"One Song Away" by Molli Moran

"She needs a fill-in boyfriend. He needs a favor. It's the perfect, no-strings arrangement until they both realize it's too real...

Sophie-Claire Wright's life is like a bad country song on repeat. She keeps running into her cheating ex, her songwriting career isn't taking off, and her roommate just kicked her out of their apartment. With nothing to lose, she decides to do the one thing she said she'd never do: she moves back home. She left her small Southern town with big dreams, but now she's going home with empty pockets. 

Life moves at a slower pace in Sophie's blink-and-you'll-miss-it hometown, but her well-meaning, matchmaking mama doesn't have a slow gear. Sophie invents a boyfriend to hold off her mother's efforts, but she's out of luck when her mom wants to meet him. Sophie panics until she runs into Jake Cooper. Her high school crush (and former best friend) is back in town, too, and when he asks her for a favor, she agrees... on one condition. He says he'll be her fill-in boyfriend so it should be simple: re-introduce him to her family and then "break up" with him after a few weeks.

Sophie is sure she'll be able to resist Jake this time. Sure, she was in love with him years ago, but that was then. This is now, no matter how great he looks, or how she feels around him. But she didn't bargain for moments that feel all too genuine. Dates that don't seem fake. Kisses that leave her shaken and wanting more. Sweet moments where she forgets they aren't really dating. And she didn't count on old feelings resurfacing and complicating their arrangement -- which is starting to feel less like acting and more like the real deal.

Soon, Sophie can't tell which kisses are real or fake, but she knows she's in deep...and she thinks Jake is, too. When she gets a chance to go back to Nashville and chase her dreams again, she has a choice to make: stay or go? Continue hoping that the life she wants is one song away, or finally write her own song?"

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One Song Away by Molli Moran
Completed: 15.02.2015

* I received this title from the [New Adult Book Club] on Goodreads as part of the Read It Review It programme.

Where do I start? One Song Away is a book for those who love stories about best friends who turn into lovers. (like me!) The way in which the book itself was written was so different, it didn't have one of those overnight love interest kinda things. I absolutely loved reading about how the friendship gradually turned into something more.

When they first started their (fake) relationship, I was constantly waiting for something more to happen. However, like I said above nothing was rushed, and the whole relationship was handled delicately. The one thing I look for in any book I read is being able to relate to the character, and to feel the happiness, pain, confusion and all the other things that come their way. And wow, did I get the feels on every single page I flipped!

The characters were all very, VERY realistic. I felt like they were the kind of people I would want in my life, they both experienced the ups and downs of life, and from that they grew stronger as individuals. This book is about making the most of the cards life hands you, being daring enough to love and not know whether you will be loved back, and to follow your dreams no matter where they take you. The best thing about it was that it also teaches you that sometimes chasing your dreams doesn't mean travelling halfway across the world, sometimes you can find them in your own backyard.

I am so glad I got a copy of this book to read, I believe it is one of my favourite reads so far this year.

Four fanfrickintastic stars!

PS: I just want to share a small part of the book with all of you, that I will remember always!

"'Shooting star' relationships, as Mama calls them. She claims some people are in our lives for a short time, for a purpose, and then no matter how amazing the relationship, they're gone."