by Jenn (link)
Genre het, drama/angst, romance
Pairings Isaac/OFC, Taylor/OFC, Zac/OFC
Length 22 chapters in 4 books
Status Completed (second in a series of three stories)
Tales leaves an open ending, which is a good way to lead into a sequel. You want to tell a full story, but leave a chance for something more, some reason for your readers to keep reading. Given that the characters are older in Maybe Tomorrow, I’m hopefully that I will really enjoy this continuation of their stories.
Unless I’m totally failing at math, this story doesn’t actually begin right after the “future” scenes in Tales. Instead, it begins with Taylor at 18, about to unknowingly be forced back into the life of his ex. Either way, the characters aren’t as mature by this point as I would have hoped. There’s a theme in these stories of guys turning into total blubbering idiots when they meet “the one.” Maybe I’m just too jaded for that sort of tale of true love, but it falls a bit flat for me.
While Tales was three stories that wove together and connected in certain ways, Maybe Tomorrow is really one whole story. Each of the boy’s love lives are important to the story, but it’s all built around the framework of them coming together to get their own record company up and running. It all feels much more connected, even with the constant switches in point of view.
As a side note, the things that old school writers predicted for the boys’ future are both laughable and kind of sad knowing what really happened.
Back to the story. Although the love stories are integral to it, it really is much more about the boys and their relationships. By the end, some of their problems are solved, but of course, a few loose ends are left for the third story. While I may find a few things I don’t like about Jenn’s writing, I do really admire the way she’s clearly written these stories with a plan.
Review by Bethany (website)