Georgie, All Along: An Uplifting and Unforgettable Love Story

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This truly feels like a fever dream to me. Kate Clayborn is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE authors, and I would probably have murdered someone just to get to read the first two chapters early. And I would have been right, because this was EVERYTHING I could have ever hoped for and more!!! Kate Clayborn wrote this book because she knew I was struggling in life, period. I accept no counterarguments at this time, there is no changing my mind— Georgie, used to putting others' needs first after working as a demanding assistant, now feels a sense of emptiness. She has no idea what the future holds and has forgotten how to make choices for herself. When she finds her teenage fiction filled with her younger self's ideas, she sees it as a sign and a new guideline for her future.

I've been delaying this review simply because I loved this book SO MUCH. I almost have no words. These characters have been living in my head since finishing. Georgie, All Along is a deeply emotional story of facing life’s challenges and finding your own path. I recommend this book to those that appreciate Women’s Fiction and stories of personal growth. What I Liked: But then Georgie comes across a forgotten artifact--a "friendfic" diary she wrote as a teenager, filled with possibilities she once imagined. To an overwhelmed Georgie, the diary's simple, small-scale ideas are a lifeline--a guidebook for getting started on a new path. Georgie is a work in progress, she needs time to find herself and with the help of a notebook she wrote as a teenager she hopes to achieve that. Magnetic, witty, and expansive. The world is going to fall hard for this deliciously whimsical and captivating story, and I cannot wait to see it!" --Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love HypothesisHello, familiar genre waters! "Returning from your high-powered job to your small hometown only to find love with the hot older brother of your former crush" is one of romance's tales as old as time. And something I really appreciated about Georgie, All Along is that - while it inspects and questions and deepens its own relationship to this well-trodden genre staple - you never get the sense that it's looking down on it, or denying why it attracts readers. However, it turns out her parents had forgotten to tell Georgie that they were letting Levi Fanning stay at the house for two weeks. He was the town troublemaker when he was young and the older brother of Georgie’s high school crush.

Then Georgie comes across a forgotten artifact-a ‘friendfic’ diary she wrote as a teenager, filled with possibilities she once imagined. To an overwhelmed Georgie, the diary’s simple, small-scale ideas are a lifeline – a guidebook for getting started on a new path.

And if you’re wondering if this has steam, it has steam. (Levi . . . mmmm . . . yes.) Maybe not surprise-ghost-pepper-in-your-pad-thai hot, or even last-wing-on- Hot-Ones hot, but a solid level of spice. Like, a single, but extra spicy, jalapeño margarita. Lots of heated glances and couch make-outs and “ mine” and blue eyes and excellent beards and, and, and…you get it. The intimate scenes are solid, swoony, and will make you blush, but nothing is over-the-top. Kate Clayborn’s books are some of the best of the genre because they grapple with life-changing inheritances, tense friendship breakups, and fraught parental relationships in parallel with the deeply felt romances.” —Paste Magazine

To be blunt, the set-up didn’t totally grab me at first. I plodded forward with reading the e-ARC anyway because the idea of passing up a Kate Clayborn novel just isn’t in my DNA. And, to be blunter, the set-up still didn’t blow me away, even after I’d finished reading Georgie and fallen deeply, madly in love with all the characters and their lives and their quirks. The ‘friend-fic,’ a term I rolled my eyes at from the get-go, felt a little odd/weak/silly as a plot device, and Georgie’s epiphany at the end of the novel about her life and the direction it should take also rubbed me the wrong way. Oh, and the impetus for the third act break-up was painfully obvious within the first few chapters. Perfect for Emily Henry fans. [This] is the love story that proves you can go home again...It's so rich and wonderful." - Julia Quinn on The TODAY ShowAfter a disastterous and adorable first and second meeting they ended up living together as roommates. This is one of my favourite forced proximity scenarios and I think this book excellent in it. Anyway, where I’m going with this, is that Georgie, All Along has some really lovely sex scenes (including one where the heroine gets herself off, and the hero doesn’t) that both reflect the characters involved and contribute meaningfully to the emotional trajectory of their relationship. Outright perfection!"—Christina Lauren, Kate Clayborn Fanclub Co-Presidents and Authors of The Soulmate Equation