Okay

Something More #2

by Danielle Pearl

Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B00SSMCZX2.

After the horrors she’s survived over the past year, Rory never expected to find the one thing she certainly wasn’t looking for – love. But after the painful realization that her past has left her a dangerous liability to the person she cares for the most, she finally understands that for her and Sam, love means letting go.

Can two people hopelessly in love with one another ever revert back into just friends? Neither Rory nor Sam know for sure. But the one thing they do know – it’s the only choice they have.

As Rory recovers from a devastating assault, Sam will do anything to make sure it never happens again. But how far will he go to keep her safe? Their choices will change everything, and they will either bring them back together, or destroy them irrevocably.

OKAY is the follow-up to NORMAL and Book 2 of the Something More series. It is not meant to be read as a standalone novel.

Genres: Romance, New Adult, Abuse, High School, Young Adult, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance

322 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 24, 2015

About the author

Danielle Pearl is the Amazon and iBooks best selling author of the Something More series. She lives in New Jersey with her three delicious children and ever-supportive husband, who--luckily--doesn't mind sharing her with an array of fictional men. She did a brief stint at Boston University and worked in marketing before publishing her debut novel, Normal. She writes mature Young Adult and New Adult Contemporary Romance. Danielle enjoys coffee, wine, and cupcakes, and not in moderation.

Danielle is represented by Erica Silverman @ Trident Media Group

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Reviews

[Kelli C · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm totally not going to lie, I loved every long drawn-out angst filled moment of this book! Note this is not a standalone...this book picks up after the crazy events that rocked Rory and Sam...the ultimately broke them apart.

"It's not the frequency of good times versus bad times that matters. It's the magnitude of the bad times, the damage done"

No truer statement when it comes this tale. Keeping it simple...Rory and Sam connected at first run in. She was zoned out just passing time to get thru days. She was hiding from her past...not looking for anything "normal." Then there was Sam...a high school dream...a good friend...a hero to the broken Rory.



After finally accepting good times and opening up to the possibilities to a future and a real love...the past catches up and breaks any hope for more. One night ends it all. One night creates new walls. One night and a whole book of miscommunication ensues! While this would normally make me scream, I found myself completely wrapped up in this teen drama! Two young adults who wanted and needed on another were tip-toeing around each other, afraid to push but wanting so badly to pull! Back to square one...FRIENDS...



But what if real true love can be found so young? Hasn't Rory lived enough tragedy to know good from bad? What if Sam could keep Rory safe forever? How far would each go to keep one another safe?

"I can't lose you again...I'm not built for it...I know that know."

"My girl can handle anything. And she knows that if she needs me, I'm here, no matter what."



Keeping it real...I LOVED THIS. Was it frustrating at times? Yes. Was it a bit unrealistic at times? Yes. But...it was sweet, it was hot, it was emotional, it was just kinda way better than Okay!

[Snow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Abso-fuckin-lutely amazing read...

If I could pick one song to present the essence of this story it would be cause of these lyrics

If I had to live my life
Without you near me
The days would all be empty
The nights would seem so long

With you I see forever oh so clearly
I might have been in love before
But it never felt this strong

Our dreams are young and we both know
They'll take us where we want to go
Hold me now
Touch me now
I don't want to live without you

[Chorus:]
Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love

Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
The world may change my whole life through
But nothing's gonna change my love for you

If the road ahead is not so easy
Our love will lead the way for us
Like a guiding star

I'll be there for you
If you should need me
You don't have to change a thing
I love you just the way you are

So come with me and share the view
I'll help you see forever too
Hold me now, touch me now
I don't want to live without you

Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love

Nothing's gonna change my love for you by George Benson

listen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr97M...

Yeah, they are young, 18 and looking at all the horrors from year past. Rory and Sam went through personal hell, but since Rory's adamant decision that Sam is protected by being out of sight from her, thus he'd be safe from her molester's grasp, only enhenced the feeling of lonely void. And it's a fuckin torture to see him close, then to whitness him step aside, giving her space and respecting her wishes...

