When I Was You - Amber Garza

 

Description

Two women. One life. They can't both have it.

Kelly Medina's son left for college a year ago and now she feels totally alone. So when she discovers that a single mother also called Kelly Medina has moved to her town, it's an unexpected reminder of the life she used to live.

For days, Kelly can't stop thinking about the woman who shares her name, who has a baby son she can still hold and her whole life ahead of her. She can't help looking for her: at the grocery store, at the gym, on social media. When they happen to bump into each other outside a pediatrician's office, simple curiosity gets the better of them both.

Their unlikely friendship brings Kelly a renewed sense of purpose. But the relationship quickly turns to obsession, and when one Kelly disappears the other one may know why . . .

Review

This one really reeled me in.

I wasn't sure where this book was going to begin with. Kelly Medina finds out that there is someone else new to town with the exact same name as her. Nothing seems amiss, no one has stolen her identity but Kelly can't let it lie, she has to know who shares her name.

I liked the original Kelly and her friend. Written in a nice easy style with the charm of believable everyday life the pages flew by. Once Kelly finds and meets the woman who shares her name we learn a little more about why her friend thinks it's a little odd and unbelievable. It's revealed that Kelly sees a therapist and maybe she's been down this road before.  I started second guessing myself what was happening.

Then part two of the book and "boom" a major twist. Everything was turned on it's head and I just had to keep reading on. It was certainly not what I had thought was happening.  I actually read this book over the course of a day - it was so good.

I'm giving this book 4 out of 5 stars. My thanks to netgalley for the ARC to review.