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Someday With You and other stories

Ines Bautista-Yao (Goodreads Author)

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A broken heart doesn't mean the end of the world. In this short story compilation, Patrick, Toby and Andrew still continue to hope for and dream of their own happy ever after,

Someday With You

Five years ago, when they were teenagers in college, they'd made a pact to come back to this same spot, no matter where they were in the world, no matter who they had become. But ...more

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Jan 25, 2017 Inah rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2017-releases, contemporary, covergasm, filipino-lit-by-filipino-author, new-adult, romance, young-adult

This is such a short read but it was really satisfying. I particularly enjoyed reading this because it's from the male characters' POV. I always find male POVs fascinating and I'm glad that the book clicked just right for me.

The first story, Someday with You, follows Patrick and his sort of once-requited love for his college friend Andrea. Patrick has been invited for a camping trip along with his college friends, including Andrea. But since Andrea disappeared, he wasn't sure if Andrea really wa ...more

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Jan 22, 2017 Nicka (With love, Nicka) rated it really liked it

4.5/5 stars!

When I knew about this book being published as a book I quickly ordered a copy and started reading it.

Short stories are very difficult to pull off specially if it’s composed of three different story lines but the author did her thing and managed to still push through the stories even if there are only a few pages to make the stories happen. I didn’t feel that there was something missing, it was satisfying enough that I think it will make everyone feel “kilig”. I just hope there’s goi 4.5/5 stars!

When I knew about this book being published as a book I quickly ordered a copy and started reading it.

Short stories are very difficult to pull off specially if it’s composed of three different story lines but the author did her thing and managed to still push through the stories even if there are only a few pages to make the stories happen. I didn’t feel that there was something missing, it was satisfying enough that I think it will make everyone feel “kilig”. I just hope there’s going to be a full story for all of the titles that was part of this book. *waits*

Someday With You and other stories is stories about falling in love, letting go & holding back your feelings for certain reasons oh and heartbreaks, sad right? Not to worry because all of these stories will give you hope in having a happily ever after of your own.

Someday With You

A story about falling in love with a college friend but couldn’t confess to her because it might ruin their friendship. It’s about Patrick and Andrea, they were thick as thieves! But as things were started to fall into place, kind of? Andrea disappeared from the picture which broke Patrick’s heart. But of course destiny did it’s magic and somehow Patrick needs to face his once “lost” love and tell her how he truly feels for her. And her reason/s why she just left him hanging.

One Last Thing

This one is my favorite story out of the three. I was binge watching Ghost Whisperer when I read this so I felt kind of happy when the whole premise was sort of like it. At first I didn’t get it why he couldn’t just walk up straight to her and tell her everything. He wanted to tell her and that’s when I realized everything *OOH* it hit me so hard. I think this story was written beautifully and I enjoyed every minute when I was reading this. I loved how Toby was able to help someone not only himself to move on or let go of the things that mattered most to them.

Things I'll Never Say
The title itself speaks a lot about the story. We have Andrew your typical torpe friend who you just want to nudge just so he can make his first move to the girl he likes but of course there’s a down side to it because he’s afraid she wouldn’t feel the same way towards him. Penny who was in a kind of love team with Raffy who was good looking and got almost all the attention of their girl fans. (The three of them were models) So to say, Patrick didn’t had the chance to really show how much he cares for Penny because people were shipping Penny and Raffy! IM STILL Team #Pendrew or whatever you call them hehe. This was the cute one out of the three stories!

All in all, it was a fun and light read perfect if you’re going on an afternoon break just sitting on your veranda having a nice cup of coffee/tea. More of these kind of stories please! ...more

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Feb 01, 2017 Clarisse David rated it it was amazing

Note: The author kindly provided me with an ARC I decided to review.

Let me take a deep breath before I start, because I have a whole lot of love for this book.

*inhales*

Okay, I’m ready.

Someday With You and Other Stories contains three short stories by Ines Bautista-Yao, all told from the points-of-view of the male central characters. Patrick comes first. He pines over the same girl throughout and even after college. What happens when he meets the one who got away again after all these years?

Next Note: The author kindly provided me with an ARC I decided to review.

Let me take a deep breath before I start, because I have a whole lot of love for this book.

*inhales*

Okay, I’m ready.

Someday With You and Other Stories contains three short stories by Ines Bautista-Yao, all told from the points-of-view of the male central characters. Patrick comes first. He pines over the same girl throughout and even after college. What happens when he meets the one who got away again after all these years?

Next is Toby. He has a lot of unfinished business to deal with. I’m not going to say anymore. In my opinion, it’s best to go into Toby’s story knowing very little about it.

Andrew comes last. Like Patrick, he’s been pining over the same girl for years, but his story has a much more glamorous showbiz backdrop.

Ines Bautista-Yao’s stories often stand out for me for one reason. She creates characters and worlds that seem a little more perfect than ours. The settings are lush. The boys are cuter and definitely more romantic. The love stories have the best endings.