Yet, the physical pain in absence of Sam's touch, thoughts and feels, makes Rory more alone then ever...

their push and pull actions only intensify the huge amount of tension and pent up eagerness for each other, the need to steer the nightmares away, the closness of the pure emotion void of malice and closness that feeds the power of love - love that is inevitable for them both.

BUT the road is bumpy, trials ahead will stretch the lines of patience, strong-will and determination to stand and fight off all the demons striking again...

Sam will do anything to protect her, and he will go any length necessary, even if it means facing his own demons and standing tall in challenge...

BUT it will be Rory's decision and choice to finally make peace with herself, letting go of the guilt of the most painful loss she endured, the loss of her best friend Cam, the only person who was willing to stand by her when all others failed and the tragic event that took him away from her...she never forgave herself for that yet she wasn't the one to blame...

then the choice she got to let it all go...

A second chance to feel whole again....with the most beautiful, patient, loving man beside her, who made her free by loving her....Sam gave her that and she grasped it.

Yeah, everything will be OKAY...


I simply loved this story, these characters were amazing, they weer vulnerable yet they found the strength within themselves and in each other, through trial and error, angsty misleading decisions in hopes they would protect each other only to realize that they are in fact meant for each other, that they are stronger together fortified in love. That being the motion wheel that led them through the re-lived pain and hurt only to enter another phase in their lives opened to future....

Brilliantly written.
Emotional.
Real.

I simply loved it!

[Dora Koutsoukou · Rating 2 out of 5]

2,5 😤🤔⭐️s

There was plenty of angst, but this part couldn’t hold my interest or enthusiasm. There was a lot of back and forth! Sam and Rory wanted to be together but they even couldn’t or shouldn’t! It was exhausting...
Too much inner thoughts and narrations were very tiring.
Although there was not a triangle, the author managed to to create for me a huge question and agonise over of whom I loved more in the end. Sam or Cam... 😤🤔

[Natalie ~ The Biblioholic · Rating 4 out of 5]

The writing was on point as it has been throughout this series. The feels hit right from the damn start and didn't stop until the very end. Gahhhhhh!! I loved it!!

Short and sweet...

I obviously loved Sam and Rory. She wasn't so annoying in this one. Okay, she was in the beginning, but she earned back my love pretty quickly lol. Sam. Sam. Sam. He made this freaking story. The fact that this book is told from both of their perspectives absolutely made this incredible for me. I don't want to reveal the plot, but Robin FINALLY gets dealt with. I'm not wholly satisfied with the justice that was wrought, but I'm not the creater of this story so...

There were a lot of feels. Old friends and new friends offered support. Enemies came out of the woodwork. An enemy redeems him/herself (not revealing the gender cuz I want to keep it as a surprise. Duh!). Just amazing. I'm not a huge fan of how Sam and Rory reconcile, but I'm just grateful they did. Pretty quickly too or I would have been pissed.

The only thing I'm sad about is that the epilogue wasn't far enough in the future for me. I liked their HFN, but I guess because of all of the turmoil and angst, I was more hoping for a HEA. Ah well. Beautiful story nonetheless.

XO

[Hazel *Craves the Angst Reviews* · Rating 3 out of 5]

Find This and Other Reviews At Craves The Angst.

2.5 Stars!

The Review:
I’m totally giving all my stars to the story itself, which I loved, but this book had a lot of what I disliked about the first book. It was filled full of rehashed internal monologuing. So much so, I actually skipped over a lot of the repetitiveness. One conversation would take up three or four pages with only four lines of actual dialogue because of all the internal monologuing! It was just TOO MUCH!

