There were times I wanted to throttle him, times I wanted to hug him, and times where I wanted to both laugh and cry. I love when I’m able to really be in a character’s head (which I very much was with Travis) and that allows me to really feel everything as I’m reading. This is definitely a book that was heavy on the emotions and I really appreciated that. It was so interesting to be in his shoes and see how much different his life has been since he’s been in the military and the decisions that had brought him there in the first place. You know I’m totally loving male POVs in YA right now (although, this would be considered more New Adult, I think?) and so I really loved being able to feel those emotions as Travis was feeling them and his perspective was just so powerful. I was in need of a new audiobook so I purchased the Whispersync companion for the ebook I had purchased last year and this one instantly drew me in and I’m so glad I chose it! SOMETHING LIKE NORMAL was not what I was expecting. When I’m in the mood for a contemporary novel, I’m usually swinging towards light and fluffy so those just tend to be the books I pick up first. I usually don’t pick up books with military themes simply because it’s not something I often relate to, not really personally knowing anyone in the military and let’s be honest - it’s not like the military is a bed of roses. Okay! So onto the actual review - I really enjoyed SOMETHING LIKE NORMAL more than I thought I would. Obviously how I feel about the cover has no impact about how I felt about the book, but something that irritated me a little nonetheless. I’m actually mildly upset that the cover (which I really like) focuses on a girl because that automatically leads you to believe it’s from a female’s point of view. The very first thing I’ll say about Something Like Normal is that I had NO idea it was from Travis’s point of view when I first started it.

Something like normal by trish doller