But they’re still grounded in reality. Despite the tint of perfection, you still get the sense that this—whatever wonderful thing her fictional boys say or come up with—can happen to you, too. You feel that these characters are people you’ll meet in real life. The shy boy from that one class in college who didn’t have the guts to talk to you. The rich boy with the fancy car who didn’t know how to change a flat tire. This only serves to make her stories more swoon-worthy than ever. I don’t know how she does it, but I wish she’d tell me her secret. Haha.

Toby’s story was by far my favorite. As a writer, I highly admired seeing his character growth in a few short pages. I’ve always struggled with pacing when it comes to character development and used to think I’d need tons of scenes to show how a character is changing. Ines Bautista-Yao’s writing smashed that belief into smithereens. It showed me that you don’t need a ton of pages to portray character growth. You just need a few key scenes.

This short story collection made me laugh, grin like a fool, and tear up. All in one sitting. I highly recommend this book if you want ALL THE FEELS and are looking for a short read. ...more

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Jan 22, 2017 Bianca (The Ultimate Fangirl) rated it really liked it

Shelves: local-published, will-recommend, romance

Actual rating: 4.5/5 stars

Someday With You and Other Stories is a fine collection of stories that express the genuine heart string tugs you get when you read a story about young love. Each story was unique, short, and precise. Fluffy stories always get me, and if you mess with my emotions, then you have succeeded into hooking me into the deep abyss. And let’s be real here: I usually cannot imagine Filipino guys my age in books because there is still something lacking in representation. Yet this Actual rating: 4.5/5 stars

Someday With You and Other Stories is a fine collection of stories that express the genuine heart string tugs you get when you read a story about young love. Each story was unique, short, and precise. Fluffy stories always get me, and if you mess with my emotions, then you have succeeded into hooking me into the deep abyss. And let’s be real here: I usually cannot imagine Filipino guys my age in books because there is still something lacking in representation. Yet this book has delivered and has opened my mind to a whole lot in terms of imagining those guys in books.

First we have Someday With You, a story about love and promises. I loved Patrick’s voice, and the hopeless romantic in him got to me a little too much. I may not have been a fan of his love interest, but his devotion and his love was something else. It was big, promising, and worth it to have when he was ready to love again. He is a real special guy with a great story.

Second we have One Last Thing, if you think the first one already pulled some heartstrings, then guess again. Toby is here to mess with your emotions. At first, it was a bit hard to listen to his voice, but in the back of my head I knew that there would be something in the mix. Turns out, Toby had the story that got me the most. It centers around grief and moving on, which are two of the things that Toby had trouble in dealing with. He misses a lot of people, and it’s not that complicated to realize that even he is coping up with the event that happened to him. I was able to appreciate the simplicity of the story tied with the complexity and surreal emotions that surge in the story. It was the best of the bunch, and honestly got me in an emotional state.

And third we have Things I’ll Never Say, was a cute romantic story that hit me in the feels. There was a love triangle involved in the story, but only in a perspective. I liked Andrew from the start (because hi, I was still recovering from Toby’s story haha) and the concept of having a love triangle between pairings are just nice. I am one of those fans that always root for the nice guy in a love triangle. I don’t actively watch the stories here in our country but I usually root for the other nice guy in the story instead of the guy that was supposed to be for the main girl protagonist. I don’t know if it’s just me. That ideology made me love the third and final story. It was sweet, because Andrew was a bit torpe (shy, really not the touchy-feely). The story was overall cute in the way things unfolded. Sometimes, the world needs cute and short contemporary romances that head straight to the point. (Plus I admire his love interest very much.)

It is quite obvious that I loved this story to bits. Each story was thoughtfully written and beautifully executed. I hope to read more stories by Ms. Ines B. Yao in the near future. ...more

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Feb 01, 2017 H.L. Burke rated it really liked it

This book contains for shorts which range from a lot of fun to slightly sad.
The first is a sweet almost literary piece told in memories of a character's lost love. It's sweet and bittersweet at the same time but with a hopeful ending. (for parents of teen readers, it has an implied sex scene, but nothing explicit on the page).
The second was my least favorite of the three. While I really liked the paranormal elements of it and the ghost story was touching as a young man tried to figure out lettin ...more

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Jan 28, 2017 Jay Tria rated it it was amazing

Three short stories told by three different boys from three different points of view of hurt. The feels and emotions are potent in this collection, make no mistake. You've got Patrick, stuck in a sinkhole of yearning for the one who got away. Toby, who gives a whole new depth and meaning to the puzzle of how to move on. And Andrew, who finds himself at a crossroads in both life and love as he turns 18. Told in Bautista-Yao's dependably stunning prose, with her unique ability to bring kilig, tug ...more

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Feb 14, 2017 Audrey Rich rated it really liked it

These three stories are different but they all have love as the central message.

Each one shows a different part of love and how sometimes being in love means having to sacrifice.

The writing is good, the pace is pretty consistent, and you get the feels with the stories.

I received this book for free and I chose to write this review.

