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Four teens.
Three henchmen.
Two thousand acres of remote forest.
One very bad man.
Nora O'Malley returns in the sequel to the thriller THE GIRLS I'VE BEEN.
Three henchmen.
Two thousand acres of remote forest.
One very bad man.
Nora O'Malley returns in the sequel to the thriller THE GIRLS I'VE BEEN.
470 pages, Paperback
First published May 14, 2024
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Tess Sharpe
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Born in a mountain cabin to a punk rocker mother, Tess Sharpe grew up in rural California. She lives deep in the backwoods with a pack of dogs and a growing cabal of slightly feral cats.
Born in a mountain cabin to a punk rocker mother, Tess Sharpe grew up in rural California. She lives deep in the backwoods with a pack of dogs and a growing cabal of slightly feral cats.
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June 19, 2023SEQUEL TO THE GIRLS IVE BEEN??? WHAT THE HELL IM LITERALLY EATING MY ARM WHAT THW FUCK WHAT
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June 30, 2023hello the girls ive been sequel : ) i will be normal about you
March 10, 2025
okayokayokay i'm usually being dramatic, but i honestly need this more than i need air. like, a sEQUEL TO MY ALL-TIME FAVOURITE BOOK?? I AM NOT OKAY I NEED THIS NOW
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i love you tess sharpe and i love your characters (especially iris, the loml) !!! also never thought i’d happy scream about a murder but here we are. wouldn’t say this is on the level of the first book, but still loved it!
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i love you tess sharpe and i love your characters (especially iris, the loml) !!! also never thought i’d happy scream about a murder but here we are. wouldn’t say this is on the level of the first book, but still loved it!
June 8, 2024
I support women’s wrongs
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January 17, 2024Hi Everyone,
Tess Sharpe here. Just popping in to drop the content warnings for THE GIRL IN QUESTION for ease of access for anyone who needs it:
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-TS
Tess Sharpe here. Just popping in to drop the content warnings for THE GIRL IN QUESTION for ease of access for anyone who needs it:
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-TS
June 7, 2024
pip+ravi 🤝nora+iris+wes🤝 II Most Wanted
June 7, 2024
the amount of time i audibly gasped and had to put my book down to stare at the wall
May 16, 2024
I'm not sure I loved this as much as THE GIRLS I'VE BEEN but that could also be because of a life slump that had me chipping away at this for over a week instead of bingeing it in one go to maintain the intensity of the pace. So I think that's my bad. But also.. the stakes are so high that this one does feel a tiny bit preposterous even knowing how skilled and devious and clever these characters are. So maybe it's a little bit of both of those things.
But. I do love these characters, so much. I love how ride or die they are for each other. The trauma that bonds them, the lengths they will go for each other, the way they know -- they see -- each other so well, and a sisterly bond that defies anything you might have read about before. Throw in a non-linear timeline, with multiple POVs, secrets you unravel as the story goes, a wild forest as a setting which ups the ante, and it's a hell of a ride.
Sharpe's writing is so good, her characters so layered, and the way she doles out their history, their motivations, is so well done.
I am very much looking forward to revisiting these books and I hope (I hope!) there is more to come.
** I received an ARC from the publisher (thank you!) in exchange for an honest review. **
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This review can also be found at A Take From Two Cities.
But. I do love these characters, so much. I love how ride or die they are for each other. The trauma that bonds them, the lengths they will go for each other, the way they know -- they see -- each other so well, and a sisterly bond that defies anything you might have read about before. Throw in a non-linear timeline, with multiple POVs, secrets you unravel as the story goes, a wild forest as a setting which ups the ante, and it's a hell of a ride.
Sharpe's writing is so good, her characters so layered, and the way she doles out their history, their motivations, is so well done.
I am very much looking forward to revisiting these books and I hope (I hope!) there is more to come.
** I received an ARC from the publisher (thank you!) in exchange for an honest review. **
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This review can also be found at A Take From Two Cities.
July 24, 2024
♫ — “she’s been many places with men of many faces; all her fuckin’ lives flashed before her eyes”
”you’re on your own. be a viper, baby.”
