We also have a bit of romance thrown into the story. The love interest is Calvin, Olivia's crush and her brother's best friend. I did not like this aspect of the book. Zoe went from hating Calvin, to thinking he was a douche, to thinking he was hot, to falling for him. Talk about bipolar. I did think they had some chemistry (a bit), but mostly I didn't feel any development between them. It was just like, one moment, the "love" was suddenly there! I would've wanted more scenes of them together before kind of making out and stuff (drunk) at a party. I’m not saying it’s bad because I think it’s still a good story about friendship and what it really means to be there for someone you care about no matter what. It’s just that the main themes of the story seem to have been overcome by the tragedy and then later the romance that the other interesting elements have been scarcely explored. It could have been so much more. I loved the use of a fun road trip to balance out the heaviness of this story. Cousin Michael was the perfect comedic relief. Gosh, he made me laugh. I don't know about you guys, but sometimes I love a good cry book. Maybe One Day is an excellent cry book, but it's also so much more than that! It will emotionally own you and I promise it will haunt your thoughts for weeks to come! This book...I don't think I have any tears left because the last 10% or maybe a little bit more I cried. I'm not talking about slow tears going down or even just my eyes getting teary, I'm talking full on ugly cry. I had to stop reading because I couldn't see the words anymore. Don't let the fact that it's a tear-jerker dissuade you from reading Maybe One Day though. My goodness no, this story is not sad all the way through at all.

THE ROMANCE: Melissa Kantor's latest novel is not about finding your true love. It's about friendships and futures and hope. It's about finding strength to live even though the thing you loved most is no longer by your side. Yet I still couldn't help but love the romance in Maybe One Day. It may start with a bit of lust but the feeling between the two soon catch up and seriously, Melissa Kantor nailed the romance and what it's like when one of them is experiencing a difficult time to cope with the world around them. This is a very sad but happy book at the same time. Zoe's voice makes everything seem like it's okay and her and Olivia's friendship will always be there. The bond that they have was so unbreakable and so beautiful and I'm absolutely jealous. Olivia and Zoe had one of the most powerful friendships that I've ever read about. Together, their voices made the bookish world a better place. After a tragic accident forced them apart, it's been seventeen years since Jess and Joe have seen each other. But now thanks to a hidden shoebox full of old letters and postcards from Joe, Jess realizes he didn't forget about her after all. With her cousin in tow as an emotional support passenger, Jess heads on a road trip to (hopefully) reconnect with her true love. Cancer. How could my friend have cancer? Cancer killed people. But Olivia wasn't going to die. We were sixteen. People who are sixteen, people you've known your whole life, don't die of cancer. Why not? asked an ugly, scary voice in my brain. Why don't they die of cancer? "Because," I said out loud, the sound of my voice startling in the quiet room. "They don't."I found it difficult to start writing this review because this book was all over the place and I couldn’t really piece together how I really felt about it, despite really loving the book once I’d finished it. In one word, Maybe One Day is powerful. Beautifully written, make sure you have tissues on hand when reading this book: Melissa Kantor’s amazing story of friendship will be sure to bring tears.

Pretty much nothing I can say will be able to do this story justice, just trust me, especially if you have enjoyed books on my recommendations in the past, that this is a special book and needs to be read. Currently I would put this right up in my top books of 2020. She never said anything until one night when she confessed her feelings. Now she’s afraid she’s ruined their friendship forever. Maybe One Day was a poignant story it was full with endearing characters and beautiful relationships, but most of all a story full with hope. I know it’s really early on in the year for me to say this but I’m sure that Maybe One Day will remain one of my favourite reads of 2014. I think this book will turn out to be one of those love it or hate it ones, with not a whole lot of people in the middle. There's some scenes and wording choices that could be taken two completely different ways, such as Zoe's reaction to the oncology ward when she thinks 'Leukemia was cancer. Olivia has cancer'. That could easily be taken as Zoe not knowing what Leukemia is or that she knows but seeing it as opposed to hearing it over the phone just made it that much more real for her.Now I feel like she's just waiting for me to fail so she can fire me." Irritated by what I'd just said, I slapped the wall. "Listen to me. How can she fire me. I don't even work here." I would recommend this read and its characters - it will have you almost reaching for a handkerchief and hoping for an ending that Jess deserves. This is supposedly a story that highlights the friendship between Olivia and Zoe. Both are ballerinas and have been best friends since they were little. Just the blurb alone has already caught my attention because I’ve always loved books that focus on friendship and I thought with dancing as an element in the story, this would be something really exceptional except somehow, the plot managed to take a completely different turn from what I have been looking forward to. Bu türde fazla kitap okuduysanız sizi etkilemeyecektir. Şahsen okurken gözlerim bir kere bile dolmadı. Ama verdiği his, duygu bu yönünün açıklığını biraz kapattı. Öneririm fakat sizi hüngür hüngür ağlatacak bir kitap beklemeyin.