Does first love deserve a second chance? Perfect for fans of If There’s No Tomorrow by Jennifer L. Armentrout, I Love You Like That is the exciting conclusion of a poignant young adult duology about addiction, sexuality, peer pressure, and first love. Reeling from the loss of Deacon, her dark and mysterious former boyfriend and first love, sixteen-year-old Hannah Zandana lets herself fall into the arms of the wrong boys―even as her mother’s growing addiction continues to pull her family apart. With her mother hardly functional and her father in full-blown denial, Hannah and her little sister are left to their own devices―and no adult support―in their lives. Meanwhile, after waking up in a strange hospital outside of town, Deacon learns that his convenient “death” has placed him in the middle of a federal undercover sting operation. He’s soon thrown into the dangerous world of Miami drug cartels. Will a cruel deception and a family’s unresolved grief forever change Deacon and Hannah, or can love reignite and lead them back to one another? Find out in the long-awaited sequel, I Love You Like That.

ヘザー・カミスキーが描く本作の真髄は、喪失という名の深淵で足掻く若者たちの、剥き出しの魂の叫びにあります。依存症という怪物が家庭を静かに壊していく残酷な現実と、初恋の亡霊に囚われた少女の危うい心理描写は、単なる青春小説の枠を超えた凄絶な美しさを放っています。 生と死、そして真実と欺瞞が交錯するスリリングな展開の中で、読者は愛が持つ再生の力を問われます。過酷な運命に翻弄されながらも、痛みを糧に自己を再構築しようともがく彼らの姿は、絶望の淵に咲く一輪の花のように、読む者の胸に震えるような情熱と感動を刻み込むことでしょう。