Reminders of Him: A Novel

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Despite the dysfunctional and abusive relationship between her parents, Lily still holds out hope for love and believes that one day, she will find someone perfect for her.

This was my first ever CoHo book and boy, if I had known what burning dumpster-fire of reeking red flags had awaited me.I am overall very happy with this book, and I think you all will be too <3 me getting this ARC was definitely the highlight of my life and I can now go to bed happy.

I just found the first-person telling-not-showing writing and the insta-smash relationship to be so utterly off-putting that I started to resent every minute I spent with these characters. I feel like giving us the 'Reminders of Scotty' I fell more in love with him and Kenna than I did with her and Ledger.While Hoover explained the potential holes this story could have had, I still didn’t believe Kenna’s guilty plea and sentencing were likely to occur as they did. But hold on, that wasn't even the best-worst line because that was undoubtedly: "He touches his hair now, pushing it back, staring down at me. It didn’t feel great, but it didn’t send me into a tailspin of panic the likes of Kenna’s either, so I guess I shouldn’t judge. Untangling stories of the past is a recurring theme in Hoover’s writing and she doesn’t disappoint here. Aside from the whole still-kissing-Ledger-when-she-knows-he's-her-dead-boyfriends-best-friend thing, my heart truly went out to Kenna in this story.