☆ 4.5 stars!
anyone who knows me knows i LOVE the girls ive been with everything in me. i recommend that book to so many people and it’s bc it genuinely is SO INCREDIBLE. this is the second and final book, and omfg it hits EVERY NERVE OMFG.
first of all, NORA?? SHE IS SO THE BOLTER CODED OMFG. the entirety of her character revolves around the art of escaping and survival, both in books 1 & 2. and this book her instincts that she has honed for all her life become the only form of protection for the people she loves. yes, does she do some insane things to protect herself? but sometimes survival is a woman’s only instinct, and i think everything she did is highkey justified? raymond and abby had it coming! nora omalley the loml tbh!!
iris moulton an angel who i always defend!! my girl was suffering through endometriosis pain, and anyone who has suffered through symptoms of endo KNOW how bad it hurts💔 but she STILL spent a week out in the woods, doing whatever necessary to stay alive and keeping the two people she loved most close!!! she has so much love and also insanely badass like that first chapter ALONE took me off guard??
wes prentiss!!! oh he is such a sweetheart, and i understand why he picked his ending but it was still so so bittersweet😭 besides that, he had to utilize his survival skills, accept he was “manipulated” by the girls he loved most, and protect them all at the same time!! of course he was going through an identity crisis, he needs to figure himself out??? love him sm.
the found family trope/minor romance in this novel is so endearing to me. most times i HATE the concept of someone being such good friends w their ex, but nora and wes are the exception, and i think it’s bc it’s GENUINELY very platonic. another thing, established relationships are hard to write abt bc there is no buildup to a relationship, thus making it hard to create chemistry. nora and iris DEFY ALL OF THIS, they have such an adorable established relationship, but what gives them such strong chemistry is bc tess sharpe always mentions small details in their relationship. like nora knowing the smell of iris’s shampoo while they sleep, her looping her arm around her waist, the way they sit after a stressful scene, just these tiny details that show how much love someone has for another person 😞❤️🩹❤️🩹
the overall plot, i enjoyed!! the plot twists in the middle GOT ME SO GOOD, and i was obsessed w the action🙏 i do think some chapters could’ve been cut out/condensed bc i found it to be a bit repetitive, but it was really nothing too irritating! i also do think the first book is a whole other level of remarkable bc we see the diff girls she had been — so i wish more flashbacks were incorporated again, but honestly it’s not even a major critique!! i still loved this book :)
songs!!!
- the bolter; taylor swift
- girl i’ve always been; olivia rodrigo
- family line; conan gray
- i know the end; phoebe bridgers
final thoughts!
finishing off the book with how the first one started, idc how cliche it is… it always pulls my heartstrings❤️🩹 these characters have so much depth and love for one another, both platonic and romantic, and their stories are so complex i will just NEVER get over it!! nora o’malley i hope u have the best life ever wtf😭😭
”you’re on your own. be a viper, baby.”
☆ 4.5 stars!
anyone who knows me knows i LOVE the girls ive been with everything in me. i recommend that book to so many people and it’s bc it genuinely is SO INCREDIBLE. this is the second and final book, and omfg it hits EVERY NERVE OMFG.
first of all, NORA?? SHE IS SO THE BOLTER CODED OMFG. the entirety of her character revolves around the art of escaping and survival, both in books 1 & 2. and this book her instincts that she has honed for all her life become the only form of protection for the people she loves. yes, does she do some insane things to protect herself? but sometimes survival is a woman’s only instinct, and i think everything she did is highkey justified? raymond and abby had it coming! nora omalley the loml tbh!!
iris moulton an angel who i always defend!! my girl was suffering through endometriosis pain, and anyone who has suffered through symptoms of endo KNOW how bad it hurts💔 but she STILL spent a week out in the woods, doing whatever necessary to stay alive and keeping the two people she loved most close!!! she has so much love and also insanely badass like that first chapter ALONE took me off guard??
wes prentiss!!! oh he is such a sweetheart, and i understand why he picked his ending but it was still so so bittersweet😭 besides that, he had to utilize his survival skills, accept he was “manipulated” by the girls he loved most, and protect them all at the same time!! of course he was going through an identity crisis, he needs to figure himself out??? love him sm.
the found family trope/minor romance in this novel is so endearing to me. most times i HATE the concept of someone being such good friends w their ex, but nora and wes are the exception, and i think it’s bc it’s GENUINELY very platonic. another thing, established relationships are hard to write abt bc there is no buildup to a relationship, thus making it hard to create chemistry. nora and iris DEFY ALL OF THIS, they have such an adorable established relationship, but what gives them such strong chemistry is bc tess sharpe always mentions small details in their relationship. like nora knowing the smell of iris’s shampoo while they sleep, her looping her arm around her waist, the way they sit after a stressful scene, just these tiny details that show how much love someone has for another person 😞❤️🩹❤️🩹
the overall plot, i enjoyed!! the plot twists in the middle GOT ME SO GOOD, and i was obsessed w the action🙏 i do think some chapters could’ve been cut out/condensed bc i found it to be a bit repetitive, but it was really nothing too irritating! i also do think the first book is a whole other level of remarkable bc we see the diff girls she had been — so i wish more flashbacks were incorporated again, but honestly it’s not even a major critique!! i still loved this book :)
songs!!!
