Roni Loren

"Extraordinary."—Kirkus STARRED Review for The One You Can't Forget The highly-anticipated fourth book in Roni Loren's unforgettable The Ones Who Got Away series. She got a second chance at life. Will she take a second chance at love? Kincaid Breslin wasn't supposed to survive that fateful night at Long Acre when so many died, including her boyfriend—but survive she did. She doesn't know why she got that chance, but now she takes life by the horns and doesn't let anybody stand in her way Ashton Isaacs was her best friend when disaster struck all those years ago, but he chose to run as far away as he could. Now fate has brought him back to town, and Ash doesn't know how to cope with his feelings for Kincaid and his grief over their lost friendship. For Ash has been carrying secrets, and he knows that once Kincaid learns the truth, he'll lose any chance he might have had with the only woman he's ever loved. The Ones Who Got Away series: The Ones Who Got Away (Book 1) The One You Can't Forget (Book 2) The One You Fight For (Book 3) The One For You (Book 4) Readers love The Ones Who Got Away series! "A crackling, heartfelt love story."—Entertainment Weekly for The Ones Who Got Away "Absolutely unputdownable! Roni Loren is a new favorite."—COLLEEN HOOVER, #1 New York Times bestseller, for The One You Can't Forget "Stunning... Truly exceptional."—Booklist STARRED Review for The One You Fight For

The One for You

The highly-anticipated fourth book in Roni Loren's unforgettable The Ones Who Got Away series.

She got a second chance at life.
Will she take a second chance at love?

Kincaid Breslin wasn't supposed to survive that fateful night at Long Acre when so many died, including her boyfriend—but survive she did. She doesn't know why she got that chance, but now she takes life by the horns and doesn't let anybody stand in her way

Ashton Isaacs was her best friend when disaster struck all those years ago, but he chose to run as far away as he could. Now fate has brought him back to town, and Ash doesn't know how to cope with his feelings for Kincaid and his grief over their lost friendship. For Ash has been carrying secrets, and he knows that once Kincaid learns the truth, he'll lose any chance he might have had with the only woman he's ever loved.

The Ones Who Got Away #4

The One For You

Becky

I’d loved this whole series but, for some reason, I just didn’t get to this book on its release. I think it was partially because it was a friends to lovers plot which is one of my least favourite romance tropes. I will say this is one of the best written ones I’ve read. I always hate the unrequited love which happens on one side with these plots but I think it was written well here. 

Ash and Kincaid were easy to fall for. I mean, Kincaid was a force of nature all through this series and she had me liking her throughout so I knew she deserved her HEA but Ash? Ash I was uncertain of at first but after seeing how he loved Kincaid in the past and the present I knew he was the one for Kincaid. He never thought her too much and wanted her to change. He loved her as she was and didn’t understand how anyone else didn’t see it. 

I did predict a couple of plot points, they were glaringly obvious to me. Hopefully they were meant to be and it was meant to show Ash’s love was easy to see and it just needed Kincaid to actually see him. I don’t mind though since romances don’t really need plot twists. 

"Extraordinary."--Kirkus STARRED Review for The One You Can't Forget The highly-anticipated fourth book in Roni Loren's unforgettable The Ones Who Got Away series. Sassy Kincaid Breslin finally gets her happy ending... Kincaid Breslin was the girl who was supposed to die first in the horror movie. In high school, it had been a running joke among her friends during their annual Halloween marathon of scary movies that she'd be the first character to run, screaming for her life. She was the dance team captain. The girl with the superstar boyfriend. The non-virgin. But when Kincaid's life had turned into an actual horror movie, she'd somehow managed to get out alive. Most of those friends hadn't. Real life horror didn't follow movie rules. The Ones Who Got Away: An Entertainment Weekly Best Romance of 2018 A Kirkus Best of Fiction 2018 The One You Can't Forget: A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018 The Ones Who Got Away Series: The Ones Who Got Away (Book 1) The One You Can't Forget (Book 2) The One You Fight For (Book 3) The One For You (Book 4) More praise for Roni Loren's The Ones Who Got Away series: "Absolutely unputdownable, delivers all of the feels! Loved this."--COLLEEN HOOVER, #1 New York Times bestseller "Phenomenal. Gets my highest recommendation!"--LORELEI JAMES, New York Times bestseller "Stunning and moving... Truly exceptional."--Booklist STARRED Review

Linda Quintanilla

Guess what, readers? Roni Loren release another book in The Ones Who Got Away series. And it is Kincaid story!

