You're Still The One (A Calamity Falls Small Town Romance Novel)

My rating: 4 stars

What I liked: I liked Stella(h). Yeah she made mistakes but she owned them. She truly did things with best intentions and I liked her character because of it. I also liked how she was always looking out for Austin.

What I didn’t like: I hated the grandparent. I also was a little annoyed with Griffin(H) and couldn’t wait for him to pull his head out of his a$$ (but I understood why he was like he was) and was really happy when he finally did.

How hot was it: 3 out 5

Final thoughts: I was worried that I wouldn’t like Stella because I really liked Lulu and I felt her pain when Stella does what she does but I actually fell in love with Stella. I’m glad she finally gets her HEA with Griffin. There is just something about small town romance that makes me feel all warm and cuddly. I hope that Austin gets a book of his own too.

You're Still The One is my favorite of the Cavanaugh sisters’ books. Griffin and Stella exude passion, love, and so much angst. I couldn’t get enough of them.

Stella and Griffin were teenage sweethearts, but when Stella made the biggest mistake of her life, she lost her family and the love of her life. Griffin quickly realized that his life would not be complete without Stella and went after her but found that she had moved on her life so he vowed to forget her. When she returns to town, can Stella and Griffin resist the spark that still burns between them and will Stella’s family forgive her?

“Stella threw herself into life wholly and recklessly. She was a passionate woman who fell in love fast and hard, while he…well, he’d only ever loved her.”

Stella is full of life and passion. She loves with her whole heart and has a habit of jumping into things without thinking of the consequences. She struggles with the guilt and pain she has caused herself and others from her actions in the past, but she always picks herself up and dusts herself off again. She wants nothing more than to repair her relationships with Griffin and sisters.

“Griffin James was the fabric of her soul, and she would never be complete without him.”

Griffin was once the daredevil who was up for anything, but a tragic event in his past has made him cautious and now he is the caretaker who looks out for everyone in his life and makes sure they are safe. He has always loved Stella, but her recklessness scares him.

“Life without you…it’s going through the motions. It’s eating without tasting and laughing without finding anything funny.”

The love and chemistry between these two is palpable. It leaps off the page. You can feel how perfect they are for each other. Their banter is electric and the longing and heat is perfection. I loved how they made each other a better person and really balanced each other out.

I have loved every book in this series and think each sister’s love story is special, but Stella and Griffin are my favorite. They are just meant to be. I cannot recommend You're Still The One enough!!

Great book! Stella and Griffin pull at all your heartstrings. You want to smack them,hug them then cry with them. And then you throw in a 14 year old kid!? How can they take of a teenager and not lose him to his grandparents? It was good to catch up with some of the other characters as well.

Welcome back to Calamity Falls! This is Stella and a Griffin’s story and it’s fantastic! Who knew you could meet your soulmate when you are a kid? These two have been in each other’s lives forever and through love, mistakes, a long time apart, a teenage boy and some growth on each of their parts, they find their way back to each other.

Stella is the youngest Cavanaugh sister who has a HUGE heart and lives BIG! Everything she does is big - her ideas, her plans, her love and, unfortunately, her mistakes. She is a bright light to those around her, loves everyone and has a huge heart for wanting everyone to be happy. That lead her to making a tragic mistake as a teen and doing something to her sister that caused a huge rift between them and for Griffin to break up with her. She left town embarrassed and heartbroken and stayed away for seven years because she didn’t know how to come back. The longer she stayed away, the harder it was for her to figure out how to go home. An amazing job offer gets her to return home where she will have to see her family and Griffin again.

Griffin is the oldest in his family and is now a too serious and broody guy. He is a good guy who puts his family first, has a successful business and cares deeply for others. Because of this, his best friend gives him responsibly for his teenage son while he is deployed in Afghanistan. He has loved Stella his entire life and never stopped. As a teen he also made a mistake that he hasn’t been able to recover from. It changed the way he sees himself and because of that, he loses the fun and lightness that he had as a young man. The second mistake he made during that time frame was breaking up with Stella after she did something incredibly stupid. While he regrets it the next day and goes to get her back, she has already left town due to shame and a broken heart. He can’t recover from that either. The ‘light’ in his life just went dark. He spends years brooding and becoming grumpier. Stella’s first day back has them meeting in an unusual way with another one of her ‘BIG’ ideas which he reluctantly goes along with.

These two have much to overcome and I honestly was worried about whether they could do it or not because they are simply too opposite of each other. But Griffin’s extremely protective and conservative nature is just drawn to Stella’s sunny and very loving nature. While he is definitely wary around Stella as he sees her big ideas and big risks, he can’t help but notice and fall in love with again, her loving nature as he watches her charm and draw out a very withdrawn and lonely teenage Austin. He’s right to be wary of her because she continues to let her fear guide many of her actions, but he simply cannot help but to love her. Watching them finally deal with the mistakes of their pasts to become true grownups was amazing to watch. I couldn’t help but cheer them on because I knew that it would bring them closer to each other! And that ending? OMG! 💗

While Stella and Griffin’s relationship was the heart of the story it was Austin’s relationship with them that melted my heart. Watching Griffin be awkward and stilted and then seeing Stella instinctively know that she needed to draw him out was interesting. And Griffin watching Stella’s natural way with him and seeing the boy just blossom while he was around her, melted his heart.

This story is not to be missed! Great characters, great catching up with old favorites, many hawt times and a soul deep true love makes for another great story! While this is a stand alone, don’t miss the previous stories to get a feel for the Cavanaugh family dynamics. Well done!

Stella being the youngest of a very popular family felt like she was never on their level. In everything she does she gives it her all. She thought she was doing her sister a favor by proving her fiancée was not faithful, but it backfired on her in the worst way. Griffin has always loved Stella, but when she pulled her stunt he was mad she didn't listen. Stella felt like she lost her whole life, her best friend Lulu and her boyfriend so she ran.
Seven years goes by and she gets an opportunity to return home, She is hoping she can redeem herself in the eyes of her family and Griffin.

I have loved Griffin since we first met him and could not wait for him to find his happily ever after. I have been looking forward to hearing Stella's story that it felt like forever. Childhood friends to lovers with an explosion of epic proportions and full circle love... My favorite story! I could not put this book down.

Welcome back to Calamity Falls! I love this series! Stella is coming home. She is the baby of the Cavannaugh family. She ran away seven years ago after making a huge mistake. She lost her family and her fiancé, Griffin. I think I loved Stella most of all! She has such courage. Second chances are the best! And I absolutely fell in love with Austin, Griffin’s teenage charge, who he is keeping for his friend who has been deployed to Afghanistan. Such a great read! 5 amazing stars

You're Still the One by E. Kelly is a stand-alone in the Calamity Falls Series and tells the story of Griffin and Stella.
Stella is the last single of the four sisters. She was away for years, and is now back to stay for good.
The wedding planner is a ray of sunshine, quirky with a bubbly personality, outgoing, - you get the picture.
Griffin is a garage owner, a thinker,a keeper. The quiet, cautious man and Stella share a past. And when they run into each other, sparks fly.
You're Still the One is a second chance, hot, small town romance, excellent written.
A beautiful, beautiful story, touching, emotional, just beautiful - the perfect summer read, 5 stars.