Just Like You Said It Would Be — C.K. Kelly Martin

How do you make something feel finished?

On New Year's Eve seventeen-year-old Amira texts the Irishex-boyfriend she's been missing desperately since they broke up at theend of summer, when she returned to Canada. They agreed they wouldn'tbe friends, that it would never be enough. But that was then--back whenAmira's separated parents had shipped her off to relatives in Dublin for the summer so they could test-drive the idea of getting back togetheron a long haul cruise. Back when Amira was torn away from a friend inneed in Toronto only to fall in love with a Dublin screenwriting classand take a step closer to her dream career. And only to fall for cousinZoey's bandmate, Darragh, the guy who is first her friend, then herenemy and later something much more complicated--the guy she can sayanything to, the guy who makes every inch of her feel wide awake in away she hadn't known was possible. The guy she confides in about thedead sister she has no living memories of but who has remained withAmira nonetheless. The guy she might never see again. Or is there,despite the distance, somehow still a chance for them?

Chock-full of movies references and giddy love for Dublin, Ireland,Just Like You Said It Would Be is a frank exploration of theextraordinary highs and shattering lows of first love that will appealto fans of Jennifer Echols, Tara Kelly, Sarra Manning, and Kirsty Eagar.