The Night We Met
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4.3 • 201 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Say You'll Remember Me comes a beautiful, compelling novel that revels in laughter, friendship, and the messy choices life can throw our way.
In everyone’s life, there’s a split-second decision that can change everything...
For Larissa, it came when choosing who to ride home with after a concert. That night, she had no idea she’d met the perfect man. She and Chris are great friends, co-parenting a slightly unhinged rescue Yorkie, sharing their favorite books, and judging bread (pumpernickel for the win!). For the first time amid all her side hustles to scrape by, things finally feel easy.
But she didn’t choose Chris to drive her home all those months ago—she went with his best friend, and he became her boyfriend. All Chris wants is for Larissa to be happy. Standing by on the sidelines is slowly killing him, but making a move would destroy someone else. How can something that feels so right be absolutely impossible?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Love and loyalty clash in an appealing rom-com from Abby Jimenez. In The Night We Met (set in the same universe as Say You’ll Remember Me), waitress and side-hustle queen Larissa makes a split-second decision that has long-lasting repercussions when she takes a ride home after a concert with boisterous personal trainer Mike instead of his quiet pharmacist friend, Chris. But then Chris ends up picking up boyfriend-duty slack for the oft-drunk Mike: taking Larissa and her mom to the hospital, digging out her car after a snowstorm, remembering her nut allergy. As she and Chris share an easy and affectionate connection through books, food, and the adoption of a near-feral Yorkie, Larissa finds herself questioning her impulsive choice. Jimenez has an effortless knack for building three-dimensional characters. We eagerly switch between Larissa’s and Chris’ points of view as they wrestle with the consequence of their growing attraction as well as their concern for Mike. Sweetly charming and emotionally complex, this is Abby Jimenez at her prime.
Customer Reviews
Beautiful story
Loved the sweetness of the story of Chris and Larissa. I also enjoyed the rawness of the relationships and challenges of each of the characters .
Depressing
This book was full of despair, grief, and hard times. It had zero enjoyment. I generally enjoy this author and look forward to her books. Next time, I may take a pass based on how awful this book was. The book was read from beginning to end because of how much I paid for it. It couldn’t have ended soon enough.
Fantastic
I don’t know whether I’d personally call this book Abby’s best one yet, but I definitely loved it. It’s beautifully painful, bittersweet, and filled with longing that made my heart hurt: both for the main characters, and for myself.
Please excuse me while I grab another tissue, then decide which physical copy (copies?) I want to buy, reread the book, and grab the audiobook. 😅