She has an unhealthy addiction to coffee a bad habit of binge watching shows on Netflix and eating pretzel MMs for breakfast When Erica isnt writing you can find her pretending to play her guitar reading or baking something delicious site_link www. She has an unhealthy addiction to coffee a bad habit of binge watching shows on Netflix and eating pretzel MMs for breakfast When Erica isn t writing you can find her pretending to play her guitar reading or baking something delicious site_link www. com site_link Good readI look forward to being able to read from this author Kept me guessing through the whole book how it was going to end Fantasy Young Adult Contemporary UNFAMILIAR just went LIVE Eek Fantasy Young Adult Contemporary Hailey s life is all about making a plan and sticking to it It s how she s managed to get by since her mother left and her father fell off the wagon and so far it s working out just fine Only she didn t plan on her boyfriend staying back home while she went off to college and she didn t plan on not being able to get into all the classes she wanted She didn t plan on having to be partnered with a tattooed slacker in her music composition class and she certainly didn t plan on falling in love Seems all her careful planning has led to the unexpected. Judging Covers I admit it I only picked up this book because of the guy on the cover For once a character is portrayed by a guy with gauges and real tattoos not just some stock photo with Photoshopped tribal shit although I suspect that skull bit might be Photoshopped convincing as it may look In any case the couple on the cover come across as genuine than the usual models like the authors really cared about the perfect portrayal of their characters and that s exactly why I decided to give the story a shot. The Verdict I was initially a bit put off by the characters prejudices Hailey struck me as a control freak not a complete snob but her initial reaction to Chase was enough to have me second guessing my reading choice His reaction to her was no redeeming though I suppose at that point he was just feeling defensive Obviously I stuck it out though and within a couple chapters I was definitely intrigued I could understand Hailey s need to control everything after all that s pretty much the only reason she turned out as well as she did I could even understand why she stayed with boring Braxton for so long And a part of me felt really awful for Braxton as well I mean they were going through what pretty much every couple does when college puts some distance between them but with his family situation and the fact that he seemed oblivious to Hailey growing up and away from him it was just sad. Now Chase on the other hand I really really liked him mostly because of the way he would occasionally tease Hailey It was a fun side that kept him from being some broody rocker guy However I did expect him to be a bit edgier than he really was I mean the synopsis said he didn t play by the rules but aside from being in a band and having some ink he was pretty straight laced He wasn t a big partier didn t skip clases didn t really do anything I would call breaking the rules So yeah while it was refreshing to read about a tatted up guy that wasn t a walking stereotype it wasn t what I expected. I was also pleasantly surprised by the way things went down with Braxton Granted I kind of wanted to slap Hailey for handling things the way she did but where it probably would have been easy to throw some ridiculous conflict at them the whole thing happened like it happens in real life People make mistakes hold on when they should let go hurt people by trying not to hurt them It was a nice touch of realism that doesn t play out in fiction that often. All in all it was a really sweet love story if a bit predictable But that s why we read romances right We want to see opposites attract and happily ever after play out without too many real life issues getting in the way And Unfamiliar delivered that complete with some miscommunication a little angst and a lot of realizing that what people think they want isn t necessarily what will make them happy I do wish that the story had gone on a bit longer but only because it would have been nice to see these two really together for a while instead of just working toward it I guess that just speaks to how much I enjoyed the story Fantasy Young Adult Contemporary Great work by this pair Another great book by Erica Cope This is my first experience with Komal Kant but it has made me want to check out of her work Unfamiliar grabbed my emotions and held them throughout the story I love it when a book can make me laugh out loud but also bring tears to me eyes I d love to see these two authors pair up again Fantasy Young Adult Contemporary What a pair these two make I love the dynamic each author brought to this story and how they were able to build such different yet such complementary characters This love story has such an unique and engrossing plot that keeps you wondering if there really will be a happily ever after SPOILER ALERT there is Fantasy Young Adult Contemporary FREE on today 3 19 2020 Fantasy Young Adult Contemporary 4. 5 stars Sweet and swoonworthy Fantasy Young Adult Contemporary My second favorite from Erica Cope is Unfamiliar She pairs with Komal Kant to bring the story alive of two unlikely people and their collision into a life so precious they feel undeserving Once they figure out that happiness is within arms reach and not too late to grab they go for it and allow unfamiliar feelings to become familiar Fantasy Young Adult Contemporary So I am sitting here. I have no idea what to sayI keep writing and deleting things This is a hard review to write and I am not quite sure whyI really liked this book After reading the description I thought this was going to be a cute lighthearted easy going and laugh worthy read. It was but it also wasn tit was also sad kind of tragic crazy and beautifulI will mention its kind of a love triangle if by triangle I meant this girl is so comfortable in her long term high school relationship that she doesn t know what to do when she meets the adventurous ChaseIts a story of moving forward in life Starting over Making changes I actually really enjoyed this book and I think people should definitely give it a chance. also you know how you read books that have to do with music and you see lyrics from fictional bands that you really really really REALLY wish were non fictional There is a song in this book near the end AND ITS A REAL SONG BY A REAL BAND. If I read it correctly one of the authors is engaged or married to one of the band members I fangirled LOVE IT Fantasy Young Adult Contemporary Okay so this is happening UNFAMILIAR will be released in about a month Erica Cope Author of the Lark trilogy and PIECES OF ME is co writing the book with me. 2 Since UNFAMILIAR is a book that revolves around music Erica thought it would be a fun idea to have an actual song created for our book She knew a guy in a band and asked him and he said yes Squee 3 The guy in the band whose name was coincidentally Chase Petersen agreed to write a song for us His pop punk band Get Busy Living starting working on a song titled Unfamiliar Erica and I did a lot of squealing. 4 We even did a custom photo shoot for the cover of the book where Chase from the band got to portray our book Chase and Erica s sister portrayed our Hailey This was also my first trip to the US 5 As Erica and I began to work on UNFAMILIAR a real life love story began to unfold Maybe we ll write a book about it one day Fantasy Young Adult Contemporary

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Hailey Peters has always held onto the familiar From the way she wears her hair to dating her childhood friend turned high school sweetheart she sticks with what she knows and she s convinced herself that this is what makes her happy Chase Lancaster doesn t play by the rules He s a classically trained pianist who rocks out in a punk rock band every weekend and isn t afraid of taking chances When they are assigned to co write a song for their college music class Hailey can t imagine anyone she has anything less in common with than Chase She is a sweater wearing neat freak and he is disheveled and rough around the edges As they spend time together they both find a place in each other s lives a place where they challenge each other to be different and to embrace the unfamiliar Hailey never planned for a Chase Lancaster in her life and she is about to find out that this walking contradiction will change her forever Unfamiliar.

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Erica Cope lives in the Midwest with her husband three children three dogs and three cats she has a thing for the number three. com Erica Cope lives in the Midwest with her husband three children three dogs and three cats she has a thing for the number three, 1 Erica came up with the initial outline for the plot She had already thought up names for the main characters Chase Lancaster and Hailey Peters.ericacope.ericacope.trying to think of what to say about this book.the problem with that is.Usually I do a fact thing right So let s do this