend them.
As a child of the 80s, it was such an amazing walk down memory lane.