Just One Night by Gayle Forman

Just One Night by Gayle Forman

Series: Just One Day Book 2.5

Genre: YA Romantic Fiction

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This book was very relaxing—or, rather, this novella was very relaxing. It was a short, easy read that wrapped up all loose ends into one nice, pretty little package. It had what the previous novels did not: an ending with an explanation. Gayle Forman famously leaves her readers questioning the resolutions to her novels, and she even does that in this novella, but at least she gives an explanation for the endings of Just One Day and Just One Year.

I loved the elation that Willem and Allyson had upon seeing each other again, and I loved that there was no hatred or sour emotions—they were simply together at last as if they had never been apart. It was refreshing to read a Gayle Forman story that was so calming and happy, without her usual depressing tones.

Overall, this novella was a great way to end the series in a bright and cheerful way. The writing was, as usual, fantastic, and the characters were too infatuated with each other to be able to relate to them unless you have experienced love before (I say this in a good way, not negatively). I enjoyed it very much, in a different way than the first two novels.

4 stars.