A Girl Like Me by Ginger Scott

Book 2 in the Like Us Duet

A mature YA romance, and a little something more…

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Blurb

I’m not supposed to be here.

Death has come for me more than once, and each time it’s been a boy who’s stood between me and my final breath.

I called him Christopher when he saved me as a child. When he came into my life again, only months ago, I knew him as Wes. Just as he did the time before, he disappeared the moment he made sure I was out of harm’s way; as if I didn’t need any more saving.

This time, though, death left me with a reminder of how powerful it is. I know it meant to strip me of my spirit again, but it failed.

Even so, I know I need Wes to survive. Our souls are woven together somehow, our every breath in sync. I feel it, even though everyone says I shouldn’t.

The world thinks he’s missing.
His loved ones don’t want to believe he’s dead.
Only I know just how special he is.

I’m going to find him and bring him home, where he belongs. Together, we’ll face impossible—we’ll rewrite our ending.

And when the bad guys come calling, we will always win.

 

 

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Review

3.5 stars

This is the second book in the Like Us series, the follow up to the emotional, dramatic and surprising A Boy Like You. I loved the first book, Joss and Wes’ story was sweet, romantic and unexpected with lots of twists and turns, and I was left with so many questions after I finished it. This book jumps right back into the story (though I found that I did have to go back to the first book to remind myself of some of the details), and the emotion is instantly intense as we finally get some resolution to that unforgettable cliffhanger.

Once again Wes was there for Joss when she needed him the most, but unlike previously where her scars were only emotional, now the scars are physical and her life has been left forever changed. She has worked hard to find herself again, and now she needs to find the boy that she loves in order to truly move forward and have her happy ending.

 

I can’t go into detail about this story without spoiling it, but I really enjoyed the relationship between Joss and Wes. Their connection to each other is beautifully explored, their reunion is emotional yet realistic, and I loved how deeply in love they are, and all that they meant to each other.

“I don’t need a hero, Wes.” I say again, pressing our foreheads tight again, my thumbs both drawing soft lines along his jaw. “I just need you.”

But as much as this is a romance book, the personal journeys of both Joss and Wes are a big part of the story. They have both been through an enormous about of drama and trauma in their short lives, but it makes for some great character development as the two emotionally damaged kids from the beginning of the series finding happiness and contentment that neither of them had ever dreamed of.

“It’s like for once we’re in charge and this is exactly how our story is supposed to go.”

The story is slow paced and highly descriptive, and I found it a bit overly wordy at times. There is also a slight supernatural element that I wasn’t expecting, and for me it felt a bit strange. There were hints dropped in the first book, but it’s a bigger focus of this book and while I was reading I had no clue where it was all going. I’m usually a fan of all things paranormal, but in this case it felt a bit weird coming out of nowhere the way it did. And it contributed to an already complex storyline to unnecessarily over-complicate the story, and I just wasn’t a fan of that particular part of the story.

But as a character-driven story, I enjoyed this one. Joss and Wes have been through a lot both individually and together, and though it seemed a bit over the top with the drama, and the whole ‘almost-paranormal’ thing didn’t work for me, I did like seeing them work through their everything they were faced with and get their happy ending.

3.5 stars.

Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

 

 

 

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About the Author

Ginger Scott is an Amazon-bestselling and Goodreads Choice Award-nominated author of several young and new adult romances, including Waiting on the Sidelines, Going Long, Blindness, How We Deal With Gravity, This Is Falling, You and Everything After, The Girl I Was Before, Wild Reckless, Wicked Restless, In Your Dreams, The Hard Count and Hold My Breath.

A sucker for a good romance, Ginger’s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She’s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard…the list goes on.) Ginger has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than 15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at http://www.littlemisswrite.com.

When she’s not writing, the odds are high that she’s somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork ’em, Devils).

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