Jamie's Story

The Sunday Lunchers #3

by Julia Keanini

High school is a jock eat nerd world and seventeen-year-old Jamie Jenkins should know. She’s lived life as the ignored little sister of the town football star, but when her family moves to Woodlands after her stint in an eating disorder program, it’s time to reinvent herself. At Woodlands High Jamie Jenkins makes a name for herself as a cheerleader and best friend to Ms. Queen Bee, Jamie Murdock. There are a few downsides like putting up with Jamie’s snide remarks about her weight, taking down the other students a peg or three, and being called the “Other Jamie” behind her back. But a pretty and popular existence is worth sucking it up or sometimes sucking it in.

Suddenly, Jamie loses everything she views as important and is forced to re-evaluate her life. Once a mean girl always a mean girl, right? It’s up to Jamie to decide.

Genres: Young Adult, Romance

216 pages, Paperback

First published March 21, 2015

Reviews

[Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book! Definitely my favourite over Lacey's story - I just found Jamie to be the more interesting character. I haven't read the second book, Anna's story, so there were a couple of gaps but nothing too major. The fourth is Tina's, and I'm really hoping the fifth will be Audrey's as she is super intriguing!

I do love a good mean girls type of story, and this really fit the bill. Jamie's best friend, also called Jamie, is a massive bitch, and this Jamie is pretty much her lackey. Other Jamie (the queen bee) is head cheerleader and is forever picking on Our Jamie's weight/size, pretending she's just a good friend looking out for her and making sure she can still fit into her cheer uniform. Hah! She does nothing but put Our Jamie down and manipulate her.

Then Other Jamie sets her sights on Cole, who Our Jamie has a crush on, and they're lab partners and they flirt a lot and it seems like he might like her, but she can't like him because Other Jamie does! And Other Jamie is convinced she can get the guy but HAH, she can't get this one. But she realises that Our Jamie likes Cole, so she sets about getting revenge - first by way of showing Cole a few out-of-context texts that make it look like Our Jamie doesn't like him, second by pretending she's pregnant, begging Our Jamie to help her, then spreading around the school a story that Our Jamie got knocked up and had an abortion. THIS GIRL IS PURE EVIL. There's no redemption here! In the end funnily enough she (Other Jamie) DOES get pregnant - or she may have actually been pregnant at the time she told Our Jamie, I'm not sure of the timeline? - and she just leaves town and never contacts Our Jamie ever again.

So Our Jamie has a massive fall from grace, but it ends up totally being for the best. She ends up BFFs with her new lab partner, Payton, who used to just be the geeky girl with the enormous braces. Jamie and Payton are an awesomely bantery pair and I loved them :D

And she's on the road at the end of the book to getting Cole for real, too. I like how that wasn't rushed and while it's pretty obvious, it was left slightly up in the air.

Jamie just basically turns into a much nicer person without Other Jamie around. Loved her, loved her story.

[Pascale’s*ARC,Unwind,Read,Review · Rating 5 out of 5]

Better! As the series progresses, the stories seem to get lighter on the issues. At least I didn’t need a box of tissues for this one! Really enjoying the series and I’m looking forward to finally getting to read Tina’s story.

[☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ ѕℓιм ☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was good; I was rooting for Jamie, and Cole to come around!


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The “other” Jamie; she let Jamie control her and everything that is going on in her life. From her clothes, the way she looks and the guy she likes. She’s so afraid of Jamie that she doesn’t have her own mind. I cannot wait until she grows one so that she can’t stop letting Jamie control her. The other Jamie needs Cole in her life. I cannot wait until Cole; probe to Jamie that he wants the “other” Jamie instead of her ass. I can’t stand that Jamie girl. The other Jamie; she doesn’t seem to bad; especially when she becomes her true self and not be who Jamie wants her to be. Hopefully, she becomes friends with Lacey and her friends once she her real self. But I am wondering if the “other” Jamie is the Jamie that was supposed to be friends with Lacey and her friends before their friend Ash had died, and the other Jamie became a cheerleader... I can’t seem to remember which Jamie it was.