School shooting is never easy to read or write about but Roni Loren has managed it in The Ones Who Got Away. Each of her survivors get their own stories but it is definitely an emotional read so be fully prepared. 

Kincaid has faced so much that it is definitely shocking when she see Ashton again. There is so much history between those two that there is going to be a long journey. It's going to be full of angst and high emotions that it's going to be a heck of read. 

I won't spoil anything for you but I definitely recommend that you take look into The Ones Who Got Away series because it will keep you the edge of your seat.

Four Stars!

b.andherbooks

I am at once bereft and joyful having read the final book for for The Ones Who Got Away series. So many emotions and I'm misty eyed that this group of friends have reached their final HEA. For a series based on a friend group brought together for the anniversary of the school shooting they all survived, Loren does an amazing job of keeping things emotional yet never too heavy that you cannot see the light coming. Bravo.

I've been eagerly awaiting Kincaid's story the most, as she is the crux of the group, the one who seems the most okay but kind of really isn't, the one who needs to feel her feelings and find her peace. I adore a childhood friends to lovers to enemies to second chance romance, and this one hits all my sweet spots. Plus the bonus of "my childhood friend is now super hot." Plus the PINING. OMG the pining. Ashton is a sexy, secretly jacked, book nerd who's loved Kincaid for forever, but kept his feelings for her secret as she needed a friend, not a lover, and then his best friend caught her eye first. I loved seeing how Loren played with the complexity of this relationship, never truly vilifying Kincaid's first boyfriend, but showing how our dead one's can be put on a pedestal they don't truly belong on.

On a lighter note, there's a delicious scene involving a bookstore and Ashton's naughty mouth. Oof dah.

CW school shooting, violence, domestic violence, drug use, parental neglect and abuse, gas lighting (none of this between the main couple).

Thank you to the publisher for the advance copy!

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My first book of 2019 was The One You Fight For so it seemed fitting to select The One for You as my first book of 2020. I've been in love with this series from the very first book — The Ones Who Got Away. I loved how each new book gave me the story of a character (or a couple of characters) I met earlier in the series. I'll admit I was unsure when I picked up the first book. I'd only ever tried to read two other books that involved a school shooting and I had to nope out of both of them. But the way Roni approached these characters and their stories was nothing short of magnificent. Sure, there's pain and loss from the past, but it's the hope of the present and future that connected me with them immediately. 

I loved the first three books, but I was anxious for Kincaid's story. I'm so glad we got it. I don't like to play favorites when it comes to books in a series, but Kincaid and Ash might be my favorite. Their unrequited love/friends-first romance gave me all the angst and feels. A small word of warning about this book, however. If you've read the previous books, you know there isn't a lot of the past on the page. At least from the night of the shooting, at any rate. That... wasn't the case in The One for You. It wasn't glorified and I thought the story benefitted from having it, but it did take my breath away. I sat reading with tears streaming down my face. I wasn't expecting to watch it play out in detail. It added a whole other level to my experience.

The end of a series is always bittersweet and The One for You was no exception. It was maybe even more bittersweet because of the overall story in the series. I got to know these characters and watch as they learned to deal with the past and move forward as survivors. It was beautiful. Each book tugged at my heartstrings. But this one probably more than the others combined. Especially when it came to the epilogue. I cried like a baby. I tear up just thinking about it months later. I wasn't really ready to say goodbye to these characters, but I can't think of a better way to do it. This book brought a beautiful close to a unique, emotional and hopeful series. 

I received a complimentary copy of this book for review consideration. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Favorite Quotes:

"I wanted a world with both of you in it. Turns out, I ended up with one that has neither."

"Hope is the thing that hurts the most. It's the thing that makes people make plans even though we have almost no control over whether that plan comes true." 

"You sure you're not going to get tired of me? I've heard I'm best in small doses."
"I've never been more sure of anything in my life. You, my love, are best in really big, superintense, lifelong doses."

"We weren't ready for each other then. We wouldn't be the people we are now if we had gotten together so young. We would have messed it up. You needed to get the idiotic cowboys out of your system to realize bookish dorks are totally where it's at."

The One for You

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