If I Tell You - Alicia Tuckerman Review

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This coming of age story follows, Alex, a teenage girl living in rural Australia living in fear that someone will find out her secret, that she is a lesbian. Living in a small town with small minded people, Alex knows that she will not be accepted for who she is, so she is happy living in secret until she can move away and be who she wants to be when she graduates high school.

Enter Phoenix Stone, the out and proud lesbian whose family just moved to town. She doesn't care what anyone has to say about who she is and thinks every day is for living the life you wish.

Alex soon starts to have feelings for Phoenix and realises that in life sometimes you just need a little courage to jump!

I flew through this book! It was so beautifully written and within reading the first few pages I felt transported to a country town and honestly could feel the summer heat coming through. I loved all the Australian vernacular and honestly hope Alicia Tuckerman writes more novels set in Australia because it was truly refreshing to read.

I liked the ensemble of characters in this novel, particularly Alex's very supportive dad and also her best friend Lin. While her other best friend, Justin, was quite annoying and honestly at times completely ignorant, he did manage to get over his prejudice and redeem himself. 

Not only will this book break your heart, it will rip it out and then smash it to pieces so grab some tissues and jump right in!

This book will be released by Pantera Press on the 1st March 2018.

Thank you to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review!

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