I'll Meet You There (Book Review)

I'll Meet You There
Heather Demetrios
Published February 3rd 2015 by Henry Holt and Co.

If seventeen-year-old Skylar Evans were a typical Creek View girl, her future would involve a double-wide trailer, a baby on her hip, and the graveyard shift at Taco Bell. But after graduation, the only thing standing between straightedge Skylar and art school are three minimum-wage months of summer. Skylar can taste the freedom—that is, until her mother loses her job and everything starts coming apart. Torn between her dreams and the people she loves, Skylar realizes everything she’s ever worked for is on the line.

Nineteen-year-old Josh Mitchell had a different ticket out of Creek View: the Marines. But after his leg is blown off in Afghanistan, he returns home, a shell of the cocksure boy he used to be. What brings Skylar and Josh together is working at the Paradise—a quirky motel off California’s dusty Highway 99. Despite their differences, their shared isolation turns into an unexpected friendship and soon, something deeper



Review:

I love realistic fiction. I take any chance I can get to read more and more of it. I'll Meet You There sounded like something that I would love, and I was really excited starting it.
It didn't disappoint. But it also didn't amaze me.

Skylar is a good main character, I can understand why she made a lot of the decisions she did (although I feel like there were some things missing from her background that weren't explained, but nothing that bugged me). She seemed realistic.
I feel like I heard more from Skylar's point of view than Josh's (maybe it is just me?), I wish I had heard more from Josh's point of view (again, I felt like there is a whole backstory that was missing from Josh's life). Great characters, I enjoyed reading about them.

The plot was good, not awesome, but good. It is a 400 page book, but it doesn't feel like it. I'll Meet You There is pretty fast paced, and keeps you turning the pages until the very end (I read this book in one sitting).

This wasn't necessarily a favorite of mine, and it didn't stand out too much for me, but I did really enjoy reading it. I found the characters and plot interesting, and I'll Meet You There is something that I would pick up again if I was in the mood. And if there is ever a novella written with a little more of Skylar an Josh's backstory, I will read it without hesitation! (Oh, and a last thought? That cover is amazing, I love it!)