- the bolter; taylor swift
- girl i’ve always been; olivia rodrigo
- family line; conan gray
- i know the end; phoebe bridgers
final thoughts!
finishing off the book with how the first one started, idc how cliche it is… it always pulls my heartstrings❤️🩹 these characters have so much depth and love for one another, both platonic and romantic, and their stories are so complex i will just NEVER get over it!! nora o’malley i hope u have the best life ever wtf😭😭
July 18, 2024
Tess Sharpe is one of my favourite authors and I’ve rated her previous books both five stars, so my rating for this one came as such a shock to me. Since The Girls I’ve been is probably one of the best YA books I’ve ever read, I have no idea why the sequel fell so short. To be honest, I think it was a book that didn’t actually need a sequel, so that didn’t help its case.
A big problem I found with this one is that I read the first book over two years ago, so the finer plot details are a little hazy for me. This book doesn’t do a whole lot to jog your memory to be honest, and I did find myself lost at multiple points trying to piece together what I was missing to get a grip on the narrative. I think that’s a massive factor in why I struggled to push through this, and why my enjoyment wasn’t the same - because I just truly didn’t have the same level of engagement and understanding as the first time around. It was a shame, because I spent far too much energy in trying to connect the dots, that I found it mentally fatiguing to read.
I really love Tess Sharpe’s writing usually, but here it seemed to be lacking a little bit. We were a bit more juvenile in tone and while I used to find her funny and clever, here it felt juvenile and cheesy. The dialogue segments were the main culprit and I don’t know why but these didn’t really feel like the same characters. It was also a little bit jarring to have the book keep flicking between past and present tense, because I could never keep track of where we were, or who was speaking. The dual timeline didn't work when I was already playing catch up from book one, it only served to disorientate me even more.
To top it all off, I think the plot of this one is really slow moving, and it doesn’t have nearly as much atmosphere and drama as book one. The pacing is really stagnant. It takes a hundred or so pages for something to actually happen to get things moving, and then everything's just messy and dragged out. I couldn’t enjoy this fully no matter how hard I tried to immerse myself in it. I still really love this trio we have, and the emotional journey they go on together to heal (and the trauma or reopening old wounds) because their found family dynamic warms my heart. The sapphic and the endometriosis rep is als ridiculously well handled in here, just as it was in the first book so that’s really positive.
Ultimately I really looked forward to this, but it didn’t quite cut it. Will still recommend book one heavily though.
A big problem I found with this one is that I read the first book over two years ago, so the finer plot details are a little hazy for me. This book doesn’t do a whole lot to jog your memory to be honest, and I did find myself lost at multiple points trying to piece together what I was missing to get a grip on the narrative. I think that’s a massive factor in why I struggled to push through this, and why my enjoyment wasn’t the same - because I just truly didn’t have the same level of engagement and understanding as the first time around. It was a shame, because I spent far too much energy in trying to connect the dots, that I found it mentally fatiguing to read.
I really love Tess Sharpe’s writing usually, but here it seemed to be lacking a little bit. We were a bit more juvenile in tone and while I used to find her funny and clever, here it felt juvenile and cheesy. The dialogue segments were the main culprit and I don’t know why but these didn’t really feel like the same characters. It was also a little bit jarring to have the book keep flicking between past and present tense, because I could never keep track of where we were, or who was speaking. The dual timeline didn't work when I was already playing catch up from book one, it only served to disorientate me even more.
To top it all off, I think the plot of this one is really slow moving, and it doesn’t have nearly as much atmosphere and drama as book one. The pacing is really stagnant. It takes a hundred or so pages for something to actually happen to get things moving, and then everything's just messy and dragged out. I couldn’t enjoy this fully no matter how hard I tried to immerse myself in it. I still really love this trio we have, and the emotional journey they go on together to heal (and the trauma or reopening old wounds) because their found family dynamic warms my heart. The sapphic and the endometriosis rep is als ridiculously well handled in here, just as it was in the first book so that’s really positive.
