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A review by saylaurmoon
Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn
5.0
↠ 5 stars ⭐︎
February 2023 Book of the Month Club pick!
This book… THISSSS BOOOOOK. IS A MASTERPIECE.
Georgie Mulcahy has spent the last several years doing what she does best—putting everyone else before herself—as a personal assistant out in LA. Suddenly, her boss decides to quit her job, leaving Georgie without one as well. Her boss encourages Georgie to do “all the things [she] wants to do.” One problem: Georgie’s dreams and goals have always been unsettlingly blank. Non-existent. Soon enough, Georgie ends up back in her hometown, uncertain of what to do next. Until she finds the friendfic she and her best friend, Bel, wrote 15 years ago in high school, and Georgie wonders if this journal could help her find a new path to happiness. Just when she thinks she’s found the key to unlocking her life's aspirations, she ends up with an unexpected roommate: the estranged town troublemaker, Levi Fanning. While sullen and reclusive, Levi offers to help her with her journey through her journal. However, Georgie slowly discovers that what she truly desires in life may not lie written on those pages—maybe it’s what, or who, is right next to her.
I CANNOT RAVE ENOUGH ABOUT THIS BOOK. I could scream from the rooftops about how amazing this book was. Expansively emotional and real. Perfectly vulnerable. Beautifully written. Such an exquisite story of self-discovery, lost dreams, friendship, forgiveness, and love. My heartstrings are sore from being pulled throughout the entire thing. This story warms your heart, breaks it, and then puts it back together again. And it was also hilarious. I laughed SO much while reading this, and I’m pretty sure I had a huge smile on my face the majority of the time because it was so freaking cute and adorable. Also, the fact that the author made me cry over a Sharpie? Excuse me, ma’am. Also, the sex scenes were spicy but also emotional, and I love that so much.
Georgie and Levi are both incredibly written and developed characters, and so relatable, it’s painful (in the best way). I adored Georgie and her ability to be unapologetically herself. She is beautifully chaotic and messy, fiercely loyal and loving, and absolutely hilarious. And then there’s Levi, who is extremely closed-off and reserved, but underneath his rough exterior, he is so deeply vulnerable and possesses such a tender, gentle heart. I constantly wanted to step into the story and give him the biggest hug. Both of these characters are remarkably relatable because it's a commonly shared (yet often hidden) experience to feel unworthy of love or to struggle to find what we truly want and where we fit in life. I loved that the story was told from both of their POVs because it enables the reader to understand each character's struggles on such a personal, real level. I’ve been left feeling that I really know these characters. Frankly, I wish I did. I want them as my friends IRL. OH AND HANK? Main character energy. Hank steals the show sometimes. I love heeem and his perfectly timed farts, hahaha.
Additionally, I admire the friendship that Bel and Georgie share in the story. A testament to true, pure friendship that anyone would be lucky to experience with another.
After Georgie, All Along, I will surely be adding more Kate Clayborn to my want-to-read list. She is a strikingly talented author. This story was phenomenally written, utterly enchanting, and splendidly emotional and relatable. I loved EVERYTHING about this book and it has become one of my new favorites, bar none.
5+++ stars! GO READ IT.
February 2023 Book of the Month Club pick!
This book… THISSSS BOOOOOK. IS A MASTERPIECE.
Georgie Mulcahy has spent the last several years doing what she does best—putting everyone else before herself—as a personal assistant out in LA. Suddenly, her boss decides to quit her job, leaving Georgie without one as well. Her boss encourages Georgie to do “all the things [she] wants to do.” One problem: Georgie’s dreams and goals have always been unsettlingly blank. Non-existent. Soon enough, Georgie ends up back in her hometown, uncertain of what to do next. Until she finds the friendfic she and her best friend, Bel, wrote 15 years ago in high school, and Georgie wonders if this journal could help her find a new path to happiness. Just when she thinks she’s found the key to unlocking her life's aspirations, she ends up with an unexpected roommate: the estranged town troublemaker, Levi Fanning. While sullen and reclusive, Levi offers to help her with her journey through her journal. However, Georgie slowly discovers that what she truly desires in life may not lie written on those pages—maybe it’s what, or who, is right next to her.
I CANNOT RAVE ENOUGH ABOUT THIS BOOK. I could scream from the rooftops about how amazing this book was. Expansively emotional and real. Perfectly vulnerable. Beautifully written. Such an exquisite story of self-discovery, lost dreams, friendship, forgiveness, and love. My heartstrings are sore from being pulled throughout the entire thing. This story warms your heart, breaks it, and then puts it back together again. And it was also hilarious. I laughed SO much while reading this, and I’m pretty sure I had a huge smile on my face the majority of the time because it was so freaking cute and adorable. Also, the fact that the author made me cry over a Sharpie? Excuse me, ma’am. Also, the sex scenes were spicy but also emotional, and I love that so much.
Georgie and Levi are both incredibly written and developed characters, and so relatable, it’s painful (in the best way). I adored Georgie and her ability to be unapologetically herself. She is beautifully chaotic and messy, fiercely loyal and loving, and absolutely hilarious. And then there’s Levi, who is extremely closed-off and reserved, but underneath his rough exterior, he is so deeply vulnerable and possesses such a tender, gentle heart. I constantly wanted to step into the story and give him the biggest hug. Both of these characters are remarkably relatable because it's a commonly shared (yet often hidden) experience to feel unworthy of love or to struggle to find what we truly want and where we fit in life. I loved that the story was told from both of their POVs because it enables the reader to understand each character's struggles on such a personal, real level. I’ve been left feeling that I really know these characters. Frankly, I wish I did. I want them as my friends IRL. OH AND HANK? Main character energy. Hank steals the show sometimes. I love heeem and his perfectly timed farts, hahaha.
Additionally, I admire the friendship that Bel and Georgie share in the story. A testament to true, pure friendship that anyone would be lucky to experience with another.
After Georgie, All Along, I will surely be adding more Kate Clayborn to my want-to-read list. She is a strikingly talented author. This story was phenomenally written, utterly enchanting, and splendidly emotional and relatable. I loved EVERYTHING about this book and it has become one of my new favorites, bar none.
5+++ stars! GO READ IT.
“I don’t want to say it’s like lightning, hearing her say it. I don’t want to say it’s anything bright or loud or shocking. I want to say that it’s like the river creeping higher in the rainy season, slow and quiet right up until it’s not anymore, right up until it’s flowing over everything that’s been built to control it. I want to say that the wall inside my is coming down—softening, then crumbling, then collapsing entirely. That the blank space is finally filling in.”