She then has him arrived unexpectedly at her work before she spots him in school and he also leaves a comment on her YouTube channel.
A keen country music lover (who doesn't love Kacey Musgraves!?) and aspiring artist thanks to the encouragement of her best friends Esi, Rachel and Cal she gets the opportunity to enter a music contest with Cal, only for Aaron to believe she's cheating with Cal, the he starts to track her phone...
As the relationship grows we learn of conflict with his mum and past love Cherie only spun to his merit not the truth, as he grows more angry and raging, controlling making her have unprotected sex, expensive gifts and keeping her away from her friends and family after showing her they don't appreciate her after he plants the idea in her head.
Many stereotypes of controlling behaviour gets shown and explored as we witness the sweet relationship sour very quickly until he can move on to the next unsuspecting girl making himself anger as the novel wears on and Gemma more insecure we can see the relationship is not how love should be at all with no compromise no safety and a lot more tears than should ever be shed. It is a true work of genius and a great addition to Karen's young adult fiction books I've loved before. Raising a sensitive topic to teens and hopefully opening their eyes to signs of abuse this is a book every term needs to read.
Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!
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