If you were obsessed with the music video when you were younger then this is definitely for you.

Girls Like Girls is a coming of age story, telling a story about finding love and acceptance. It follows Coley as she tries to come to terms with her mother’s death and live with her dad in Oregon who she barely knows. There, she meets Sonya and her friends and thus starting the beginning of Coley’s feelings.

Being set in 2006, Hayley Kiyoko does an amazing job of portraying life in small town America with the two main characters battling homophobia and internalised homophobia. It was such an easy novel to read and I really enjoyed the writing style and multi media. Coley and Sonya are in no way perfect, at times I felt like Sonya was a little too mean and constantly putting Coley down, even when Coley just wanted to get to know her but you can tell she was clearly struggling.

Fans of other YA and LGBTG+ fiction will love this book and I am definitely here for more lesbian and wlw representation.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.