Say You’ll Remember Me
by Katie McGarry
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Doesn’t matter who did it. Not anymore. I did the time. It’s over.”
When Drix was convicted of a crime—one he didn’t commit—he thought his life was over. But opportunity came with the Second Chance Program, the governor’s newest pet project to get delinquents off the streets, rehabilitated and back into society. Drix knows this is his chance to get his life back on track, even if it means being paraded in front of reporters for a while.
Elle knows she lives a life of privilege. As the governor’s daughter, she can open doors with her name alone. But the expectations and pressure to be someone she isn’t may be too much to handle. She wants to follow her own path, whatever that means.
When Drix and Elle meet, their connection is immediate, but so are their problems. Drix is not the type of boy Elle’s parents have in mind for her, and Elle is not the kind of girl who can understand Drix’s messy life.
But sometimes love can breach all barriers.
Fighting against a society that can’t imagine them together, Drix and Elle must push themselves—Drix to confront the truth of the robbery, and Elle to assert her independence—and each other to finally get what they deserve.
My Rating:
Favorite Quotes:
He must believe there’s nothing in my skull beyond the
beginnings of hair follicles.
It’s creepy hanging with you… It’s like you’re the Walking
Dead. I’m half expecting someone to jump out with a samurai sword and slice out
your heart.
“I don’t know how to get them to leave me alone.” I pause,
then the bitterness leaks out as well as a grim grin. “At least not without a
baseball and a well-placed throw. Some people shouldn’t be allowed to continue
their genetics.”
What does being mature mean? Mature feels an awful lot like
being tamed, and so far, I’m not caring for the view from my cage.
Andrew and I are barely friends, and most days I lean
toward thinking he should be neutered.
Drix gives that dog anything he wants. I’m warning you in
case you guys grow up, get married and have babies. When the zombie apocalypse
happens, he’s saving the dog before he saves any of us.
My Review:
I was stunned and off-balance by how much I enjoyed this
skillfully crafted, engrossing, and heart-squeezing tale. I was immediately sucked in by the engaging storytelling
and quick to fall for these enticing and intriguing characters, although I occasionally
wanted to give several of them a pop to the back of their head and lock the bratty
sister in her room. I very rarely read
YA since I don’t like being reminded of those claustrophobic and hopeless feelings
due to being powerless to the forces of controlling and cruel adults. But I couldn’t seem to put this one down. Adulting may be hard but it’s ever so sweet to
make your own choices once out from under a menacing or suffocating thumb, as was
the case for these two diversely different teens. Both were miserable and under intense pressure and scrutiny but had
completely dissimilar life experiences.
Elle was a naïve and wealthy private school girl who had everything but
freewill as she was little more than a trained monkey to her political parents’
dog and pony show. Hendrix was a cynically
resigned, street-smart, and overly exposed delinquent fresh out juvenile
detention. An unlikely pair who had
been forbidden to interact while on the campaign trail, but of course, they
meshed and became fast friends who eventually set off fireworks in their nether
regions. I sighed with relief at the
satisfying conclusion and certainly wouldn’t mind seeing the tale of this ragtag
grouping further developed into a series.
Empress DJ
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About Katie McGarry
Katie was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.
She is the author of the Pushing the Limits and Thunder Road series. Say You’ll Remember Me will be released in 2018.
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