Ultimately I really looked forward to this, but it didn’t quite cut it. Will still recommend book one heavily though.
October 5, 2024
4.5 stars ⭐️
First comments -
1. Turbo is the bestest goodest dog ever.
2. Everyone should own a machete named Jill
“I won’t be put on a pedestal. I’ll burn it down.”
This was a gripping and addictive follow up to The Girls I’ve Been.
Nora, her best friend Wes and her girlfriend Iris have been planning a graduation hiking weekend. But as usual, the plans go awry.
We are immediately thrown into the thick of it in chapter one, before backtracking to the events that lead up to it.
With more than its fair share of violence and complex characters, I loved this book and would be interested to try more by this author.
First comments -
1. Turbo is the bestest goodest dog ever.
2. Everyone should own a machete named Jill
“I won’t be put on a pedestal. I’ll burn it down.”
This was a gripping and addictive follow up to The Girls I’ve Been.
Nora, her best friend Wes and her girlfriend Iris have been planning a graduation hiking weekend. But as usual, the plans go awry.
We are immediately thrown into the thick of it in chapter one, before backtracking to the events that lead up to it.
With more than its fair share of violence and complex characters, I loved this book and would be interested to try more by this author.
June 23, 2024
Tess Sharpe delivers again, I wasn't sure it would be possible to make a compelling sequel to The Girls I've Been but she really pulls it off. Raises the stakes, has plenty of twists and discoveries, gets us deeper with these characters, and does it all at a relentless pace.
These books are actually very character driven despite all the action, and here we get to dig down not just into Nora but into Iris and Wes. They are all people who can't help taking action, people who will take big risks for the people they care about, but it comes from different places and for different reasons.
Big feelings, big action, and also this book is very funny. High marks all around. Once again I did the audio, which Sharpe reads herself, and she delivers there, too.
These books are actually very character driven despite all the action, and here we get to dig down not just into Nora but into Iris and Wes. They are all people who can't help taking action, people who will take big risks for the people they care about, but it comes from different places and for different reasons.
Big feelings, big action, and also this book is very funny. High marks all around. Once again I did the audio, which Sharpe reads herself, and she delivers there, too.
March 22, 2024
4.5 - Tess Sharpe really knows how to write a stressful and thrilling book. The Girl in Question is such a great follow-up to The Girls I've Been. It’s so wonderful to be able to read more about Nora, Iris, Wes, and Lee. I love how fiercely they protect one another and how you can feel how much they care about one another.
I think it’s so impressive how Sharpe can craft a story that’s a super fast paced thriller but also a character study. The times when the book flashes back to Nora’s childhood or to an earlier part of the plot never makes the story feel like it’s lagging. Everything in the book is so important to the overall story of who Nora is and how she’s able to fight to protect the people she cares about. And how she’s able to strike back at the people who’ve hurt her. Also, the romance between Nora and Iris remains top tier.
This book is a total wild ride, there are some reveals that took me completely by surprise. While I did have a blast reading this, I think I didn’t love it quite as much as the first book. It’s still excellent, but I think the bank setting from book one did more for me than the wilderness in this book.
Definitely check this one out if you were a fan of The Girls I’ve Been. Tess Sharpe is a master when it comes to queer YA thrillers.
Thank you to the publisher for providing an advance copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I think it’s so impressive how Sharpe can craft a story that’s a super fast paced thriller but also a character study. The times when the book flashes back to Nora’s childhood or to an earlier part of the plot never makes the story feel like it’s lagging. Everything in the book is so important to the overall story of who Nora is and how she’s able to fight to protect the people she cares about. And how she’s able to strike back at the people who’ve hurt her. Also, the romance between Nora and Iris remains top tier.
This book is a total wild ride, there are some reveals that took me completely by surprise. While I did have a blast reading this, I think I didn’t love it quite as much as the first book. It’s still excellent, but I think the bank setting from book one did more for me than the wilderness in this book.
Definitely check this one out if you were a fan of The Girls I’ve Been. Tess Sharpe is a master when it comes to queer YA thrillers.
Thank you to the publisher for providing an advance copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
April 1, 2024
I really don't know what I thought of this book. I had so much fun reading it and would absolutely recommend the series, but did I think this book was necessary? No. No, I did not. Would I have read it had I not adored the friendship between Nora, Iris and Wes? No, I probably wouldn't. Hence the 3.5 star rating.
