Title: Always My Girl
Series: Always, Maybe, Never Book 1
Author: S. Herrera
Genre: New Adult Romance
Release Date: February 1, 2021
Wren Nash-
My life has always revolved around two things, baseball and Charlotte Easton.
My dad jokes that I was born with a baseball in my hand, ready to start pitching. And Charlotte, well she’s been my girl ever since Kindergarten.
We’ve had our future all planned out- college and playing college ball, graduate and get drafted onto an MLB team then get married and start our family. Always that plan, always in that order.
Then life throws us a curveball. Now, we have to switch up our plan to fit a new future that neither of us were expecting. As life continues to throw us curveball after curveball, I wonder if our love will be strong enough to weather the storm. Or will the mistakes and choices we make be too much to come back from…
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My Rating - 4 Stars!
Ugh, I want to love this book. It's definitely over the top, but it's a fun read.
High school sweethearts Charlotte and Wren are obviously madly in love. Their future is all planned, but then it ends up that Charlotte's pregnant.
With a story like this, I need to detach myself from their ages. They act way too mature for their ages. But, if I think of it in terms of just the story, ignoring that discrepancy, it's a great tale. Also, I hate tales that glorify teen pregnancy, so I am just ignoring that aspect for now.
Seriously, how the hell is Wren so fucking wonderful? But, alas, he is perfect book boyfriend material.
It's definitely a tale of two parts. The first is sweet, happy, and no angst. At this point they're dealing with their new responsibilities, as well as decisions about college and Wren's baseball career. Other than the pregnancy surprise, there is zero angst for the longest time, which seems strange. One would expect a lot of angst in such a storyline.
The second part is painful, heartbreaking, and full of angst. Seriously, with a classic obstacle thrown their way, there's angst galore with tears, tear, and more tears!
But, alas, there's a HEA.
Besides their ages, I also struggle with some of the baseball aspects, which are just beyond over the top. Every once in a long, and I mean looooonnnnnngggggg while, a player advances through the ranks quickly. Wren's progress is beyond far fetched.
They also treat it like he will stay in the majors. Most young players don't plan to buy a house the second they get "the call." That's insane and beyond jinxing their chances of staying. At that age, if they ever make it there, it would be a September call up, with no idea of the following year. Yes, I am a baseball fan. I worked for a minor league team. This aspect is hard to overlook.
Other than that - The writing style is wonderful, with a great pace and excellent dialogue. This is truly written in a soothing to me manner, exactly the way I love a tale to be written. If future books are like this, I am excited to read everything this author writes.
I am glad I got to read S Herrera's Always My Girl. If I treat it like a college romance, I effin love this book. So that is how I am choosing to think of it. Just bump their ages up 3 years and this one is perfectly done, full of romance and more romance.
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I leave her house, but I don’t get on a plane. I go to my parents and sleep in my bed the entire day with my phone turned all the way up in my hand. If there is a chance, she changes her mind, I want to be here.
I tell myself if she doesn’t call that I will leave the next morning. It’s a lie.
Knox comes over that morning, and we talk. He tells me that I should go if she doesn’t want me here. That way I can come back when she does. The team isn’t going to let me stay gone for too long, and the press is getting antsy.
He books me a flight that leaves tonight. I try calling Charlotte four times, hoping she will ask me to stay. She doesn’t even answer. I call her dad and let him know. He says it is probably for the best.
That night, I board the plane, leaving my broken heart here with her.
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S. Herrera developed a love for books early in life, reading anything she could get her hands on. Since then, her love grew to include a passion for writing her own stories. Growing up in small town America and marrying her high school sweetheart helped give her some inspiration to pen her first series, Always, Maybe, Never, starting with Always My Girl. Maybe My Girl and Never My Girl will be released in early to mid-2021.
S. currently resides in Oregon with her husband, two daughters, and three dogs. After a typical day of wrangling kids, folding laundry and making dinner, you can usually find her reading or writing with a strong cup of tea or the occasional glass of whiskey because sometimes life just calls for something stronger.
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