The first book totally “wow’ed” me. Rory’s pain was so emotional and her struggles so real, that I was hooked and couldn’t put it down. Sam made me swoon with his kindness, his understanding and his gentleness. This book, however, made me want to scream and not in a good way. Don’t get me wrong. I loved the direction of the story. I enjoyed the journey. And I loved Rory’s character, which grew and developed bit by bit with each passing scene. And I absolutely LOVED Sam. His strength and eagerness to help the girl he fell in love with, even when he was being jealous and didn’t understand what was going on, was heart-melting. And I never blamed him for being confused. He had ever reason because Rory hid a lot of things and just wouldn’t speak up!

What I didn’t like was all the back and forth, the miscommunication, the repetitive are-we or aren’t-we scenarios and all the points that were hammered home relentlessly. Rory spends a great deal of time contemplating ... everything! She struggles with the right thing to do and instead of showing us her struggle, we spend countless chapters with her internalizing everything. We also get a Sam POV, which I LOVED, but the author did the same thing with him. And we’re taken on several inconsequential tangents that have nothing to do with the main story.

I’m kind of over stories that use massive miscommunication to sell drama or conflict. I wanted to scream at both of them to Just. Be. Honest! They obviously trusted and loved one another, so Speak. Up! There was plenty of drama to be had, plenty of conflict and a ton of emotions at play, without all the back and forth.

After the first book blew me away, this one was underwhelming. Like I said, I loved the direction of the story. Rory and Sam went through some majorly difficult times, and I enjoyed their struggle and their characters, but the writing left me frustrated and I really think without all that fluff, Sam and Rory’s journey could have been told in one book ... and been phenomenal!

[Emma-Jane · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was NOT Okay. It could have been 1/3 of the size and tagged on to the end of Normal. It did not need to be a whole book. The majority of the book is spent backing and forthing between being in love; being friends; being unsure if they are in love; unsure if they are friends; feeling guilty; feeling angry; back to being friends; friends who have sex? Hang on, are we in love again? Nope, back to friends; wait a second, I DO love you after all................. FFS.

There's angst and then there's writing to get to a specific word count.

I thought these characters were great in Normal but they both completely did my head in in this one. There was no depth added to their characters and no depth to the story. I was impressed at how gritty the first novel was - this was trite, poorly written and rushed.

Very disappointing indeed.

[Helen Power · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great follow up to "Normal". However, I did find that the characters regressed a little from the last book--falling back into the same insecurities that kept them apart in the first book. It's realistic, but still a little frustrating! I couldn't put the book down. This is such a tear-jerker!

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing was pretty redundant. I looked it up, Sam called Robin "that motherfucking bastard" 40 times...

[Crystal B · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5*..

[lia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This duet will definitely go down as one of my most favorite duets/series ever. It’s not perfect, no. And it’s definitely not going to be for everyone one. But there was just something about these books, this story, and this couple that really stuck with me. And to be honest — I’m a bit shocked by how much I loved this. This author and these books were not even on my radar before my reading buddy suggested them to me, and I’ll be eternally grateful to her for making me read this (shoutout Kelsey woohoo to you gurl). This is why I cave into book recommendations even though I’m a bit skeptical at first. You can always DNF books when it pisses you off, but you’ll never know whatever you don’t try. So anyway, enough of this book pep talk lol. The only thing that probably frustrated me in this book was the amount of time Sam and Rory spent apart. Not physically apart, but rather emotionally. We know that Rory ended things with Sam at the end of book 1 and told him she just wanted them to best friends again. And this is all due to her hangups alone (wanting to protect Sam), because Sam was willing to go all in, all the way. And I guess I can’t even fault Rory for that mindset about protecting Sam because of what happened with Cam — it was definitely her fear for Sam that drove her towards that decision. But either way, it was an unnecessary and pointless long-ish separation that could’ve been avoided in my opinion, if Rory just talked her fears out with Sam. Regardless, I still loved the heck out of this and I’m just glad neither was with anyone else during their months-long breakup. Anyway, I don’t want to give any more away because I went into this pretty blind and loved the journey, so I would want the same for everyone else. But all I can say is that I love love love this duet (including Sam’s POV companion novella) and I am so so glad I read it. I also won’t be surprised if I find myself re-reading this in a couple of months or so. And I am still completely, wholeheartedly, and irrevocably in love with Sam Caplan (even more so now to be honest). Highly recommended! (Although please do check out the trigger warnings because like I said, this will not be for everyone. I included a detailed safety warning in my review for book one for ya’ll but beware: MAJOR spoilers are involved).


