From
critically acclaimed author Katie McGarry, comes SAY YOU’LL REMEMBER
ME—a story of two people from different worlds pushing themselves, and
each other, to get what they deserve!
SAY YOU’LL REMEMBER ME
releases on January 30, 2018.
Pre-order your copy today!
SAY YOU’LL REMEMBER ME
releases on January 30, 2018.
Pre-order your copy today!
“Doesn’t matter who did it. Not anymore. I did the time. It’s over.”
When Drix was convicted of a crime–one he didn’t commit–he thought his life was over. But opportunity came with the Second Chance Program, the governor’s newest pet project to get delinquents off the streets, rehabilitated and back into society. Drix knows this is his chance to get his life back on track, even if it means being paraded in front of reporters for a while.
Elle knows she lives a life of privilege. As the governor’s daughter, she can open doors with her name alone. But the expectations and pressure to be someone she isn’t may be too much to handle. She wants to follow her own path, whatever that means.
When Drix and Elle meet, their connection is immediate, but so are their problems. Drix is not the type of boy Elle’s parents have in mind for her, and Elle is not the kind of girl who can understand Drix’s messy life.
But sometimes love can breach all barriers.
Fighting against a society that can’t imagine them together, Drix and Elle must push themselves–Drix to confront the truth of the robbery, and Elle to assert her independence–and each other to finally get what they deserve.
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Excerpt
~Ellison~
The two of us are different. Complete sliding scale different. The only thing we have in common, as far as I can tell, is that he appears about my age and that we are both wearing shoes. My sandals to his scuffed combat boots. His sagging jeans with rips and white T-shirt to my ironed khaki shorts and fitted blue top. My diamond earrings and gold bracelet with a heart charm to his black belt that has metal studs and silver chain that hangs from his belt loop to his wallet.
By looks, I should have more in common with the loser college boys, but it’s this guy I’m comfortable with. “What’s your name?”
He throws the ball, and he’s right, he sucks at it. While he has unbelievable power, his aim’s completely off. The ball hits the back curtain with a loud thud, then drops to the floor. “Drix.”
“Drix?” I repeat to make sure I heard him correctly.
“Drix. It’s short for Hendrix. Like Jimi Hendrix.”
“That’s cool.” Because it is.
I wait for him to ask for my name, but he doesn’t. Instead he says, “Are you here alone?”
He throws the second ball, and this time he hits the top of the three bottles, sending that one to the ground.
“No. My parents are here. I’m supposed to meet them at the convention center. What about you? What happened to the people you were with? Or are you here alone now?”
“Yes, but no.” Drix pulls his arm back, releases the ball, and when the ball hits the bottom bottles, my heart lifts with the idea that he won, but only one of the bottles goes flying. The other stays completely untouched.
He turns in my direction, but his gaze roams over my shoulder, then flickers to the left. Drix then glances behind him, and when he returns his attention to me he raises his eyebrows. “They appear to be gone.”
That’s awesome news, but I’m still stuck on his answer of “yes but no.” Honestly, I’m stuck on him. He’s a million questions without a single answer, and he makes me incredibly curious.
“My parents weren’t thrilled about me hanging out alone at the midway, but I didn’t think it would be that big of a deal. It’s just Whack-A-Mole, you know?”
“And a ball toss.”
“And a ball toss. None of it should have been complicated.”
“Shouldn’t have been.”
“Elle!” Part of me is relieved to see Andrew craning his neck over the crowd. Another part of me is majorly disappointed. There aren’t many times in my life I’m left alone. Not many times I’m able to explore new places and people without someone hovering and not many opportunities when I would meet someone like Drix.
“Elle,” Andrew calls again. I wave at him, hoping it will buy me a few seconds, and he waves back in a way that tells me he needs me to walk in his direction. That works well for me.
“Is that a friend of yours?” Drix asks.
“Yes, but no.” I borrow his answer because it’s apropos. Andrew’s a few years older. More friend of our family than a personal friend of mine, and I don’t like the idea of explaining that my parents think I need a babysitter.
Drix’s mouth twitches at my words, and my lips also edge upwards. “I just made you smile a third time. Is this a Guinness Book of World Records thing?”
“I liked your answer.”
“I’m just creative like that.”
What I thought about Say You'll Remember Me
When Drix is accepted into the governor's Second Chance program, he knows he will have to walk a straight and narrow path to take advantage of the opportunities the program gives him. There isn't any other option for him. Even though he was incarcerated for a crime he did not commit, he knows that's his past condemns him in society and his future success depends on conforming to the rules of the program.
Elle wants to escape from her parent's rules and the shackles of being in the public eye for a little while by playing games on the carnival midway, and fate intervenes when Drix ends up saving her from two men verbally harassing her. He's immediately taken with her, and life gets interesting when he finds out she's the governor's daughter.
The relationship between Elle and Drix grows gradually as they find common ground. Both are shackled to some extent and when they end up traveling together, their friendship grows into something more and that causes all sorts of trouble for the campaigning governor and Drix.
I loved the political aspects of the story, as it is very timely with what is happening in the world today. Elle walks a fine line between portraying the image her parents want and what she wants in her life. Wanting to be with Drix doesn't exactly fall into her parent's rules, but she sees him anyway, and in the process secrets are revealed that can change Drix's life.
There's a lot going on in Say You'll Remember Me beyond the political aspects. There's also the value of strong family ties, and learning to put the past behind in order to move forward. Drix struggles with quite a bit in this story, and he is just amazing. He has a strength of character that made me totally fall for him, and the way he treats Elle is just impeccable.
Elle was a little bit harder to get to know, but she was strong too, especially when she had to be. And when she was together with Drix, it was clear that she was happy.
Overall, I really liked this story of two young adults from different socioeconomic classes and how they meshed together in spite of their background. If I had any complaint, it would be that I think this book just scratched the surface of these two characters. It left me wanting to know more about them.
Say You'll Remember Me is everything I've come to expect from Katie McGarry --terrific young characters finding their way and learning to make difficult decisions as they enter adulthood. The main characters are always the heart of the story, and there's a sweetness to Drix and Elle that I just wanted to gobble up as I read this book, and that's why I'm rating this 5 stars.
An ARC was provided for review.
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About the Author
Katie McGarry was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.
Katie is the author of full length YA novels, PUSHING THE LIMITS, DARE YOU TO, CRASH INTO YOU, TAKE ME ON, BREAKING THE RULES, and NOWHERE BUT HERE and the e-novellas, CROSSING THE LINE and RED AT NIGHT.
Her debut YA novel, PUSHING THE LIMITS was a 2012 Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction, a RT Magazine’s 2012 Reviewer’s Choice Awards Nominee for Young Adult Contemporary Novel, a double Rita Finalist, and a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Teen Pick. DARE YOU TO was also a Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction and won RT Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Young Adult Contemporary fiction in 2013.
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