The Other Lola

I just finished The Other Lola by Ripley Jones and here is my review.

When Mattie shows up asking Cam and Blair for their help... They don't want a repeat of what happened after their podcast of Clarissa. Cam can't believe it when Blair hears them out. Mattie explains that her sister went missing 5 years ago without a trace but then shows up out of nowhere 2 weeks ago but Mattie is certain it isn't really her.

After meeting Lola, Blair and Cam both think Mattie is mistaken but Blair can't help wondering where Lola was all this time and why she's come back now. Cam wants nothing to do with this, putting the two girls at odds with each other for the first time and the list of secrets between them growing.

I loved Missing Clarissa. I was so excited to get this book and catch up with Blair and Cam. The two girls were still dealing with the fall out from their podcast about Clarissa and the PTSD that Cam is hiding from Blair.

The idea that Mattie didn't believe Lola was her missing sister was amazing. Everyone else was convinced but Mattie wasn't having it. The more Blair found out about Lola, the more she found a young girl who was desperately unhappy. She was on hard drugs before she went missing so Mattie not feeling connected with this sober Lola seemed logical but Blair needed to find out why Lola was missing for so long, where she was and why she had come back. I needed to know all these things too.

I loved all the characters but Cam's mom Irene is my favorite. The plot was exactly what I needed and I loved how it all wrapped up! You really don't need to have read the first book to read this book but it is so worth reading them both back to back. This is my kind of YA book.

5 stars! I cannot recommend this book more!! Thank you @wednesdaybooks and @netgalley for my gifted copy!