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  • Next to You

  • The Next Series, Book 2
  • Written by: Hannah Bonam-Young
  • Narrated by: Jenn Lee
  • Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Next to You

Written by: Hannah Bonam-Young
Narrated by: Jenn Lee
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Two friends (who are totally not in love) work together to renovate a school bus into a home.

Lane is in the middle of an identity crisis. Her friends are all partnered up, her career is leading nowhere, and simply put, she's not happy. So after a night out celebrating (drinking) on her birthday, she makes one hell of an impulsive purchase. A giant yellow forty-eight passenger school bus that she intends to make a home.

With little-to-no renovation experience but a large sum of inheritance money, Lane enlists the help of her friend Matt—a mechanic by trade, handyman by practice, and hottie by nature.

While their mutual attraction is undeniable, Matt and Lane have silently agreed that a friendship is the only thing that can ever exist between them. Matt's a total family guy with "settle down with me" tattooed across his forehead, whereas Lane is entirely commitment-averse.

So when Matt offers to help her with the bus and in the bedroom with no strings attached, Lane's feelings evolve faster than you can say "just good friends." But she soon discovers that in order to build something new, she has to first heal her past.
©2022 Hannah Bonam-Young (P)2023 Tantor
Romantic Comedy Contemporary
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Right person, wrong time

I like the story of Lane and Matt, but it was honestly hard to relate to Lane at times. She comes from a wealthy family, has PTSD around her father’s death that she blames herself for so she won’t allow herself to love/need anyone because she’s afraid of loss, but she’s also down to hookup with anyone, but also has self diagnosed agoraphobia and cancels on her friends constantly…she is all over the place and the rabbit just added to her chaotic vibe. She acts like she’s never been selfish before and this is her one chance to take ownership of what she wants, but to me, as a character, she almost exclusively thinks of herself. It takes Matt and his compassion for others to show her that there is another way to live. And man does she make Matt work for it. He’s willing to be anything she needs just to be around her and I’m sorry to say that I’m a few occasions, I didn’t feel like she deserved his patience. I am glad that her redemption arc involved her going to therapy and reassessing her relationships.

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