Alysha's Reviews > About That Night

Girl meets older boy. Older boy dates girls older sister. Older boy gets engaged to girls older sister. Older sister cheats on older boy right before their wedding with his best friend. Older boy dives down a bottle or 100 to cope. Girl hangs out at the bar older boy is drinking at. Older boy spots girl and talks to her. Older boy is hammered and takes girls virginity in the closet and says horrible things to her and kicks her out of the closet naked and crying afterwards.

About That Night is all about what happened "that" night, how it shaped who Douglass was. How she fell so low and was scratching and clawing her way back to the land of the living after that night.

Douglass felt so real. Her emotions, her habits, her inner monologue, everything was so relatable. She's hurting, and has been for most of her life honestly with no one to support her. She has loved Jordan from afar for a long time and when she got what she thought was her chance, it blew up in her face.

Jordan has always seen Douglass, even when no one else did, but he never did anything about it. He doesn't remember "that" night. But when Douglass finally tells him about it, things start to come back to him. He has so much groveling to do and so much to make up for. It's beautiful to see someone admit to their mistakes and learn from them.

I seriously loved these two so much! Their story is raw and real. They are both flayed open and bleeding all over the pages (metaphorically, obvs) They both have so much they have and are struggling with and we're just along for the emotional journey.