New Adult Book Club discussion

Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Synopsis

Cutler Ryder was everything I wasn't.

He was the hockey star. I was an outcast.
He was best friends with my stepbrother, that same stepbrother who hated me.
His two parents loved him. My mom was a junkie. My dad barely knew me.

Years passed.
I got my life together.
Cut went onto NHL stardom.

Then there was a text.
I was drinking.
There was a party.
Cut was there...

I loved Cutler Ryder since the first moment I saw him.
The only problem? He never knew I existed.


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This was a good read.
It hit home to me with managing panic attacks amidst social anxiety. I would have loved to see more of Cut's Momma Alice and even his siblings earlier in the book though interacting with her because for me it has always seemed most difficult for well adjusted persons to grasp what is happening when people have mental health issues.
The main "villains" in her life seemed to have mental instabilities of their own driving the situation. It's rare that you find that. Much of the time you just have to get yourself to the point of clinging to your own wellness and blocking out the negativity that tries to bring you down.
I liked it but it felt less real to me than another, too gift-wrapped in a way...