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Jan 22, 2017 Ailla Magcamit rated it it was amazing

Actual Rating: 4.5

Rating breakdown:
Someday With You - 4.5
One Last Thing - 4
Things I'll Never Say - 5

Review soon! ...more

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Mar 14, 2017 Miel Salva rated it it was amazing

My first read and ARC for 2017 and it’s a collection of works by a Filipino author, yay!
This collection speaks of hope. The title alone is a giveaway. And seeing the cover with the lovey-dovey couple made me think it was a light read.

But it took me a week to finish all three stories. Not because they were written poorly, okay? On the contrary, they were written so well, it was difficult to move on to the next one.

More to the point, the stories of Patrick, Toby (and Jake) and Andrew are all painf ...more

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Feb 04, 2017 Cathleene rated it it was amazing

Three different stories, three different worlds, three different male POVs, and brings you multtitude of feelings. I regretted that I waited this long before reading this. I've missed out BIG.

Someday with You is a story of a man (Patrick, kyaaaah!) pining for his college love. I loved Patrick (who wouldn't?) but I'm so sorry but I hated Andrea. (Disclaimer: I hated the character but not the story, oki? ;)) I wish she would have been more considerate inspite of her own life dramas. I'm just ranti ...more

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Jan 31, 2017 Brain Tabs rated it it was amazing

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All three stories were ones of longing. Patrick is the ever-dependable, but pining friend of Andrea. He thought they had something but the girl up and left him and was MIA for five years. Toby is distraught because Angela is starting to move on without him. Andrew is not sure if Penny would like him when she and Raffy looks so perfect together.

I'm not usually a fan of stories in a male perspective. I also find short stories lacking, in a sense that it fails to get ...more

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Jan 24, 2017 JM Cabral rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2017-romanceclass, romanceclass

Someday With You and other stories is basically a book that collates 3 short stories from Ines Bautista-Yao. Being a reader who loves 1.) short stories, 2.) light contemporaries, and 3.) quick reads, I knew from the start that this book is for me.

Someday With You (a.k.a. Short Story #1) is about young love, and how hard yet satisfying it is to hold on to a love that has no assurance. One Last Thing (a.k.a. Short Story #2) is about moving on, letting go, and accepting that sometimes, happy ending ...more

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Feb 06, 2017 AC rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romanceclass

This is my first Ines Bautista-Yao book and I'll honestly give it a thumbs up. The book contains short stories based on the points of view of the male characters about love and pain that can surely bring out a lot of emotions and will make you fall in love with them. Among the three stories, One Last Thing was my favorite. Toby's story was so good that it made me cry with its ending. A great book that I would highly recommend. And it's a great Valentine date. ...more

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Feb 04, 2017 Angel C. Aquino rated it really liked it

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this short story collection. Each story brings out a variety of intense emotions, making one fall in love with the characters. "Someday With You" is a sweet story about a lost love and missed chances. "One Last Thing" (my personal favorite) is all about letting go and moving on. "Things I'll Never Say" is about coming of age and finding one's place in the world. I just wish there were more stories as this short book will definitely leave you wanting more. :) ...more

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Feb 04, 2017 Fay rated it it was amazing

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First, it’s an Ines Bautista-Yao book. That’s more than enough for me to read this.

Second, I love that these stories are in the male POV. I rarely encounter stories written entirely in this POV, and when I do, I get really interested because they feel like opportunities to understand how guys think. Plus, these stories have instant book boyfriends.

Three, I have mini-reviews for the stories. My favorite story is One Last Thing. Read my complete review to know why.

The best stories are the ones you ...more

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Jan 26, 2017 Liwen rated it it was amazing

Wow. Ines Bautista-Yao has done it again. I love her writing style and I know I can expect a well-written, heartwarming story whenever I pick up one of her books. This collection of short stories however is a bit different from her other stories, in that they dealt with some heavier emotions, but they were memorable all the same. My favorite story, also the most heart-wrenching one, is Someday With You. This one shows off the author's creativity and insight into people's hearts and motives. I al ...more

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Feb 03, 2017 EL added it

I greatly enjoyed the three short stories included in this book.
My favorite though is the second story, about Toby. It could definitely be expanded and make for a good drama or movie.

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Someday With You and Other Stories is a compilation of 3 short stories by Ms. Ines. We were used to reading the girls' POV but in this one, we get to read the boys' POV. Each story made me tear-up.

In Someday with You, I can relate to Patrick and how he felt when Andrea just disappeared on him. I kinda don't like her. Eh. Even after she came back and confesses her love to him.

In One Last Thing, I cried over Toby's story and how he slowly learned to let go of Angela and help Miguel and his brothe ...more

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Reading and writing are close to Ines Bautista Yao's heart ever since she was a child. She graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in AB Communication Arts. She has been a teacher at the Assumption College San Lorenzo and the Ateneo de Manila University's English department.

Her debut novel One Crazy Summer was first penned in 2007 when she was pregnant with her first daughter ...more