Safety Gang:
-TW: mentions of rape, sexual assault and physical assault
-Safe sex: no condoms but the h is on birth control (mentioned in the first book)
-No cheating
-No sex/intimate scenes with other people
-Some very mild OW drama; someone flirts with the H in the bar while the h is there watching and he flirts back since he’s drunk and heartbroken because he thinks the h doesn’t love/want him back. But nothing happens because the h confronts them and some drama ensues
-Some very mild OM drama; some guy comes on to the h in a bar (same night as above) and grabs her, but the H stops him and beats OM up
-They were broken up for a few months; the h ended things with the H at the end of book 1 and asked to go back to being just best friends to “protect” him, but neither of them stopped loving each other and they were both celibate during the separation (although they did have sex once during separation but with each other lol)
-HEA with epilogue (even though I wanted more out of it)

[Big Joe Rossi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Normal, book 1 was amazing, this was great but a tiny step down. Still a great read.

The past has come back full circle for Rory and in doing so pulled her friends and especially Sam into its path. Despite the love she feels for Sam she knows what she must do. End things. He will never be safe, she will never be normal, his future will be at risk with her and her past. So she does just that.

Same gives her time but he struggles a lot with doing so. How can they play friends when really she was always so much more than that from the start? As the court case draws near he knows, lover or friend, he will do anything he has too to keep her safe, give her peace. He will do just that.

I liked this book a lot, i loved the first book. This was a great duet series. I loved the H/h and secondary characters. I loved the writing style. Danielle Pearl is someone I will need to read more of!

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5-4 STARS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

As with Normal, the writing was just lovely. I got pulled in by the story and the character. This time however the story was told in dual POV and I enjoyed it immensely. It made it so much better!

This book was a bit frustrating though. The back and forth between Rory and Sam was too much at times. And some scenes were just unbearably long.

Overall though I really like Danielle's writing style and very much look forward to her next book.

[Fiza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just when Rory and Sam's relationship has progressed from friends to lovers, Rory's demons come back to haunt her. This time it scares her so badly that she immediately decides to put a stop to their relationship. She pushes him away but Sam doesn't know that her decision is fueled by her desire to keep him save.

Sam is left hurt and confused, he understands what Rory is going through and he tries his best to be patient and keep hope. But his hope is waning.

They're both facing demons of the past and due to those confrontations it seems they're losing each other....



This was yet another angst filled read where more heartbreak, fear and insecurity issues are lurking on the horizon.

I like that we can now read from both Rory and Sam's perspective in one book. It adds another dimension to the story, not that it was really needed but I always enjoy it nonetheless.

I had immediately picked this book up after I had finished “Normal” and it truly feels like a continuation of the first book, the story flows smoothly further. The only very small hiccup for me was Rory's indecisiveness, whether she wanted to keep Sam in the “friendzone” or not. I understand why she's hesitant though, that's why I call it a small hiccup.



I truly enjoyed Rory and Sam's story and I'm a bit sad it's over. I've been through so much with these two that I'm reluctant to let them go.

But I am excited to get to know more about Carleigh and Tucker, they will be featuring in the book "In Ruins". They seem to run hot and cold for reasons still unknown and I'd like to get to the bottom of that. Plus I secretly hope that Rory and Sam will make an appearance there.

[Alexa (Alexa Loves Books) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm so glad that I could jump straight into this one after reading NORMAL. It's a really solid follow-up to its predecessor, though it really just reads as part of a larger story that could have just been one book. Still, it was nice to be around these characters (and to get Sam's POV!), and I liked the way it ended as well.

[Hala · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cannot believe this story is over. No. I just won't believe it.
Sam and Rory's story? Over? Impossible.
They're staying with me forever.

