This Is What It Feels Like

This Is What It Feels Like

This tender story of friendship, music, and ferocious love asks: what will you fight for, if not yourself? You Don’t Know Me But I Know You author Rebecca Barrow’s next book is perfect for fans of Katie Cotugno and Emery Lord. Who cares that the prize for the Sun City Originals contest is fifteen grand? Not Dia, that’s for sure. Because Dia knows that without a band, she hasn’t got a shot at winning. Because ever since Hanna’s drinking took over her life, Dia and Jules haven’t been in it. And because ever since Hanna left—well, there hasn’t been a band. It used to be the three of them, Dia, Jules, and Hanna, messing around and making music and planning for the future. But that was then, and this is now—and now means a baby, a failed relationship, a stint in rehab, all kinds of off beats that have interrupted the rhythm of their friendship. But like the lyrics of a song you used to play on repeat, there’s no forgetting a best friend. And for Dia, Jules, and Hanna, this impossible challenge—to ignore the past, in order to jump start the future—will only become possible if they finally make peace with the girls they once were, and the girls they are finally letting themselves be.
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Flavia Louise@flaviaaalouise
4 stars
Mar 7, 2022

I was super positively surprised by this one. This was my first read for round 5 of the Queer Lit Readathon as it is the Group Book and I went in pretty blind and I absolutely loved it. This book talks about a lot of important issues while being do joyous at the same time. :)

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caro(lee)na@cisbusyreading
5 stars
Aug 25, 2021

my favorite book i’ve read in 2021 so far. i could see myself in this book in more ways than one and it dealt with such heavy topics beautifully. truly a work of art

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Yanelle Ruby@yanelleruby97
5 stars
Dec 5, 2021
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Elizabeth Hisserich@lizhiss
4 stars
Nov 16, 2021

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