July 2nd, 2017 at 09:31am
There’s a sequel!! I don’t know how I managed to miss this when I was reading I’d Give My All, but I didn’t actually see this until I was going through your stories page. But nevertheless, here I am now!
I almost didn’t want to read this because it seemed like Katie was finally going to get her happy ending, and one of the biggest things I loved the most about I’d Give My All was that there wasn’t a fix-all solution. She didn’t magically fall in love with Brian or someone else so everyone had a happy ending. I feel like she definitely deserved a happy ending after being unrequitedly in love with Matt for so long and suffering his wedding because she’s a damn good friend, but I was almost worried that reading this would take something away from that for me.
Update: it did not!
In fact, I was so happy that Katie actually moved on with Brian because I felt those lowkey vibes in the first story. I like how she confronted her leftover feelings for Matt and even talked about them with Nikki.
I do think the pacing was very quick in this, though. I feel like maybe this should have taken place a few months later, at the soonest, rather than immediately after the wedding/during Matt and Nikki’s honeymoon. Katie was seriously so heartbroken and honestly believed she was head over heels in love with Matt, and I think it would both take longer and take more for her to realize that she wasn’t really. It felt a little bit rushed, the overall storyline. I love the idea of Katie and Brian together—especially since he was there for her when she needed him the most—but I definitely do think that it would have taken more time before Katie realized it was always him. Though, I did think it was totally realistic for Katie to first see Brian in a haze of lust and for that to take a domino effect.
But I’m so happy that she got her happy ending with a baby and being engaged and yes! Good stuff!
agree with you on the pace, thinking back on this now. The sequel was much requested after IGMA, that I kinda just rushed out a short story. If I ever get around to editing and re-writing any of my stories, I want to work on this, give it a better, more natural feel to it. But, thank you again!