What a book; what a series; what an author!

Non Spoiler Section:

The conclusion to the Something More series was everything I had anticipated -but even more! I got to witness pain and love and character development.

It was a truly breathtaking finale. I thought couldn't possibly love this series any more -I was wrong! The day I decided to trust my instincts and read Normal was a great day indeed. I'm so glad I got to take part in such an amazing story.

There's not more I can say without it being spoilery, so I'm going to leave it here for all you people that haven't read it.

Do it. Start this series. It's so important. You'll learn so much about love and recovery. It's a great experience.

Go. Get the book.

Spoiler Section:

Will anyone ever know the internal pain I was feeling every. single. time. Sam or Rory did anything stupid. Every single time they denied their love for each other.

When Sam was avoiding Rory? My heart was shattering.

But you know what killed me more? Rory. The way she blamed herself for everything. Cam's death, Sam being in trouble... hell, she even blamed herself for getting raped. She thinks it's her fault. And it wasn't frustrating. Not one bit. Because it was so real. There ARE girls like this. In a world reeking of rape culture, girls DO blame themselves for getting raped, and it was so relieving seeing her come to terms with the fact that it wasn't her fault -it was his.

Rory's development was amazingly done. It was so realistic that I felt like I knew her. Rory is my friend. I'm going to text her right now so we can go out and get some coffee together. She touches you on a personal level, and Danielle Pearl has a unique way of delivering her.

Now let's get started on Sam. Sam also has his flaws. He has anger issues and he's good at distancing himself, but grows. They both do. That's what's so amazing about it. The character growth is truly remarkable.

And don't get me started on all the other characters. Everyone! From Tuck to Carl to Dave. Hell, even those girls at the bar. (Okay, not the Forbes family tho) And Cam, oh how my heart aches for him.

But from him, we learn that some tragedies do lead to good things. If he hadn't died and she hadn't moved, she would've never met Sam to begin with.

The life lessons, the life lessons! I learned so much from this book; it's unbelievable. It teaches you everything about love and forgiveness and dealing with things. It teaches you that it's okay for things not to get better immediately; some wounds won't heal, but it doesn't mean that life won't continue to move forward.

The ending was outstanding, and I'm so glad some details weren't acknowledged completely, leaving room for the reader's imagination but not rendering the ending unsatisfying.

5/5 stars, and I wish I could give more.

[Shannon Fay · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a little less heavy on the intense drama of life-altering and horrific trauma, and a little heavier on the teen angst. Now don't' get me wrong, I love teen angst, but I prefer my angst and anguish to be due to the previously mentioned life altering trauma, or you know, because of serious issues). And this particular version of teen angst, while in no small part, was underwritten by said trauma, was on the surface, about your garden variety teen romance issues (you know, the kind of pining and aching for another person, the kind where both parties long for each other, but can't be together, even though if they actually said everything they thought instead of assuming they know what the other person is thinking, if they actually communicated, they could sort out like 90% of the problem). Yeah, this book was full of that, angst to the max. And like I said, I ship Rory and Sam, and I am HERE for their story, because all of it revolves around Rory's trauma, and Sam being kind enough to help her through it, loving her enough to show her that love can be a beautiful thing, and that everything she thinks she knows about love and relationships is wrong, because she was lied to before. So I understand the underlying causes for this angst, really I do, but DAMN there was a lot of it. So for that reason, I think I liked the first book better.

This book was more of a pure romance, whereas the first book was more of an even split between being a romance novel and an issue book. And what since I am hardcore into issue books, but not so much into purely romance (I mean, I'll read romance, and even love it, but I like my romance to be coupled in with another genre, like a sci-fi romance, or a fantasy romance, etc.), I obviously enjoyed the more issue heavy book better. Thus, the first book is closet to five star read for me than this one. (Although I did have to detract half a star from my rating of the first book, purely for editing reasons, because had there been a proper editor, I wouldn't have been able to notice nearly as many syntax errors. I"m pretty forgiving, but it was obvious enough that I couldn't justify a perfect 5 star rating. I am however glad to see that that particular problem has noticeably improved with this second book. There was still the occasional error, but only a few over the course of the whole book, instead of a few every single chapter.)

