OUR REVIEW:
Another new to me author, another good read! It's Different This Time follows the story of June and Adam. June is an actress--one who was successful on Broadway and struggling in Hollywood. Adam is a notable chef in NYC. That's their now. What this novel offers us is a look at their present with chapters interspersed that show us their past and how they went from best friends to being estranged. We get to see them go from strangers trying to make a name for themselves..the jobs, the successes, the risks, the rewards but the question that lingers is how in the world did they go from being so close to being so distant? It takes a good portion of the book to get a definitive answer (one that many will figure out before it's confirmed), but I didn't find it annoying that I had to read many pages to get there. I liked their stories. I liked reading their past but also how they were managing now. I liked the conflict and tension and revelations. And of course, I loved the last part...the part where they finally figure things out and find the happiness everyone wanted for them.
Consider me a fan; I can't wait for her next book!
SYNOPSIS:
Subject 74 Perry Street
So begins the email that turns June Wood’s entire world on its head. Five years ago, she lived on Perry Street with her former best friend Adam Harper. But why is the management company reaching out to her about it now?
Still smarting from the news of her hit TV show being canceled, June has nothing else to lose. She boards a plane from Los Angeles to New York City to find out more about the mysterious email and the promised opportunity it alludes to. It turns out that, thanks to an unbelievable legal loophole, if she and Adam can live together in the stunning West Village brownstone for a month, it’s theirs. Any true New Yorker knows you don’t pass up prime city real estate, and that fall in the city is magical—so what’s there to think about?
And yet, though most things have changed in the time since they last spoke, one thing hasn’ June and Adam have unfinished business. They didn’t exactly end on good terms when they each went off to chase their dreams. Now, confronted with the consequences of their choices, they must navigate the minefield of their past the best way they know together.
Every day they move closer to owning Perry Street reveals misunderstandings, long-term resentments, and long-buried feelings . . . which are suddenly feeling very, very not so buried. But they’ve already lost their friendship once before, devastating them both. Can they risk losing it again for something a little different this time?
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