Echoes Between Us by Katie McGarry

Echoes Between Us

by Katie McGarry

Echoes Between Us is bestselling author Katie McGarry’s breakout teen contemporary novel about a girl with everything to lose and the boy who will do anything to save her.

Veronica sees ghosts―more specifically, her mother’s ghost, thanks to the blinding migraines that consume her whole life and keep Veronica on the fringes. But the haunting afterimages make her wonder if there is something more going on….

Golden boy Sawyer is handsome and popular, a state champion swimmer, but this All-American is hiding an adrenaline addiction that could kill him. Drawn to each other after a chance meeting, can they help each other battle the demons that haunt their every step or will they push their luck too far and risk losing it all…including their lives?

Reviewed by Leigha on

4 of 5 stars

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Veronica and Sawyer go on a ghost hunt in this sad, yet hopeful, young adult romance.

Katie McGarry is an author I’ve been meaning to check out for a long time. I was in a major reading slump when I saw this title on my feed. With it being Halloween, I thought a ghost story with romance was just what the doctor ordered!

This story is less about ghosts and more about dealing with traumatic issues. This is a 4 Star Review because it was a quick, easy read when I needed a quick, easy read. However, this book deals with heavy subjects like cancer and alcoholism. I’m immensely glad it pushed me out of my slump, but the subject matter made me really sad while reading it.

Sawyer and Veronica are two people dealing with deeply traumatic issues. The two dislike each other intensely until a class project pushes them together. It’s a perfect “enemies-to-lovers” scenario with snappy dialogue and spades of chemistry between the two. I would have liked their romance a lot if their individual issues had been less intense. I will say Veronica’s dad and Sawyer’s sister are the most precious of cupcakes and deserve to be protected at all cost.

tl;dr A perfect “friends-to-lovers” story that I struggled to enjoy as the main character’s personal stories were quite sad.

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