But did I love the friendship group, the sisterly love, the sweet sapphic romance? I absolutely did. Nora and the gang are some of my new favourite book characters, and this book only furthered that love. They were even more fleshed out than before, and the backstory and world grew so much more. It was fun, that's for sure, and I was hooked, finishing the book in two days.
I did, however, have some gripes about the book - and the fact it even exists.
Firstly with the way it was written. Call it a pet peeve, but when a successful standalone inherits a sequel, I like there to be some consistency between the two... such as a similar plot structure, for example. This book just wasn't as thrilling as the first, even though it was also set over a short space of time, and was incredibly action-packed. The sense of mystery wasn't... well, anywhere. It was an action book, and a little too gory, and kind of just felt like the author having a lot of fun with an existing world.
Which brings me to my second point. I'm not really a fanfiction girl, but I'm sure some fabulous fanfiction has been written about Tess Sharpe's books - and this book felt exactly like that. A fanfiction of a successful standalone, which finished on a cliffhanger. I would have much preferred for this book to maybe be a completely new mystery with the same characters, like the sequel to AGGGTM, for example. Instead, the book sort of... ruined a lot of the cliffhanger aspect, which was something I loved about book one. It was a lot less subtle, and spelt out plot points which were deliberately kept ambiguous at first.
I also found it sort of lazy how Tess Sharpe used perspective, here. We don't need to hear from every character's perspective, just because Nora isn't present in the scene. I would have loved for the book to have just been told from Nora's POV... or even Iris's!
All in all, I did really, really enjoy this book. But it also brought up many questions for me about the importance of creating a sequel that will compliment a successful standalone, instead of milking its success. A lot of mystery books do this well... and unfortunately, I don't think this was one of those times.
But did I love the friendship group, the sisterly love, the sweet sapphic romance? I absolutely did. Nora and the gang are some of my new favourite book characters, and this book only furthered that love. They were even more fleshed out than before, and the backstory and world grew so much more. It was fun, that's for sure, and I was hooked, finishing the book in two days.
I did, however, have some gripes about the book - and the fact it even exists.
Firstly with the way it was written. Call it a pet peeve, but when a successful standalone inherits a sequel, I like there to be some consistency between the two... such as a similar plot structure, for example. This book just wasn't as thrilling as the first, even though it was also set over a short space of time, and was incredibly action-packed. The sense of mystery wasn't... well, anywhere. It was an action book, and a little too gory, and kind of just felt like the author having a lot of fun with an existing world.
Which brings me to my second point. I'm not really a fanfiction girl, but I'm sure some fabulous fanfiction has been written about Tess Sharpe's books - and this book felt exactly like that. A fanfiction of a successful standalone, which finished on a cliffhanger. I would have much preferred for this book to maybe be a completely new mystery with the same characters, like the sequel to AGGGTM, for example. Instead, the book sort of... ruined a lot of the cliffhanger aspect, which was something I loved about book one. It was a lot less subtle, and spelt out plot points which were deliberately kept ambiguous at first.
I also found it sort of lazy how Tess Sharpe used perspective, here. We don't need to hear from every character's perspective, just because Nora isn't present in the scene. I would have loved for the book to have just been told from Nora's POV... or even Iris's!
All in all, I did really, really enjoy this book. But it also brought up many questions for me about the importance of creating a sequel that will compliment a successful standalone, instead of milking its success. A lot of mystery books do this well... and unfortunately, I don't think this was one of those times.
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June 19, 2023WHAT NOW
December 20, 2024
I think one of the most important things in life is that every so often you have to get so sucked into a book that you stay up way later than you should to finish it. It’s good for the soul.
April 23, 2024
MY KIDDOS ARE BACK AND SURVIVING AND GONNA START THRIVING AND I LOVE THAT FOR THEM.
(no, but tess sharpe is full stop one of my fav authors ever. i just fucking love every book by her i've ever read. *chef's kiss*).
(also.... nora and iris... your love is fantastic and i love you both for that AS WELL. FERAL GIRLS IN LOVE!!!!!!).
(no, but tess sharpe is full stop one of my fav authors ever. i just fucking love every book by her i've ever read. *chef's kiss*).
(also.... nora and iris... your love is fantastic and i love you both for that AS WELL. FERAL GIRLS IN LOVE!!!!!!).
October 31, 2024
Probably closer to 4.25 or 4.5 stars, but rounding up because I had a fuckin' blast reading this book.
