Courtney Summers never fails to deliver an engaging story, with characters that will break your heart and have you breathless in worry for them. A dark story of the ways in which men view and use underage girls, this book was fast paced and utterly devastating as it uncovered the myriad of ways young girls are raised to want to become a man’s vision.

Thank you NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the eARC, these opinions are my own. I really enjoyed this book! I love a good mystery with lots of intrigue and this book had plenty! I enjoyed that it was fast paced, full of twists and turns, and kept me guessing! I enjoyed Georgia very much! Loved the ending! I couldn’t put it down and highly recommend it to mystery readers!

4/5 stars

Courtney Summers does it again in artfully creating a gripping and discomforting thriller novel that had me reeling while reading. It’s a rollercoaster of a ride from the beginning to the end.

I’m The Girl takes the cake in how uneasy of a novel it was compared to Summers' other novels. The entire novel had an incredibly eerie atmosphere that had me suspicious of almost everyone, other than George’ brother Tyler and her new friend Nora. Majority of these other characters were older and rich white men, powerful enough to make their problems disappear, so you can understand my suspicion.

Corruption and power is a theme the novel deeply delves into. Georgia knows what it’s like to have little in life - with her mother gone, her older brother has to provide for her and spends most of his life working - and wants so much more. She wants to be appreciated, and the place she thinks she can achieve that goal is working at Aspera - unfortunately for her, Aspera is not what it seems, and has links to the murder of Ashley James.

There were so many clues to Ashley's murder, and I felt so hopeless reading on as Georgia would sometimes overlook them as she focused on her own dream of making it. It was understandable, she was a teenage girl who wanted to make a life for herself, and made me so scared for her wellbeing, as well as adding to the tension in the novel.

It was overall a wonderful thriller novel, and I can't wait to read more of Summers' works.

This is my first book from Courtney Summers, her other books are of course on my tbr but Netgalley’s always take priority these days. And ohhhh my god, this was incredible! This completely had me hooked, it was such a gripping and honestly addicting read. I almost read it in one sitting I just couldn’t put it down. I never thought I was a fan of thrillers, but maybe because I couldn’t find the right ones, because this one is TOP TIER WORTHY!!

This mystery is vague and strangely paced with a rushed ending. Georgia has always wanted to be an Aspera girl, one of the elite hostesses that serves at the local resort for the very very wealthy. After Georgia stumbles upon the body of a local murdered girl, a series of events unfolds that gets her through the gates. It's obvious to the reader but not Georgia that this beatiful place covers something dark...but the exact details of the darkness never really get exposed and there is no satisfying ending for anyone.

I was so excited to read I’m the girl and I really wished it would have worked out for me. I am not entirely sure if it was the formatting of the book or what but I was confused for a good portion of what I read. Unfortunately, I DNFd it at like 15%

4/5 Stars!

This review is Spoiler Free.

This thriller was powerful, gut-wrenchingly hard to read, and so brilliantly executed. I'm The Girl was my first book by Courtney Summers, and I see what all the hype is about now! Excited to dive into her backlist.

When Georgia finds the dead body of a 13 year old girl and is hit by a car, everything changes.
Georgia's mother had always cautioned her about the Aspera club, telling her she wasn't good enough to be an Apera Girl there. But Georgia wants to prove herself, against the wishes of her brother, and finds herself embroiled in the culture of the resort. Nora James, the sister of Ashley, the murdered girl, seeks Georgia out, and together they try to figure out what could have happened.

This book was uncomfortable and hard to read. It was written so well, and the messages are extremely important. However readers should be cautioned that this book contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault. I honestly forgot several times that this book is categorized as young adult because the content was so graphic, so please use discretion in reading. The contents, while gratuitous, are definitely necessary to the story and the overall message examined by the book.

I absolutely recommend I'm The Girl, and look forward to reading more by Courtney Summers!

*I received an ARC from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions and views in this review are my own.

I have devoured and loved every single book Courtney Summers has written. She absolutely does not disappoint. Her writing is raw and bleak she beautiful and her ability to write about hard women/girls who are "bitches" or "hard to love" but you root for and DO love, because that is the point... Is bar none. She is THE "sexual assault -victim- taking the power back but also not always fully winning in doing so" advocate and I love her for it. I'm the girl floored me just as much as all her other books have. I will always always read and recommend her books. Always amazing, always heartrending.

I really enjoyed this book! It hooked me from the very first chapter, and kept me hooked the entire time!

I was expecting the murder, and after that, nothing really went how I expected it to. Everything was unexpected, at. least for me, and some was good, some bad. There was a lot going on in the book, as in a lot of storylines, and sometimes it was a bit confusing, but, overall, I like the amount of detail put into the story. My other issue is with the ending, It cleared things up for me in the way that I know how the murder happened but also left me with a lot of questions regarding the why. Also, I was not expecting those spicy scenes in this book, and they felt out of place, considering the book was about a murder.

