3 Book Taylor Jenkins Reid Collection: Maybe in Another Life / One True Loves / The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Titles In This

1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
2. Maybe in Another Life
3. One True Loves   Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?

Maybe in Another Life
At the age of twenty-nine, Hannah Martin still has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She has lived in six different cities and held countless jobs since graduating college. On the heels of leaving another city, Hannah moves back to her hometown of Los Angeles and takes up residence with her best friend Gabby. Shortly after, Hannah goes out to a bar one night with Gabby and meets up with her high school boyfriend, Ethan.

One True Loves
In her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts. They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure. On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. Just like that, Jesse is gone forever.

Genres: Romance

1104 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

Taylor Jenkins Reid is the New York Times bestselling author of Carrie Soto Is Back, Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, as well as four other novels. Her newest novel, Atmosphere, is out now. She lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

[Avani ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this

[Zimmy W · Rating 5 out of 5]

Overall rating - 4.6/5 Stars

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo:

Rating: 4.75/5 Stars

I really really liked this book!! At first, it was going a little slowly for me, but then it picked up and I couldn't stop - I read most of it in one sitting!

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is so complex and bittersweet. The book is cleverly divided up into a timeline separated by the men she married, but the thread that carried through was her love for herself and a fellow Hollywood starlet.

Now, don't get me wrong - both Evelyn and her lover were toxic. One didn't see her as she was and the other didn't see beyond their fame. Or perhaps, these descriptions fit both of them aptly. But then, I grew to love them as was rooting for them until the bitter end.

I spent the majority of the book looking for clues as to why Evelyn picked Monique to be her biographer and the big reveal truly shocked me - I literally gasped and closed the book for a second as I let it sink in.

All in all, this book has left me reeling - I'm devastatedly heartbroken and yet so thrilled that I could read this book. I highly recommend.

One True Loves:

Rating: 5/5 Stars

After I finish a book, I usually run right to Goodreads to review (maybe this leads to gut reaction reviews, but I think it's typically more fun/authentic that way).

This book however...

Let's just say I was dragging my feet to read TJR's contemporary novels because I thought they wouldn't hold a candle to her historical fictions.

But boy was I wrong!

I absolutely LOVED this book! This book truly defies genre (is it romance? "women's fiction"? literary? Idk!), but whatever genre it is, I would like this author to write several dozen more of it ASAP.

I truly had no idea what the ending would be (even though I had been secretly hoping for exactly what happened the whole book) and that feels so special, honestly. Because it further serves the purpose of the message; what is love, how does one love and lose, and try to find love again? And if so, which is your "true" love?

This was also my first book of hers I've read that doesn't contain any crossover to any of the other novels (though I'm manifesting the author sprinkles in references to the bookstore or the novel they read at the end or even the surfer girl at the end being related to a Riva lol as an Easter egg for her next novel) and it was honestly refreshing to know this book was truly standalone. It both can and doesn't exist within the same world as Daisy Jones, Evelyn Hugo, etc. It's up to the reader to decide.

I'm so excited to watch this movie adaptation of this too; if its anything like the current adaptation of Daisy Jones and the Six, TJR fans are truly gonna stay spoiled for quality content.

Maybe in Another Life:

Rating: 4/5 stars

I really enjoyed this book!! But I was team Henry all the way. <3 Ethan could never.

While this wasn't as strong as her newer books, it was honestly so cool to see how she's grown as an author. But also, if she hadn't been the one to write it, I don't think I ever would've picked up this book LOL.

[Alice Cash · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loveddd this book! Couldn’t put it down after the first chapter! It was very well written and the timeline was sectioned off by each of her husbands. I felt like the book was steady and very easy to read.

If you have been through toxic relationships or even secretive relationships or divorce, you can definitely relate to this book and the feelings that Evelyn has throughout the book. Needless to say I definitely recommend reading it!

[Luci Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overhyped is the #1 thought that comes to me when I think of this book. I found Monique to fall flat as a character and have no real purpose besides the twist ending. Despite being an easy read I found the use of obvious foreshadowing childish and repetitive. The story fell flat until the very end.

[Mary Keady · Rating 5 out of 5]

I never put it down
I was on vaca and chose the book over other fun things to do lol
Little stories inside the plot which was good
Did not need to read others in series first (usually I am a stickler for that)

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’ve only read « the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo » it’s a nice book overall, I enjoyed the timeline it took place in and I cried at the end eventho I knew what was coming but I wish it was more catchy.

[E. Hp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reread the 3 books for the third time

[Hilda Cruz · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS book right here, I absolutely love it. It’s an amazing book and you guys should read it. I loved it so much I can’t express it enough.

[Emily Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

7 husbands of Evelyn Hugo was a very different book with many interesting perspectives.

[Nina Wolanin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Przeczytałam ,, Siedmiu mężów Evelyn Hugo’’ tylko że po angielsku a ta aplikacja nie rozumie koncepcji ponownego przeczytania jakiejś książki więc i am so sorry.

[Anna Bains · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this book. Great story line, couldn’t put it down and love the period aspect.

[Trish Oswald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book surprised ending

[Deann · Rating 3 out of 5]

All her books are good altho they seem pretty formulaic at this point

[Mayra Cabrera · Rating 4 out of 5]

I did enjoy this book overall. I like the flow of it too. There were factors of it i did not like though. The character of Evelyn was not likable in my opinion. It did make me sad in some part though. It does get one curious of what happened in Evelyns like to be fair. It was okay but not a must read.