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If I Were You is an adult erotic romance that follows Sara, a high school teacher who is given an auctioned off storage unit. Inside the storage unit Sara finds a number of journals written by a woman named Rebecca, detailing her sexual encounters. What starts out as steamy sex soon turns into danger and Sara becomes concerned and sets out to find out if Rebecca is safe. Sara becomes so engrossed in her mission that she soon takes a job at the art gallery that Rebecca worked at to get closer to her story. 

I don't lead a lot of romance and I never read erotic romance, but the premise of this story really pulled me in. I was intrigued by the mystery and I personally really wanted to know what happened to Rebecca! Unfortunately. I was slightly disappointed by the story. 

First of all, I found that I'm not the biggest fan of Jones' writing. I feel like if her writing was more polished this story would really pop off the pages. It gave me the feeling of any other mass market paperback romance writer. Also, in some places I thought the story got way off track. I initially started reading the book to find out about Rebecca and what happened to her but beyond the first third of the book it goes from really focusing on Rebecca to Sara obsessing over her new sexual relationship. I was really longing for more journal entries and was left empty. 

Despite all that I found that was wrong with the book, I honestly really enjoyed it. It ends with a crazy cliffhanger and I found myself absolutely desperate to get my hands on the next one. What I really liked is that all of the characters are complete mysteries. Even Sara, who you think you have all figured out isn't what you think she is. The need to know these characters and their secrets is what propelled me to devour this story and long for more.

All in all, I gave this book 3 out of 5 stars. I would recommend it to anyone who likes New Adult or Adult romance novels. It's definitely for fans of 50 Shades of Grey.