When I saw Some Kind of Normal by Juliana Stone was up on Netgalley I immediately requested it. I loved her book Boys Like You and couldn’t wait to see what this one was all about.

Trevor was injured in a car accident and now has to deal with the after effects and included in that is the fact that if he wants to go to New York and play music like he had planned, he needs to work with a tutor to finish school. I liked Trevor – he was dealing with a situation that he had no control over and like anyone might, responded to it with anger. As he adapts to his new life, he realizes things may not be the same as they were before the accident, which makes him even angrier.

Everly is the pastor’s daughter and appears to have the perfect life. Key word here is appears. Everly knows something about her father and it has been eating away at her for a while. As Everly takes on the role of Trevor’s tutor, she has to figure out just how much she is going to share with him. I liked Everly. She is struggling and her anger at her parents is creating a rebellious streak in her. She doesn’t confide in them and she isn’t willing to trust their decisions. When she faces a situation that requires her to do whatever she can, she finally opens up to her father and finds out what is really going on with him and her mother.

Both Trevor and Everly are hurting and dealing with things that they don’t really want to have to deal with. I loved seeing the friendship develop between these two characters. They are both struggling with something difficult and as they begin to confide in each other, they start to realize how important they have become to each other and the friendship becomes more. Both are angry and both struggle with letting the other become important to them because they have lost the ability to trust.

I can’t say too much about the stories these two carry because I don’t want to ruin anything. With that said, I thought that Stone did a great job of developing these characters and their stories. Definitely consider checking this one out. If you liked Boys Like You, I have a feeling you will enjoy this one as well.

Thank you to Sourcebooks and Netgalley for the review copy.