A good coming of age story about love and independence

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'"You seemed happy"
"I thought i was happy"
"isn't that the same thing?"

What would you do if you could live your life over and over again till you got it right? Adelaide's mind works exactly like this, she replays every different possible scenario in her head while she's experiencing the real thing. We follow Adelaide post break up, dealing with her brother's drug addiction, and being away from her mum and brother because she has failed school and has to stay over summer to make up the credits. I really sympathized with Adelaide, she is a chronic overthinker and i definitely relate to that. I think we've all played out possible scenarios in our head at some point and imagined how it could have played out.
I didn't love every decision Adelaide made, but she's only human and dealing with a lot, especially for a 17 year old.
I requested this book from netgalley because I am familiar with E.L Lockhart's work, but was surprised to find this is nothing like We Were Liars or Genuine Fraud. However, I really enjoy Lockhart's writing style and once I got past the first 30ish pages this story really sped up for me and was a very easy read that dealt with difficult topics