I enjoyed Kate Clayborn's novels Love Lettering and Love at First so I was eager to read Georgie, All Along. This felt different from those books.
Can you go home again?
Georgie didn't strive to be the personal assistant to a famous screenwriter, but one opportunity led to another until she was working in Hollywood, on call 24/7 with no personal life. Suddenly unemployed, she's returns to her small Virginia hometown to regroup.
When she and her childhood best friend discover their middle-grade notebook where they wrote their imagined high school experiences, Georgie decides to recreate some of the aspirational experiences with the hope they will help her move forward.
Can you overcome the past to reinvent your future?
From the day she arrives in town, Georgie crosses paths with Levi, the older brother of her high school crush. Levi is reclusive, a reformed 'bad boy', and most at peace on his dock with his dog.
He's satisfied with his 'small' life until Georgie brings new people and experiences into it. Can her impulsive personality and his introverted self overcome past regrets and find a way to create a future together?
This was slow to start but moved along in the second half. The story is told from both Georgie and Levi's points of view in alternating chapters, and I liked knowing both of their thoughts.
The contrasts between their family dynamics was interesting, and I was craving a strawberry milkshake when I finished this novel. My favorite secondary characters were Levi's dog Hank and Georgie's free-spirited parents.
Thank you to Kensington for the review copy of this January 2023 release.
Can you go home again?
Georgie didn't strive to be the personal assistant to a famous screenwriter, but one opportunity led to another until she was working in Hollywood, on call 24/7 with no personal life. Suddenly unemployed, she's returns to her small Virginia hometown to regroup.
When she and her childhood best friend discover their middle-grade notebook where they wrote their imagined high school experiences, Georgie decides to recreate some of the aspirational experiences with the hope they will help her move forward.
Can you overcome the past to reinvent your future?
From the day she arrives in town, Georgie crosses paths with Levi, the older brother of her high school crush. Levi is reclusive, a reformed 'bad boy', and most at peace on his dock with his dog.
He's satisfied with his 'small' life until Georgie brings new people and experiences into it. Can her impulsive personality and his introverted self overcome past regrets and find a way to create a future together?
This was slow to start but moved along in the second half. The story is told from both Georgie and Levi's points of view in alternating chapters, and I liked knowing both of their thoughts.
The contrasts between their family dynamics was interesting, and I was craving a strawberry milkshake when I finished this novel. My favorite secondary characters were Levi's dog Hank and Georgie's free-spirited parents.
Thank you to Kensington for the review copy of this January 2023 release.
