Title: I Like Me Better
Author: Robby Weber
Source: Netgalley. I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Genre: Romance, YA
Explicit? Nope.
Trigger Warnings: Animal abuse…sort of?
Summary:
This is not how soccer-star Zack Martin thought his summer would go. When the captain’s prank means trouble for the whole squad, Zack’s left with no choice but to take one for the team and cover for him.
Now he’s trading parties and beach days for community service at a seaside conservation center—fair enough. But thanks to his new reputation, the cute intern, Chip, won’t even give him a shot. Still, Zack finds himself falling for Chip between dolphin encounters and shark costume disasters, which means he suddenly has way more on the line than he ever expected.
Zack may be good at winning on the field, but can he keep up the lie without losing himself?
My Thoughts:
Zack is gay and no one bugs him for it. NO ONE. It’s amazing! How I wish we could live in a world where people do not care about sexuality but rather only care about if you’re happy as a human being.
Sorry, that, in this book made me feel so good. I want more books like that.
Zack is a character who is hard not to love, but also will make you want to sit him down and have serious chats with about how much pressure he puts himself under due to his own self worth, his soccer captain, his parents and everything all around him. He’s a goof, and I love him. But man, when I read the summary and saw that he was taking the blame for a prank I really was not expecting that.
Meyers and Beckett are also two of the best friends he could’ve asked for, though both of them have their own very interesting storylines.
Ryan is a dick.
Chip is an adorable, science nerd cinnamon roll with his own issues that made me want to wrap him in hugs.
This book really is about finding yourself, getting what you want and being ready to learn. The romance is pretty adorable, and also the fight for Marine life made me happy.
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