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This Could Be Us
By Kennedy Ryan
Series: Skyland Book 2
Book 33 of 2024

Where Before I Let Go was all about rebuilding joy after grief, This Could Be Us is about learning to trust yourself after betrayal. 

We knew from book 1 (which I highly recommend that you read) that Soledad’s marriage was rocky, but her husband turned out to be SO much worse than I thought! 

This Could Be Us shows so many different depictions of love: romantic, familial, friendship, and self love, and all of them were done so beautifully. I cried a lot of happy tears, which was especially nice because Ryan’s last book made me ugly cry several times. I think This Could Be Us could best be described as empowering. 

Judah is a top tier book boyfriend. He’s an exceptional father and co-parent to his ex wife and shows so much empathy towards Soledad at every stage of her journey. 

Something that stood out to me was Soledad’s journey as an influencer. I loved Ryan’s depiction of the hard work of being a mother and homemaker, and how that could translate to being an influencer. I always love depictions of influencing as hard work and positive depictions of social media! 

I hope you love This Could Be Us as much as I did!

[book synopsis]

Soledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. She designs everything. She fixes everything. She’s a domestic goddess who’s never met a party she couldn’t host or a charge she couldn’t lead. The one with all the answers and the perfect vinaigrette for that summer salad. But none of her varied talents can save her when catastrophe strikes, and the life she built with the man who was supposed to be her forever, goes poof in a cloud of betrayal and disillusion.

But there is no time to pout or sulk, or even grieve the life she lost. She’s too busy keeping a roof over her daughters’ heads and food on the table. And in the process of saving them all, Soledad rediscovers herself. From the ashes of a life burned to the ground, something bold and new can rise.

But then an unlikely man enters the picture—the forbidden one, the one she shouldn’t want but can’t seem to resist. She’s lost it all before and refuses to repeat her mistakes. Can she trust him? Can she trust herself?

After all she’s lost . . .and found . . .can she be brave enough to make room for what could be?