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A Girl Like Her: A Small Town Romance

Talia Hibbert

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New York Times bestseller and TikTok sensation Talia Hibbert returns with this mesmerising opposites-attract romance.She's hard to hold onto, but he's good with his hands...Prickly, autistic, and shadowed by a scandalous past, Ruth Kabbah will always be Ravenswood's black sheep. It's a lonely life, but at least it's safe… until Evan Miller comes to town.Calm, confident, and instantly accepted by their small English town, Evan is Ruth's opposite in every way—yet he meets her suspicion with a smile, handles her awkwardness with ease, and watches her with a hunger that threatens to tear down her all her defences.The gossips want to know how she's bewitched him. Ruth just wants to know when he'll get bored and leave. Because if there's one thing she's learned, it's that girls like her don't get happily ever afters.But when a monster from Ruth's past comes back to haunt her, she's forced to make a choice: should she trust Evan completely? Or is her heart safest alone?This emotional, small-town romance stars a wounded heroine, a cinnamon-roll hero who won't give up on her, spicy scenes, and several delicious home-cooked meals. Happy ever after guaranteed. Please read the content warnings.

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Chanterelle Solace\ \ Sabie\ \ • Feb 27

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[Poll:\ \ Do you enjoy Small Town Romance? \ \

"I'd love to figure you out. But I need all the pieces before I can assembly the puzzle."\ \ \ \ GENRE: Contemporary Romance\ \ RATING: 4/5\ \ FORMAT: eBook Arc\ \ Tropes: Small Town, Forced Proximity, Opposite Attract, He Falls First, Reverse Grumpy Sunshine and Slow Burn\ \ Review: \ \ Having read Talia Hibbert's work before, I saw this on Netgalley and I knew that I had to read it! Talia does Autism/Neurodivergent rep in a fun way. I'm reviewing the Edition that is being published in March 2026\ \ If you tell me that a Romance book has Small Town x Autism representation? I know I'm definitely going to be picking it up. I enjoyed A Girl like Her, where we meet Ruth, who is an Autistic FMC and lives in a small town that has cast her out because of her past. This story and Ruth as an FMC has SOO much complexity and layers to it that I truly enjoyed. I thought a lot of the topics were handled well as well\ \ The relationship dynamic between Ruth and Evan was ADORABLE and built up in a way that is so fitting to Ruth as a character. And the fact that it is set in a Small Town? I do want to say that the Foreword from Talia Hibbert explains why she picks Small Town and how the reality is that most small towns actually have teeth and (as is seen in the story) can outcast someone for being different. I think in A Girl like Her, it's very much a story of Ruth reclaiming her town back, not by winning people over but by being herself and finding a community again, who truly accept her.\ \ We also see other elements of Small Towns in Evan, Zach and his mother, how we would think the community would rally behind them but instead it's the opposite. I do think that A Girl like Her depicts the reality of small towns while showing us the hope of what it can be when we aren't out-casting people because they are different.\ \ It's also a story where we watch Ruth grow and learns how to trust again, mainly herself and her own choices and decisions. She also learns to trust others around her and slowly reclaim her narrative after what has happened to her. It's also a story of where Ruth finds someone who accepts her entirely, with her PJs and loves her for who she is not in spite of who she is.\ \ As always, Talia Hibbert continues to write and publish books that hit us close to the heart and I can't wait to read more of her books! Thank you to the author, publisher and netgalley for the Arc copy](https://cozysabie.binderybooks.com/item/KkihVIIpL8eV36MYlBqu/)

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