My Week with Him

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I like how we got to explore all aspects of Nikki’s emotions, from the hate she has for her mother (rightfully so), the love, the anger.

HOWEVER, narratively, and appreciating the reason behind the pacing and repetitiveness of events, it's genius.

Which is such a kudos to the author's skill - that she's able to let her characters make mistakes without making them horrible people- absolutely love to see it. This novel My Week With Him, is from the author of Excuses Me While I Cry and Confession of an Alleged Good Girl, which are now on my to read list! A big part of Mal’s and Nikki’s friendship happens before this story and that sort of already established relationship is always tricky to pull off, but I thought it was done well. What’s inside this novel My Week With Him, to like, well this novel, involves around, relationships, romance, a small town, big dreams, road trip.

but it's so so smart because in doing that, the reader is living a little of what Nikki is- if its exhausting reading about her life, imagine how it is for her to live it. The book started off with Nikki trying to leave Texas to pursue her dreams of singing in California. I have a massive soft spot for the best friends to lovers trope, if well done, and it was so well done here. I would honestly love to see a sequel where we follow Nikki in her budding music career and to see her try to balance it with her relationship with Mal.

will this week give her the last push she needs to leave for good, or will she find a reason to stay? The author has a knack for capturing this raw and chaotic stage of life, and she did again with this novel. not to mention the marketing being all about getting with the mmc when that shit sorts itself out in the first hundred pages ? But also sheds light on the devastation that childhood trauma is capable of having on a person— even decades later. I love how soft Mal was- he made a stupid choice at the start but he was allowed to grow and come back from that and I didn't feel the defensive need to hold that against him (I tend to be unforgiving when it comes to love interests making mistakes oops).