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What is Maybe Someday about?
Maybe Someday Book Summary — Colleen Hoover’s 2014 novel follows Sydney Blake after she catches her boyfriend Hunter cheating with her roommate Tori. She moves into musician Ridge Lawson’s apartment and becomes his lyric-writing partner. Ridge is deaf and feels music through vibration, and their collaboration becomes romantic even though he remains committed to Maggie. The mature new adult romance is designed to be read alongside original songs performed by Griffin Peterson.
Main characters
- Sydney Blake
- A music student and lyricist rebuilding her life after a double betrayal.
- Ridge Lawson
- A deaf guitarist and songwriter whose loyalty to Maggie conflicts with his feelings for Sydney.
- Maggie Carson
- Ridge’s long-term girlfriend, who lives with cystic fibrosis and resists being reduced to an illness.
- Warren
- Ridge’s roommate and band manager, often caught between honesty and loyalty.
- Bridgette
- The abrasive roommate whose romance with Warren is told in Maybe Not.
- Brennan
- Ridge’s brother and the performer who turns Ridge and Sydney’s songs into recordings.
Spoiler-free plot summary
Sydney listens to Ridge play guitar from the balcony across her courtyard. When Ridge alerts her to Hunter and Tori’s affair, her old home and relationship collapse on her birthday.
Ridge gives Sydney a room and invites her to supply lyrics for music he cannot complete alone. Because he is deaf, their process combines written words, vibration and physical attention, creating an intimacy that neither can dismiss as ordinary collaboration.
The conflict is not simply whether Ridge and Sydney are compatible. Maggie is a real, loved partner, so every romantic step raises questions about emotional infidelity, disability, illness and whether good intentions reduce harm.
Maybe Someday soundtrack guide
The companion music was created with Griffin Peterson. Songs function as story artifacts: lyrics Sydney writes and music Ridge feels become conversations the characters cannot manage directly.
Writing stage
Sydney supplies language
Her lyrics translate betrayal, restraint and desire into words Ridge can build around.
Composition stage
Ridge feels the music
Vibration and visual rhythm shape his process; deafness is part of his musicianship, not a plot cure.
Reader experience
Songs extend the chapters
The companion recordings let readers hear completed versions while the novel explains their emotional context.
Content note
Before revealing the full plot
The full summary discusses cheating, emotional infidelity, sexual content, chronic illness, hospitalization and relationship manipulation.
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The next section reveals the kiss, Maggie’s breakup with Ridge and the concert where Sydney and Ridge reunite.
Frequently asked questions
Does Maybe Someday have a soundtrack?
Yes. Griffin Peterson performed companion songs developed with the novel.
Is Ridge deaf in Maybe Someday?
Yes. He is deaf and experiences music through vibration and other visual or physical cues.
Is Maybe Someday part of a series?
Yes. Read Maybe Someday, Maybe Not and then Maybe Now.
Who ends up together?
Ridge and Sydney reunite by the ending; Maybe Now explores the consequences.
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This page is an independent, original summary and analysis. It does not reproduce the novel’s chapters or dialogue. Book metadata, series order, age guidance and the spoiler-free premise were checked against official author and publisher pages; plot details should be checked against a lawfully obtained copy before publication.
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Last source review: August 9, 2026. Page counts and ISBNs vary by edition. Maybe Someday and its characters remain the copyright of their respective rights holders.
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