Book Review: The One and Only by Emily Giffin

This review makes me depressed, but I can't lie to myself (or to anyone reading this) about how I felt about this book. Such is life.

Also, this review has spoilers!!!

The One and Only by Emily Giffin

Publication Date: May 20, 2014

My rating: ★★

Oh dear. I love Emily Giffin's books, but this one made me SO uncomfortable. I read this book in 3 days, not because I thoroughly enjoyed it, but because I was really (REALLY) hoping it would turn around and not go down the path it did. I couldn't relate to Shea too much because I don't love football nearly as much as she does. I like to watch college football games here and there, and that's good enough for me.

I started to get a little creeped out when there were notions of Shea being attracted to Coach, but I honestly thought that was as far as that story would go. Once Shea started ditching plans with her actual  boyfriend, Ryan, to spend time with Coach I started to figure out what was going on (ugh). Not only is Coach 20+ years older than Shea, but he's her best friend's DAD. I just can't. Oh, can't forget that Shea's dad was gone during Shea's childhood, so Coach basically raised Shea too. Stop the madness!

The ending was just terrible. There was some hope where Shea and Coach break things off in order to please Lucy, Shea's best friend and Coach's daughter (even though they made it sound like Lucy was such a terrible person for feeling this way. What!? Again, I just can't). But in the very end, Lucy suddenly decides that Shea and her dad belong together and that "she was wrong". I HATE this so much. Lucy was not wrong whatsoever for feeling creeped out by her dad and best friend "falling in love". Also, I can't believe at all that any girl in her right mind would just be cool with her best friend and dad being together. No. Just no.

I've read several Emily Giffin books and most of them I've enjoyed (some I've even loved!), but this is definitely the worst one in my opinion. I would definitely recommend some other books by Giffin, but this one just went to a weird place.