If I Fix You

by Abigail Johnson

Some things are easy to fix...but are some meant to stay broken?

When sixteen-year-old Jill Whitaker's mom walks out-with a sticky note as a goodbye - only Jill knows the real reason she's gone. But how can she tell her father? Jill can hardly believe the truth herself. Suddenly, the girl who likes to fix things - cars, relationships, romances, people - is all broken up. It used to be that her best friend/secret crush, Sean Addison, could make her smile in seconds. But not anymore. They don't even talk.

With nothing making sense, Jill tries to pick up the pieces of her life. When a new guy moves in next door - intense, seriously cute, but with scars that he thinks don't show - Jill finds herself trying to make things better for Daniel. But over one long, hot Arizona summer, she realises she can't fix anyone's life until she fixes her own. And she knows just where to start...

• ISBN10: 1489220879
• ISBN13: 9781489220875
• Publish Date: 1 November 2016 (first published 25 October 2016)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: AU
• Imprint: Harlequin
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

Rating: 4.5 Stars

This is my 2nd Johnson book, and it was another hit.

I loved all the messiness and the emotions she elicited from me. Just when I thought Jill's mother couldn't get any worse, she dropped a truth bomb on her, which I think was meant to annihilate Jill's world. The good news - Jill wasn't having it.

Things I loved:
• The relationship between Jill and her dad. It was really special.

• The friendship between Jill and Claire. Claire may have been little Mary optimism, but she supported Jill when she needed her most.

• So many damaged characters. Gah! There were a lot of beautifully broken people in this book, and it was a pleasure watching them mend.

• Cars. Yep. A lot of cool muscle car references in the story, and Jill's love for them was almost contagious.

• Johnson gave me plenty of closure, so I am most grateful for that.

Overall: An emotionally charged story, which solidified Johnson as an auto-read for me.

[Bianca]

Above me, a falling star shot across the sky. Except it wasn’t a star. It was a piece of rock burning up as it entered Earth’s atmosphere. It was beautiful as it flared bright against the night and died. But it was too hot to be thinking about anything burning up, even beautiful things.

— Loved the prose and the compelling familial story lines, but I felt like the book focused too much on the meh love triangle. Shame.