{"id":18608,"date":"2017-03-03T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=18608"},"modified":"2017-04-25T21:01:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T01:01:33","slug":"new-release-arc-review-giveaway-a-boy-like-you-like-you-1-by-ginger-scott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=18608","title":{"rendered":"New Release, ARC Review & Giveaway: A Boy Like You (Like Us, #1) by Ginger Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A BOY LIKE YOU by Ginger Scott<\/strong><\/h4>\n

YA Contemporary Romance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

They say everyone\u2019s a superhero to someone. I\u2019m not sure who I\u2019m supposed to save, but I know who saved me.<\/p>\n

We were kids. His name was Christopher. And up until the day he pulled me from death\u2019s grip, he was nothing more than a boy I felt sorry for. In a blink of an eye, he became the only person who made me feel safe.<\/p>\n

And then he disappeared.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m seventeen. I\u2019m not a kid anymore. I haven\u2019t been for years. While death didn\u2019t take me that day, the things that happened left me with scars\u2014the kind that robbed me of everything I once loved and drove me into darkness. But more than anything else, that day\u2014and every day since\u2014has taken away my desire to dream.<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t going to have hope. I wouldn\u2019t let myself wish. Those things\u2014they weren\u2019t for girls like me. That\u2019s what I believed\u2026until the new boy.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s nothing like the old boy. He\u2019s taller and older. His hair is longer, and his body is lean\u2014strong and ready for anything. I don\u2019t feel sorry for him. And sometimes, I hate him. He challenges me. From the moment I first saw him standing there on the baseball field, he pushed me\u2014his eyes constantly questioning, doubting\u2026daring. Still, something about him\u2014it feels\u2026familiar.<\/p>\n

He says his name is Wes. But I can\u2019t help but feel like he\u2019s someone else.\u00a0 Someone from my past. Someone who\u2019s come back to save me.<\/p>\n

This time, though, he\u2019s too late. Josselyn Winters, the girl he once knew, is gone. I am the threat; I am my worst enemy. And he can\u2019t save me from myself.<\/p>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure what I\u2019m in right now \u2013 a fantasy or tragedy. Perhaps it\u2019s both. Maybe it\u2019s always been both. Maybe that\u2019s what life is \u2013 a beautiful mess.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4.5 stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n

OMG, Ginger Scott!! My heart has just been on a rollercoaster and I\u2019m not quite sure what to do with myself now! This book took me on a journey into the life of a damaged, complicated girl in an emotional, gritty YA story that is beautifully written with a gorgeous romance and a whole lot of feels. I loved it!<\/p>\n

Josselyn was only 9 years old when her whole life was turned upside down. In one moment her family was destroyed, and she faced death only to be rescued by a boy she hardly knew \u2013 a strange boy from her school that kept to himself and that she had barely spoken to. But he was there for her in that moment, firmly establishing himself as a rock and a safe harbour for Joss.<\/p>\n

Christopher is still holding me. He won\u2019t let go, even when they tell him to. He fights away people tugging against us\u2014 blood dripping over one of his eyes. I don\u2019t want him to let go. I want them to leave. I want him to take me away.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Christopher disappeared after that night and Joss felt his loss deeply, especially with her life spiralling out of control as her father descended into alcoholism and Joss was left alone, angry and scared. Now she is 17 years old and a high school junior with a massive chip on her shoulder. She is broody and hostile, and regularly lashes out with dangerous and rebellious behaviour, but it\u2019s clear that she is hurting.<\/p>\n

I want to feel like I did when Christopher\u2019s arms held me away from the harms of the world. That was the last time I ever felt safe, and it was the day I almost died. I\u2019ve been chasing that feeling for years. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Her father is a functioning alcoholic and coach of the high school baseball team and she is regularly dragging him out of bars, but he has instilled in her a love for softball and she is naturally talented at the sport. And when a trio of brothers arrive at her school, one of them showing mad pitching skills, she is instantly intrigued. Wes is gorgeous, though he is quiet and somewhat withdrawn, but there is something about him that is familiar to Joss, reminding her of the boy from so long ago, so she sets out to get to know him, never anticipating the impact that he will have on her life.<\/p>\n

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Wes is absolutely amazing. He is quiet and mysterious, but he and Joss share a connection right from the very beginning, and when Wes and his brothers become a part of Joss\u2019s circle of friends, he gets a front-row seat to her destructive behaviour. He steps in as her protector, the one who has her back, who silently worries but never judges, and the one who is there for her even at her darkest moments, allowing her to be vulnerable and being there for her in a way that only one boy ever has been before.<\/p>\n

I give in, and I step into him, letting my forehead press deep into the center of his chest as I bring my limp arms around him, my fingers gripping the fabric of his shirt on the back. His chin slowly falls to the top of my head and his own arms circle me tentatively at first, until finally they lock around me, his palms sliding in slow tender circles along my skin. I\u2019m overcome with his strength and the feel of his embrace, and I do something that I regret the moment it starts.
\nI cry.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s an absolutely beautiful connection that they share, and though it\u2019s hard work, Wes gets through Joss\u2019s harsh exterior to the hurt and scared girl underneath, and a beautiful romance starts to grow. It\u2019s slow-building but develops beautifully and we get to see every moment of their chemistry-filled interactions \u2013 from aggression to acceptance to friendship and more. Wes is patient and caring, a pillar of strength who is unfailingly loyal, supportive, protective and loving, and he is exactly the boy that Joss needs, becoming the catalyst for some big changes in her life, and their love story is beautiful.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou had me the first time I saw you, and I\u2019ll be in love with Josselyn Grace Winters until I die.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Joss is such a great character. She\u2019s complicated and gritty, and she\u2019s not always likeable, but given her background and what her life has become, I could completely understand why she is the way she is. And it made her eventual growth as a character that much more marked when she finally started to get some good in her life.<\/p>\n

But life hasn\u2019t finished twisting for Joss yet, there are still some big challenges coming her way. And right when it seems like her life is finally getting some direction, everything is ripped out from underneath her once again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a long book, and though it felt a little overly-lengthy in parts, the story went off in a direction that I wasn\u2019t expecting and towards the end my heart was pounding as the story unfolded. After the descriptive and detailed story we had been given, I was so nervous towards the end of this book because there wasn\u2019t enough time left for everything that needed to happen. And then the twist. And then I remembered that this book was the first in a duet. Aaaarghhhh!!<\/p>\n

The book ends with a painfully brutal cliffy, and I still have SO many questions! But I have absolute faith in Ginger Scott to repair my shattered heart and give me the ending that I so desperately want for these characters. I can\u2019t wait for the release of A Girl Like Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n

4.5 stars.<\/p>\n

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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A Boy Like You (#1)<\/strong>
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A Girl Like Me (#2)<\/strong>
\nTo be released\u00a0– May 26, 2017<\/p>\n

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Giveaway<\/strong><\/h4>\n

To celebrate the release of A Boy Like You, Ginger Scott is giving away a $25 gift card!<\/h4>\n

ENTER GIVEAWAY HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Escapist Book Blog is not responsible for this giveaway<\/em><\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"GingerGinger 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<\/a>, You and Everything After, The Girl I Was Before, Wild Reckless<\/a>, Wicked Restless, In Your Dreams, The Hard Count<\/a> and Hold My Breath<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A sucker for a good romance, Ginger\u2019s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She\u2019s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard\u2026the 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\u00a0http:\/\/www.littlemisswrite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When she\u2019s not writing, the odds are high that she\u2019s 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 \u2019em, Devils).<\/p>\n

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