I really did enjoy this book though, and as a continuation and conclusion to Rory and Sam's story, I loved it. Particularly the ending. I'm glad that everyone gets the closure they need, and I'm so very happy that things were wrapped up the way they were Everyone got what they deserved in the end, and I couldn't be happier that everyone got what was coming to them.

Apparently, the rest of the series (since Sam and Rory's story has reached it's conclusion), consists of sort of companion novels, that delve into the romances of the people in Rory/Sam's friend group, and having come to love all these characters, I'm definitely going to get the rest of this series and read it. But I also think that honestly, if a person only wanted to read these first two books in this series, and then be done with it, that this would be a good stopping point. nd actually, I kind of like that. I kind of like that I only NEED to read the first two books, and that as a bonus, I can pick up the rest of the series, book by book if I like (since every book there after focuses on a different coupling. I think, given that, that you could probably read the rest of the series in almost any order (unless characters appear in each other's books and reference prior events or something), or at the very least, if someone picked up book 3 or book 4, and read only that one, they wouldn't be missing out on anything major, and wouldn't be lost.) I actually really like that, because sometimes I'm afraid to start a long series (I pretty much define anything beyond a trilogy as a long series, lol), because there are so many books that I want to read, and there's so little time, and I know that if I start a series and I like it, it's going to end up being a major time commitment, because I'm, inevitably going to have to read however many books there are (five in this case, but in other cases, there can be way more). So honestly, it sounds crazy, but I like knowing that I can read these first two, and leave it at that if I choose, or I can continue on if I choose that instead. I also like knowing that since everything is wrapped up by the end of book two (at least for Rory and Sam), that I could also take a break from this series, and if I pick it back up again in a few months or even a year, I won't be so lost that I have to re-read the previous books to know what's going on (Often, with long series, if I start reading them while they're still being published, I do find that in the year that went by between book releases, I will have forgotten enough plot points, that I feel like I need to re-read previous books, and that bugs me. Not that I don't love re-reading books I like, but I don't like NEEDING to. I want to re-read when I WANT to, but not because I NEED to in order to pick up book two and not be wildly confused.) So I'm very happy with this series, because even if I gave it some time, I think to dive back in, and start exploring the friends' stories, I'd only need to remember the most basic of plot points (you know, like the generalities of what Rory went through, and what the names were among through group of friends, and that's pretty much it. And honestly, maybe not even that, maybe just the names and the knowledge that they are friends. So pretty easy.)

anyway, all in all, I did enjoy this book, it's a great conclusion to a beautiful and epic love story. Turns out, love does have healing powers. And no, not in a stupid "his-love-saved-me" kind of way, but rather in the way where a person loves you enough that you use their love as the strength to help you get better on your own. (If that makes sense). Seriously though, it wasn't some guy-cures-girl deal. It was more like the girl was badly hurt, but because someone loved her, she found the strength within herself to get back up, and to heal, because their love inspired her, and gave her confidence. Also, in this particular instance, simply having someone who listens, who respects your wishes and never crosses the line, helps to heal. When you're betrayed and hurt, it helps if you meet someone who can show you that not everyone will betray and hurt you. Because of what Robin did, constantly crossing the line, and ignoring her boundaries, simply having someone around who respected those boundaries, and showed her that normal people won't just take what they want, that only assholes do that, it was healing to her. for rory to learn that Robin's abuse was the isolated act of one person, rather than the way everyone acts, was healing for her. And I'm so very glad Rory and Sam got their HEA.Overall, while I prefered the first book, because it was more issue, and this one was more romance, I still thought that, as far as romances go, it was pretty epic, and incredibly sweet. And if I'm gonna read a romance, this is everything I could ask for (ok, maybe just a dash less pining, lol, but no really, it was wonderful).

