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I knew that there was a reason that I did not want to finish this book! Talk about heartbreaking but Riley Jean put the pieces back together. The book kept me on my toes and the characters were so real and deep. I felt like I was catching up with a friend every time I picked the book up. I kept stalling because I felt that something big was coming and I did not want to get to that point. I was totally right about something big coming, although I could not have predicted the magnitude of what that was or how the book was going to end. I felt like there were four or five times where I just looked at my phone and freaked out. I could not believe all the things happening in Scar's life. It felt too real and raw to be possible.

I felt like the transformation in the characters was very well executed. The characters were perfect, in the sense that none of them were really perfect. You could see Scar's influence on the people around her, and eventually see the influence that they have on her as well. By the end of the book, no one was left quiet the same and I think that is for the best. I could relate so many pieces to my own life, the feelings were real and raw and hurt just as much as you would expect them too.

I did enjoy the ending, I felt like it was real. I felt like in life there are things that make permanent changes on your life and to pretend otherwise would be a shame. I feel like I am repeating myself when I say I really did not want this book to end, it was the perfect length with the right amount of pacing. Only last night did I spend most of my night reading, I kept backing off and finding other reads because I could feel from the flow of the book that it would end with a bang and not a sizzle. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a real romance, feel real pain, and at the end get closure.

Happy reading!


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Use Somebody edition by Riley Jean Joanne LaRe Thompson Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

After I finished “Use Somebody,” the debut novel from author Riley Jean, I had to just sit and be still. I couldn’t move or I would have been sick; why? Because I had just come down with a serious case of book hangover.

The Scarlett that we are introduced to in the first chapter of the book is not the same Scarlett who shows up in the second chapter. In fact, after reading the first chapter and then starting the next, I actually scrolled back to the beginning of the book to make sure I wasn’t missing something. That’s how effective Riley Jean’s writing is. I literally re-read the entire beginning of the book, from the dedication through the first chapter, to make sure my copy wasn’t somehow screwed up. Nope, it wasn’t! In Scarlett, Riley Jean has created a character so complex that it feels as though we were dealing with multiple individuals instead of one person.

You’ve read the synopsis of the book, so you know that Scarlett returns to her hometown after suffering a traumatic night, in an attempt to move forward and maybe even heal herself. She changes her name to Scar, dyes her hair jet black (from Goldilocks to Raven, as it were), and just tries to survive, day in and day out. Her father, who is as cuddly as a porcupine sitting on a cactus, insists that she gets a job while she is living at home, so Scarlett procures employment at Mooshi, a local ice cream shop, and that is when and where Vance Holloway enters her life.

Vance. Holloway. Never did a more perfect name exist for such a man…err, character. I mean character. He is funny, perceptive, honest, reliable, handsome, charming, and loyal; in short, he is everything every woman wants in her dream man, unless that woman is Scarlett. She just wants to be left alone. And that’s fine with me, because I’ll take him…err, once again, I mean…right.

This book is long, and there is far too much to summarize here. I can’t even get into all of my feels about Ricky Storm, except to say that I’m still crying and I won’t ever be able to utter his name. I’m pretty sure that Riley Jean interviewed my very first love to create Ricky Storm, and I’m also pretty sure that my heart was ripped out of my chest unapologetically in almost every scene involving Ricky.

Use Somebody feels like two books; the first half is a bit funnier and more playful than the second, and I tore through that quickly. I loved the banter between Vance and Scar; every scene involving these two was magical.

The second half of Use Somebody is weightier. It took me longer to read digest. I cried more. I was frustrated more. I wanted to scream at Scarlett a whole lot more. And then, when I thought I was close to the end, Riley Jean sucker punched me. She had already ripped my heart out, and then she kicked me while I was down. This book is full of twists and turns; it is far deeper than it appears on the surface and there is a tragedy that snakes its way through the story that is so unexpected I had to stop reading, dry my eyes and blow my nose, and then try to finish the book without waking up my husband.

Use Somebody 5/5 Stars. Well-written, engaging, funny, authentic, heartbreaking, and transformative.

Quotes

“A couple was dry humping in a corner. Or so I hoped.”

“Duh. This is an ice cream parlor. Nobody takes it seriously.”

“For whatever reason, this boy who thought he had love all figured out, and this girl who had stopped believing in its existence, had found hope in each other.”

“Was it possible for a girl to be both nice and have a backbone? And if so, what was that supposed to look like?”
I enjoyed the growth of the characters
So good. You think you know what to expect but keep reading and everything unfolds. Riley gets you invested in her characters, you feel for them and cry with/for them. Loved that there was a playlist for each chapter!
I knew that there was a reason that I did not want to finish this book! Talk about heartbreaking but Riley Jean put the pieces back together. The book kept me on my toes and the characters were so real and deep. I felt like I was catching up with a friend every time I picked the book up. I kept stalling because I felt that something big was coming and I did not want to get to that point. I was totally right about something big coming, although I could not have predicted the magnitude of what that was or how the book was going to end. I felt like there were four or five times where I just looked at my phone and freaked out. I could not believe all the things happening in Scar's life. It felt too real and raw to be possible.

I felt like the transformation in the characters was very well executed. The characters were perfect, in the sense that none of them were really perfect. You could see Scar's influence on the people around her, and eventually see the influence that they have on her as well. By the end of the book, no one was left quiet the same and I think that is for the best. I could relate so many pieces to my own life, the feelings were real and raw and hurt just as much as you would expect them too.

I did enjoy the ending, I felt like it was real. I felt like in life there are things that make permanent changes on your life and to pretend otherwise would be a shame. I feel like I am repeating myself when I say I really did not want this book to end, it was the perfect length with the right amount of pacing. Only last night did I spend most of my night reading, I kept backing off and finding other reads because I could feel from the flow of the book that it would end with a bang and not a sizzle. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a real romance, feel real pain, and at the end get closure.

Happy reading!