Lynnie 
young adult, action
I loved Tess Sharpe's The Girls I've Been when I read it, so I was very happy to be able to spend some more time with Nora, Iris, Wes and Lee. Through all their trauma, they have found family and forged trust with one another - they are characters that I thought about long after I finished the first book.
This sequel, The Girl in Question shows Nora, Iris and Wes about to graduate high school, facing change and challenges ahead. Nothing could be quite that simple though, could it? Not when Nora is involved, because once again her past has come back with a vengeance and it will change the course of these friends' futures.
The Girl in Question is 400 pages of nonstop action as the characters fight for each other and their survival. While the kids' trauma isn't as front and center as it was in the first book, it is an undercurrent to every choice they make in this story. These characters have accepted each other and their past actions and have made plans for whatever the future may hold.
As they work together to save Wes' girlfriend Amanda, and to deal with Raymond before Raymond deals with them, I found myself unable and unwilling to put this book down as I urgently needed to know what would happen next and whether or not they would survive this latest challenge. As I said in my review of the The Girls I've Been, it's "a story about love, friendship, family by birth, family by choice, trauma, tenacity, resilience, and the lengths we'll go to for love and survival."
I don't think another book is needed in this series but, rest assured, if Tess Sharpe writes one, I will read it!
This sequel, The Girl in Question shows Nora, Iris and Wes about to graduate high school, facing change and challenges ahead. Nothing could be quite that simple though, could it? Not when Nora is involved, because once again her past has come back with a vengeance and it will change the course of these friends' futures.
The Girl in Question is 400 pages of nonstop action as the characters fight for each other and their survival. While the kids' trauma isn't as front and center as it was in the first book, it is an undercurrent to every choice they make in this story. These characters have accepted each other and their past actions and have made plans for whatever the future may hold.
As they work together to save Wes' girlfriend Amanda, and to deal with Raymond before Raymond deals with them, I found myself unable and unwilling to put this book down as I urgently needed to know what would happen next and whether or not they would survive this latest challenge. As I said in my review of the The Girls I've Been, it's "a story about love, friendship, family by birth, family by choice, trauma, tenacity, resilience, and the lengths we'll go to for love and survival."
I don't think another book is needed in this series but, rest assured, if Tess Sharpe writes one, I will read it!
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