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A review by reneelisaaa
Say You'll Remember Me by Katie McGarry
3.0
It was good, but it had nothing on Katie's other books. Like NBH was a step down from PTL, SYRM was a step down from NBH. Unfortunately, "boy with bad past full of sex, drugs, alcohol, and mild violence" meets "girl with uptight parents who don't care for her wishes, and is lacking in life experience" can only be done so many times. Noah and Echo were a little different in the way that Noah did "have it all" and Echo was mentally ill (still my favourite fictional couple) and I liked how Ryan and Beth were flipped. The same can be said of Chevy and Violet in the sense that they had a history since childhood. Drix and Elle were basically carbon copies of Rachel/Isaiah, Breanna/Razor, Lila/Lincoln, and Emily/Oz.
It'd be a refreshing change to see the protagonists be more equal in that respect - I get that opposites attract, but so do similarities. It'd be great to see a female protagonist who has also lost her virginity, been out drinking, and so on. Perhaps two foster kids meet each other. Perhaps they'll be each other's second, third, fourth, etc serious relationship but the one where they know they've met The One.
That's not to say I didn't like the book. Drix, Elle, Axle, Holiday, Marcus, and so on were all enjoyable characters. I enjoyed seeing them change and become closer. I especially liked Holiday. If I read this book without reading Katie's other works I would have LOVED it. Having read her other books, I can say I've read this book before - many, many times.
It'd be a refreshing change to see the protagonists be more equal in that respect - I get that opposites attract, but so do similarities. It'd be great to see a female protagonist who has also lost her virginity, been out drinking, and so on. Perhaps two foster kids meet each other. Perhaps they'll be each other's second, third, fourth, etc serious relationship but the one where they know they've met The One.
That's not to say I didn't like the book. Drix, Elle, Axle, Holiday, Marcus, and so on were all enjoyable characters. I enjoyed seeing them change and become closer. I especially liked Holiday. If I read this book without reading Katie's other works I would have LOVED it. Having read her other books, I can say I've read this book before - many, many times.