Oh, I love this quote of what Ella said to the “other” Jamie “Are you sure? Because sometimes, no matter how much our friend likes a guy, if the guy doesn’t like her back, it won’t work out.”
Lord, I hope and can’t wait until the other Jamie (Jamie Jenkins) understand that Cole not thinking about Jamie (the evil on one)
This other Jamie is so dumb she let her friend talk bad about her talk about her weight etc., and she still friends with her. Even after the fact she (her friend Jamie) disrespected her brother girl Ella & still wants Cole after the fact she knows the “other” Jamie wants him / have a crush on him. Gosh, I want to smack the other Jamie so bad for being so ignorant and dumb minded ugh! This girl is so annoying! Gah!
But, the other Jamie seems happier since she got (well so, “devil” Jamie got rid of her)... like Ella said Jamie was toxic; she wasn’t good for the “other” Jamie. Once she was done with devil Jamie. Everything went well for her again!
& in the end, I was glad that the “other” Jamie made great decisions; made new and better friends; apologies to many people she hurt. She seems happier since Jamie not in her life. Funny how “evil” Jamie wanted to hurt her (“other Jamie); but in the end, she was the one life gotten ruined by getting pregnant. Glad, that the guy that evil Jamie got pregnant by; his mom was smart enough not to let her get rid of the baby like she did the first one... Cole best friend Scotty dodge that bullet! & I am also glad that Cole finally stops acting stank and got with “other” Jamie finally it took him long (prom) enough ask her out. I like in the end (five years later; Cole and Jamie got married; Payton got married to Dragon, and Jake and Ella had a baby :D
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[Toni · Rating 5 out of 5]

At the beginning I didn't like Jamie at all - she was rude to her parents, rude to kids at school and inexplicably loyal to her bff Jamie (yeah, two Jamies), who was mean in the truest sense of the word. But happily from the middle of the book onward Jamie found herself and started to listen more to her heart which at its core was a good one. I was happy she did some soul healing and emerged from everything as a better person. And Cole was also a very likeable character - he was not only good looking but also kind and considerate, so double awesomeness 😄. I definitely enjoyed this YA story and couldn't put it down. Julia Keanini writes wonderful YA books and engrosses you completely in her stories. Now moving on to read Tina's story.
Narrative: 1st person
Religion: not really
Sensuality: squeaky clean
Other morals: teen drinking, teen pregnancy

[Teya Teya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I almost put this book down. It was almost like reliving high school again, but mine was never that bad thank goodness. Still, the cattiness and crap in the first part were annoying and frustrating. However, I did keep reading hoping for some kind of positive or redemption. I was rewarded. A great forgiving and being forgiven story. Yet knowing some people don't change the important relationships can hold tight.

[Anita · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Other Jamie

Jamie finally has a chance to tell her story. I wasn’t sure I would like her story as much as Lacey or Anna but I did. I am a bit annoyed that both Anna and Lacey got epilogues yet Lacey did not. Other than that I am still falling in love with these books and gladly recommending them to all!

[Naomi Berrios · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute

The story was cute. I love having a series to just blow through in days when I'm bored. I love that she grew as a character. I also love that the author lets you know how it ends up in the future.

[Tonya Bryant Gillon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great story

Jamie the self centered puppet of the cheer leader gets served karma and the w hill gets to witness it. And she learns how bad she really was. Wish this happened in my high school days, but this is awesomeness me to read because who would have known!

[Kim Slye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Too much mean girl drama

I love the teasing relationship with Jamie and Cole, but it took a back seat to the mean girl drama. It continues the Sunday Lunchers’ series with Jamie’s story, but the sweet story was swallowed by the meanness and heartache.

[Hall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked better

I had a hard time liking Jamie...but by the end I did. I love that the epilogue is always later in time.

[Cindy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would give this novel a 3/5. I loved the book and it gave us the point of view of a popular cheerleader. It had me screaming and name-calling at times, and close to tears at other moments. It was however slightly cliché at times and some outcomes expected. It is however a great book – slightly lighter than the books before it in the series, as it does not include as many examples of the unhealthy behaviours of those with eating disorders.

[Teya Teya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I almost put this book down. It was almost like reliving high school again, but mine was never that bad thank goodness. Still, the cattiness and crap in the first part were annoying and frustrating. However, I did keep reading hoping for some kind of positive or redemption. I was rewarded. A great forgiving and being forgiven story. Yet knowing some people don't change the important relationships can hold tight.

[Stacie · Rating 5 out of 5]

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