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I immediately knew I wanted to read Nobody But Us. It sounded like one of those heart breaking, gut wrenching stories that I love so much. I was also hoping on shedding some tears. Well, this book is sad, but I didn't cry. In fact, the end left me feeling confused. I read this straight through in one afternoon, so I did enjoy it. It had me hooked from the beginning, but I'm still not sure how I feel about the ending and the book as a whole.

The story follows Zoe and Will, two very damaged teenagers who are in love and want to get away from their lives. Will just turned 18, so he's been kicked out of his group home. He's leaving and he takes his 15 year old girlfriend with him, since she's abused by her alcoholic father. They're excited to run away together and be free, but Will also spends their whole trip paranoid about the past catching up with him. He's made some awful mistakes, and makes even bigger ones once they've crossed a few state lines.

I had this horrible feeling the entire time I was reading. I knew something awful was going to happen. Then about half way through, things appeared to be looking up. I started feeling hopeful right along with Zoe and Will. Then things take a turn for the worse. It was clear from the beginning that their story could not end well, but I didn't want things to go the way they did. I was actually mad at Zoe near the end. I know she does the right thing, but I was so emotionally invested in these two, that I couldn't believe what happened.

At the end I was mad, confused, and sad. I expected a bad ending, but not what actually happened. It was shocking, but also unsatisfying. It seemed like a shock ending for the sake of a shock ending. There is a hint of hope at the end, so that's good. I just wanted something more out this book, but I didn't get it. It's still a worthwhile read though.

*Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher through Edelweiss for review. No compensation was offered or accepted.


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Nobody but Us Kristin Halbrook Books Reviews

What a depressing book. I know that every book can't have a happy ending but this kids life was the worst. And the one thing he cared about (her) in the end ruined his life. They didn't even consumate the relationship. None of his and her dreams came true or ever will. The book was sad and the ending was even worse. I was really disappointed that I spent $8.00 for this book. So not worth it. I do not recommend this book, unless you want to be depressed after reading it. I found myself days later trying to reconstruct the story in my mind and maybe figure out a way that these kids could have found happiness. But the ending the author ended with was horrible. He's dead and she is locked up and all of this after a horrible life they lived in his 18 years (her 15 years). I will never read another one of this authors books,
Oh, my heart! I loved this so, so much. Halfway through I was thinking how amazing it would be to have an ending like that and then wow, it totally delivered. It's not often found in YA. I need more books like this one. Highly recommend this, but it's definitely not for the faint of heart.
Zoe's father beats her. Will has just aged out of the foster system. Neither has much to their name, but what they do have is their love for each other, the keys to Will's car, and a plan to ditch their backwater town.

And from that beginning NOBODY BUT US proceeds to take the reader on an emotional roller coaster throughout the Western United States. Both characters have good intentions, and their love for each other is a very real thing. But neither of them has the life skills or experience to make good decisions. As events begin to spiral out of control, it becomes painfully evident that maybe love isn't all you need.

Be warned, this is fast read that will leave you emotionally drained at the end. The love between Will and Zoe is just as poignant as it is sweet. Beautifully written, this should be an auto-buy for fans of authors like Gayle Forman.
The Basics

Will has just aged out of the foster system. Zoe needs to get out of her father's house. They're running away to Vegas to start a better life together, whatever it takes.

The Downside

A few minor, odd moments briefly break through the suspension of disbelief, including a will-they-or-won't-they-have-sex scene after it's just been established that Zoe's on her period, and this improbable exchange

Will When people ask, you'll have to say you're eighteen.

Zoe Why?

Not the question of an otherwise intelligent, practical girl who's been in the habit of cashing her father's social security check before he can drink it since the age of eleven, no matter how ethereally innocent her spirit is.

The Upside

Warning Undignified fangirl gushing ahead.

This one is special enough to drag a perfect A+ out of me, which is difficult enough when there are no mockable details like those above to overcome, and nearly unheard of when you factor in my usual tastes and the absence of any speculative elements whatsoever.

That's really frickin' special.

I lost sleep over this book. I had out-loud, uncontrollable sobbing jags over it and long, intense dreams about it afterward. That's how vivid and alive Will and Zoe are. The relationship between two damaged people, told from both sides, is what attracted me to the book in the first place (in spite of its lack of monsters or exotic alternate spacetime locales), and it could not have been more beautifully rendered.

Will and Zoe are both deeply scarred in distinctly different ways. Will lashes out at the world while Zoe hides from it. Both perspectives are so clear and close that every problem, uncertainty and floundering decision is inescapably relatable, through all the trouble they cause themselves and each other.

They're damaged, but that doesn't mean they're bad or unsalvageable. The love between them and their determination to start fresh and do right by each other are so pure and constant and genuine that there's no chance at all to stop rooting for them to come through okay somehow, no matter how hopelessly high the mistakes and misfortunes pile up.

This is going on my list of books to re-read whenever I need a reminder of what a true, orchestral heartstring-playing feels like on the page.
I immediately knew I wanted to read Nobody But Us. It sounded like one of those heart breaking, gut wrenching stories that I love so much. I was also hoping on shedding some tears. Well, this book is sad, but I didn't cry. In fact, the end left me feeling confused. I read this straight through in one afternoon, so I did enjoy it. It had me hooked from the beginning, but I'm still not sure how I feel about the ending and the book as a whole.

The story follows Zoe and Will, two very damaged teenagers who are in love and want to get away from their lives. Will just turned 18, so he's been kicked out of his group home. He's leaving and he takes his 15 year old girlfriend with him, since she's abused by her alcoholic father. They're excited to run away together and be free, but Will also spends their whole trip paranoid about the past catching up with him. He's made some awful mistakes, and makes even bigger ones once they've crossed a few state lines.

I had this horrible feeling the entire time I was reading. I knew something awful was going to happen. Then about half way through, things appeared to be looking up. I started feeling hopeful right along with Zoe and Will. Then things take a turn for the worse. It was clear from the beginning that their story could not end well, but I didn't want things to go the way they did. I was actually mad at Zoe near the end. I know she does the right thing, but I was so emotionally invested in these two, that I couldn't believe what happened.

At the end I was mad, confused, and sad. I expected a bad ending, but not what actually happened. It was shocking, but also unsatisfying. It seemed like a shock ending for the sake of a shock ending. There is a hint of hope at the end, so that's good. I just wanted something more out this book, but I didn't get it. It's still a worthwhile read though.

*Disclaimer I received this book from the publisher through Edelweiss for review. No compensation was offered or accepted.