[Erica Raquel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this a lot. The plot wasn’t my favorite because a lot of things could’ve been easily avoided but still was enjoyable.
There was some serious character development and that’s why I’m giving such a great rating. I loved seeing Rory go from weak-ish to a strong woman. It was beautiful.
4/5 Stars.

[Deserie williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Absolutely love this series! Great book! Perfect conclusion to Normal. I can't express enough how much I loved these characters (especially Sam)☺ Rory was amazing too. She finally realizes how strong she really is! A very emotional read, but so well written. I only hope we can get more about them maybe later in their future☺ fingers crossed!

[Louise · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 - I like the characters - I just didn't like this book as much as the first one it was okay (pun intended)

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75- 4 Stars

After reading Normal a few days ago, I had a feeling that the road to Sam & Rory's "Normal" and their HEA was going to be a bumpy one. Man was I right. There was such push/pull in this book (which I'm usually okay with)....it was crazy. There were times I just got frustrated with Rory's character. I got that she wanted to protect Sam so she pushed him away but then she went batcrap crazy over him talking with another girl. Yes, this is set during the high school years, so the maturity level is a little lower....it just got frustrating.

I have to admit, I'm still alittle upset with what happened with one of the side characters from book 1, but total understand why it had to happen....just wish it would have turned out differently. I will definitely check out the next book in the series, Tuck & Carl.

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finally finished Okay. And for me it was just... ok.

Rory and Sam's story is one I think that will stay with me a little while. It was long, hard at times and drawn out. I think its sad to know that their are 'Robin's' in this world. Some of us have been through what Rory did to some degree and as I said in my 'Normal' review I felt that Danielle (Author) covered Rory's feelings and the acts themselves well. I don't think Rory really grew in Normal, but in Okay there was a lot of growth and it was good to see her as more of a survivor than a victim.

I read this in 2 sittings, it was an ok read but for me with books like this they can put me in a bit of a funk. Sam kind of saved me from feeling really down, but in many ways it made me feel that too many people out there don't have their own Sam. A solid 3.5 stars.

[Deborah G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I couldn't wait to get my hands on part two of this series & for the most part I wasn't disappointed. Rory drove me crazy with her back & forth in regards to Sam but when I stopped to really think about her reasonings, I couldn't fault her. She was just trying to protect him, his future & keep him out of harms way. In the end, we do see some justice for everything that Robin put Rory through although not nearly close to my satisfaction. The ending was sweet & yes there is a HEA.

[Marissa Chavez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rory and Sam story was so beautifully written! I love all the ups and downs that they had to go through to make it work. They both had so much to overcome to finally accept the love each of them were giving to one another. I'm sad to see their story end but I'm so happy they got the ending they deserved! 😭❤

[Geena Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don’t really understand why this has such a high rating. It wasn’t the worst but this all could’ve been one book tbh, a lot of repetition. Maybe I just read too much dark romance cause I didn’t even cry or anything. But also people that say this is just like boys of tommen are so incredibly wrong. The story itself isn’t terrible, it deff kept my interest at times - but it doesn’t give the same feels as BoT whatsoever.

[Samar · Rating 4 out of 5]

This part feels more introspective, diving deep into the characters’ emotions and carrying a stronger sense of angst. There are also quite a few filler pages not really necessary. Personally, I would have preferred more depth into the other characters and richer interactions between them, to get to know them better.

[Fyrephoenix · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great ending to Rory and Sam's story!

[SOROR CH · Rating 3 out of 5]

i had a little difficulty to finish this one it was confusing as hell but i wanted to know how it would end between her and sam and she s gonna get here happy ending ..

[Trigger Warning Database]

Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape mentioned
Sexual assault
Physical assault

[Rose🌹🌹 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awwwww my little heart

[Southernbelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely amazing!

I inhaled book1 and book 2 was even better. Cap and Rory had chemistry beyond belief and I loved this story.