You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. One aspect of Goffney’s writing that I’ve always enjoyed and found to be her strength is the strength to make me feel. I would honestly love to see a sequel where we follow Nikki in her budding music career and to see her try to balance it with her relationship with Mal. In high school, she challenged herself with to-do lists full of risk-taking items like 'hug a random boy' and 'eat a cricket', which inspired her debut novel, Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry . Goffney has such a grasp on the teenage psyche that’s so fun to read while having really clear character development and lessons that I’m envious of the target audience for being able to these books young.

The two main characters story was well written and easy to read, it starts with Nikki wanting to go to an audition, but before she goes she has some challenges to overcome as her home life is total chaos , her best friend Mal has always been there for her throughout the tough times.This was my second Joya Goffney book, and it was pretty different from the first one I read, her debut, but I again really liked it.

She knew what would benefit her, even if she couldn't quite name it - she needed the audition because it gave her the independence, the confidence, the validation, the out, and she didn't let anyone take that away from her, while still maintaining caring for her sister and allowing herself the peace that Mal brought her. I have a massive soft spot for the best friends to lovers trope, if well done, and it was so well done here. but when her best friend, malachai, begs her to spend just one week with him to see if he can convince her to stay, she gives in. The story is interesting and i know young people will relate to parts of the story and the interactions between characters.This is amazing intertwined with a friends to lovers as both characters can analyse what made them like eachother and the characteristics that each character has which allows the relationship to work. Joya Goffney is an auto-read author for me, and I was so thrilled to read her latest, My Week with Him. I haven't read books set in Texas before and found it a good setting for a story about a promising singer. I really wish I could perfectly articulate the way Joya Goffney makes me feel with her book but I literally can’t. The romance was so cute between Malachi and Nikki, but as always, Joya’s books always have a message.