★★★☆☆/★★★★★

Book Review: Nowhere Else But Here by Rachel Cotton

Positives
🍫Rose and Theo were both likeable
🍫Cute, YA contemporary - if not a bit predictable
🍫I liked how we got more of the story after the HEA when most stories would end

Negatives
🍫The writing seemed quite clunky at times
🍫The timeline was wonky, or appeared that way to me
🍫Its very middle of the road for the genre - I've read worse but I've also read better

Cotton's debut YA contemporary is sweet but falls short of some of the other books in this genre that are our there right now.

Rose Valentine's chemistry lab partner has vanished and no one knows where he is. Theo Lockhart keeps himself to himself and doesn't get involved with anyone, unless their face is meeting his fist. Rose can't explain why she's so invested in finding out what happened to Theo, but when he shows up at her door and asks to stay in her house, in secret, she can't bring herself to say no, even if he won't tell her why he vanished. The longer Theo stays, the closer the two get and Rose begins to think she has solved the enigma that is Theo Lockhart.

I found it to be fairly predictable and rolled my eyes many times, and there was one part in particular that just screamed 'Twilight' at me; and there was a definite overuse of both of the characters names which irritated me no end.

I read it in one day and I did like it, but it meanders on at a leisurely pace and at times I wished for a bit more excitement. At 288 pages it's a quick, easy read and if you like the genre then it may be for you, it's not one I'll be holding onto though.