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THE THRILLING SEQUEL TO THE GIRLS I'VE BEEN ?????
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THE THRILLING SEQUEL TO THE GIRLS I'VE BEEN ?????
May 19, 2024
This was the perfect follow up to The Girls I’ve Been. This one picks up right where the first book leaves off, so this is not a standalone.
I forgot how much I loved Nora and Iris, and Sharpe didn’t hold back with this one! More to come.
I forgot how much I loved Nora and Iris, and Sharpe didn’t hold back with this one! More to come.
May 4, 2024
full review to come!
June 6, 2024
What we’re working with: 1 very good girl, 1 machete named Jill, 1 group of skilled teenagers, and 1 con filled novel.
March 29, 2025
Tess Sharpe managed to make the sequel as good as the first book, which is an impressive feat! Full review to come 🪓
July 29, 2024
i’m not mad the first book got a sequel even if it wasn’t necessary
June 9, 2024
A con in the woods.
Call me Iris.
Call me Iris.
April 5, 2025
4.5 ¿?
Me leí el primer libro hace meses (y se volvió uno de mis libros favoritos de todos los tiempos), pero tenía miedo de leer el segundo. Primero, porque el final de The Girls I've Been fue perfecto y no quería que este libro lo arruinara. Segundo, porque no quería que les pasaran MÁS cosas malas a los personajes. Pero me alegro mucho de haber leído The Girl in Question. Siento que había varias cosas convenientes, pero quitando eso, es un hermoso final para una hermosa duología. Me llevaré a Iris y Nora en mi corazón por siempre y para siempre, y me leeré todos los libros de Tess Sharpe, obviamente.
Me leí el primer libro hace meses (y se volvió uno de mis libros favoritos de todos los tiempos), pero tenía miedo de leer el segundo. Primero, porque el final de The Girls I've Been fue perfecto y no quería que este libro lo arruinara. Segundo, porque no quería que les pasaran MÁS cosas malas a los personajes. Pero me alegro mucho de haber leído The Girl in Question. Siento que había varias cosas convenientes, pero quitando eso, es un hermoso final para una hermosa duología. Me llevaré a Iris y Nora en mi corazón por siempre y para siempre, y me leeré todos los libros de Tess Sharpe, obviamente.
July 3, 2024
no one is doing like tess sharpe thats for sure
full rtc maybe
full rtc maybe
January 15, 2026
4.5 ⭐️
Almost as good as the first book and hit me in all the same ways. I wish I’d done a reread just because my memory is bad but I still had an amazing time. Fav quote from this one:
“Sometimes mothers are good. Sometimes they’re bad. Sometimes they’re bigots and sometimes they’re addicts and sometimes they’re abusers, and all you can do is hope you’re strong enough to move through the world they try to make for you into one you make for yourself.”
Almost as good as the first book and hit me in all the same ways. I wish I’d done a reread just because my memory is bad but I still had an amazing time. Fav quote from this one:
“Sometimes mothers are good. Sometimes they’re bad. Sometimes they’re bigots and sometimes they’re addicts and sometimes they’re abusers, and all you can do is hope you’re strong enough to move through the world they try to make for you into one you make for yourself.”
May 31, 2024
Once a con artist, always a con artist
September 8, 2024
this was amazing but so fucked up.
May 29, 2024
The mind, it falls into old habits. Once a con artist, always a con artist.
The Girl in Question fits right in with The Girls I’ve Been by being incredibly well written and nearly impossible to put down once started. Once again Nora, Iris, and Wes will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. TGiQ weaves a thrilling story that not only wraps up the big bads of Nora’s past, but also explores the dynamics of romantic, platonic, familial, and even finding commonalities in antagonist type relationships.
Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys YA thrillers set in the great outdoors to add that extra layer of suspense.
“It’s nostalgia, but the horrible kind.”
TW/CW: allusions to past SA, gun violence, discussions of injury, discussions of drug overdose off page
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The Girl in Question fits right in with The Girls I’ve Been by being incredibly well written and nearly impossible to put down once started. Once again Nora, Iris, and Wes will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. TGiQ weaves a thrilling story that not only wraps up the big bads of Nora’s past, but also explores the dynamics of romantic, platonic, familial, and even finding commonalities in antagonist type relationships.
Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys YA thrillers set in the great outdoors to add that extra layer of suspense.
“It’s nostalgia, but the horrible kind.”
TW/CW: allusions to past SA, gun violence, discussions of injury, discussions of drug overdose off page
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