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Review: Be The Girl - K.A Tucker

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Review: Be The Girl - K. A Tucker - January 2019 At her old school, Aria was bullied by her friends and caused damage that lasted forever, during this time her family also fell apart when her Dad had an affair with his secretary. Needing a fresh start, Aria and her mum move away to her Uncle Merv's house in Eastmont. This includes changing her surname to her mum's maiden name and starting a new school. Here Aria can reinvent herself and make some new friends including the Hartford family next door which includes Cassie who has Autism and Emmett. These three become fast friends as Aria finds herself settling into a routine she loves Cassie's friendship as she is like the little sister she never had and Emmett is a hottie. The downside though is that Emmett has a girlfriend named Holly. Holly is exactly the type of person Aria used to be at her old school and what happens when Aria stands up to Holly and it backfires as Holly is not going to take losing her status of Emmett...

Review: Two Wrongs Make a Right - Chloe Liese

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Review: Two Wrongs Make a Right - Book #1 The Wilmont Sisters - Chloe Liese - November 2022 As we come to the end of the year, I type up a few of my last reviews of books read for 2023. One of my favorite authors is Chloe Liese, I just love that she writes her characters with some sort of disability/disease and shows that it can be normalised and nothing to be ashamed of, she has amazing disability and inclusivity representation. In Two Wrongs Make a Right we meet Bea who is a twin and has autism and Jamie who is Jule's ( Bea's twin) partner's best friend. Jamie has social anxiety. The two are perfect for one another but of course, when they are around each other they happen to bring out the worst of one another. Jules wants her sister to be happy and so does Jamie's roommate so they set them up on a blind date. During the week, the two of them text without actually knowing who the other is as they only have their middle names to go on. Of course, they end up perfect...