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The Girl I Was

By Jeneva Rose
The Girl I Was by Jeneva Rose digital book - Fable

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From New York Times bestselling author Jeneva Rose comes a magical, hilarious and heartwarming story about learning to love every version of ourselves.

“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.”

Alexis Spencer will use any inspirational quote to rationalize her failures and shortcomings. Her closest friends are a distant memory, and her college debt is still as high as the day she left. But that’s all fine and dandy, because “whatever will be, will be.”

However, when Alexis loses her job and her relationship on the same day, there’s no quote strong enough to get her through that. In typical fashion, she blames the world for her problems, including her younger self, who should have tried harder.

Feeling sorry for herself, Alexis finds a bottle of vodka from her college days and goes on a bender, blacking out in the process. Only this time, she doesn’t wake up at home, or in the right city. In fact, she isn’t even in the right year.

Alexis is back in her college town in the year 2002.

Convinced this is her chance to do things over, she heads to her dorm—and comes face-to-face with her unruly eighteen-year-old self, who goes by Lexi because it’s “sexier.” Getting acclimated to life in the early 2000s is the easy part. Dealing with Lexi is where things prove difficult.

They might be the same person, but they couldn’t be more different from one another. Now Alexis and Lexi must learn to get along and come to terms with the fact that alone, they will never make things right, but together, they could change their life for the better.

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3.5
“I didn't enjoy this until halfway through, and at that point I kept thinking about myself and my younger self. It made me want to be better for my younger self”
“dnf. Had I read the book description I wouldn’t have picked this one. Not a fan of time travel and fantasy is a struggle. It’s a me problem. Will I read more from Jeneva Rose? You bet! (Later) Looking up…yeah, I wrote that. I know, I know…smh. I came back, tho. I have a weird relationship with Jeneva Rose. From now on I will just finish the book, even if I want to rage quit. I’m sure to love it. sigh. eye roll. 4 stars teetering toward 5, but oomph, nope, stays at 4. Heading towards the next one…”

About Jeneva Rose

Jeneva Rose is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including Home is Where the Bodies Are and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here, both instant NYT bestsellers and her debut, The Perfect Marriage, which has sold more than two million copies to dateHer work has been translated into twenty-seven languages and optioned for film and television. Originally from Wisconsin, she lives in Chicago with her husband, Drew, and her English bulldog, Winston.

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