I swear with each Courtney Summers book I read, 10 years get added into my lifespan.

Now, if you haven't read a book by this author before, you need to know that they're not necessarily the "happy go lucky, happily ever after" type. But for that exact same reasons these books stand out amongst the endless releases that we're constantly hearing about. Courtney Summers has the ability to weave the darkness of reality into a fictional world in such a seamless way. We know the setting is fake, we know the characters are fake BUT the things they go through are so real. I'm not gonna lie, at times I wanted to scream at Georgia. I wanted to grab her by the shoulders and shake her and tell her to look around, to realize what was happening. But here's the thing, either we know someone like Georgia or we've been Georgia. We've been taken advantage of by powerful people who manipulated us, made us believe that the world could only be seen through rose colored glasses. So while I wanted to shake her so she'd wake up, I also understood her. And that complexity in her characters is what sets Courtney Summers apart from other writers.

I read in her newsletter that this book was inspired by Marilyn Monroe and the victims of people like Harvey Weinstein. Is it really a woman's fault for having certain features that are considered desirable? Is it really so bad that a woman wants to feel beautiful? And here's the thing, it's even more complex during adolescence. So I did shed a tear (or several) for Georgia. Because you've got characters with good intentions who end up making marginalized comments, and you've got people with bad intentions whose entire job is to make her feel good about herself. Georgia is a teenager who got sucked into a vicious world with promises of grandiose and a career and beauty. It wasn't her fault, it's never the victims fault. This review almost turned into an essay because I feel very passionately about this book but damn, I could write pages and pages about this. For now, I just highly recommend reading this book.

I really enjoyed this book - I found it compulsively readable although there weren't a ton of answers to be found. Much like Sadie, everything is a little bit hazy and out of reach. I really enjoy Courtney Summers' work though!

Courtney Summers knows how to hook readers and keep them turning pages! I'm the Girl is absolutely impossible to put down. This suspenseful story about a girl in trouble really is so realistic that it hurts. Like many small towns the one in this book is ran by powerful people who will do anything to keep their control no matter who they hurt. It was painful to read about the girls who are in the path of Aspera and see how badly they need help. These characters are brave, honest, and raw. This book skirts the line between YA and Adult and readers of Sadie will love it.

Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I always enjoy reading Courtney Summers’ books, but idk, I never feel like I fully GET them. It always feels like the author expects me to walk away with a big whoa idea in my head, and maybe I’m just not smart enough to get it. I expected a bigger reveal with Aspera. It was fine. I just wanted to like it more than I did. 3.5 stars.

I'm the Girl is my first Courtney Summers book. I've heard good things about this author, I like YA mysteries, and the synopsis sounded good, so I requested this. I had a few issues with this book. I'm 18, and this book was really hard for me to read. I don't know that it should be a young adult book. There's graphic sexual assault and rape in this book, and there's no trigger warnings. There needs to be. Secondly, I knew two years ago at sixteen about the model scam, I think most teenagers know about it. I could understand the main character wanting to belong, wanting to be powerful, to be seen like that, but she did come off a little stupid. I did like the sapphic romance in this book, it was the highlight in it, and watching George's character grow, what she learns about her mom. I also really liked Nora and Tyler's characters. Overall, this book tackles very important issues and ends on a hopeful note, but needs a trigger warning for it.

My biggest problem with I'm the Girl is that I'm not really sure who this book is for. It's VERY clearly inspired by the Jeffrey Epstein revelations, and as a result the final "reveal" feels extremely predictable. Because of this, reading it as an adult, the teenage protagonist feels naive to the point of stupidity, and I had a hard time engaging with the book because of that. Maybe if I were reading it as a teenager, she'd feel more believable, but the subject matter seems really inappropriate for a teen--I certainly wouldn't recommend this book to anyone below college age. So I don't really know who the target audience is. I did finish it, but I pretty much skimmed the last half of the book. I also felt pretty let down by the ending. I've liked Courtney Summers in the past, but this one was a miss for me.

Absolutely incredible! I didn't think Courtney Summers could top her last book, but she somehow did it. It's absolutely creepy and thought-provoking. I can't wait for everybody to read it!

Thank you first off to Netgalley and Wednesday books for a digital copy for review.

I’m so sad that this was just OK for me. Most of the time I was confused about what was going on and how it all connected. By the time the end came I just didn’t care about the reveal. I almost DNFed at 75%.

I was loving the Dynamic between Georgia and Nora though. I just thought everything else was just bizarre and boring.

DNF @ 40%. I'm just not gripped. After Sadie I thought Courtney Summers was an autobuy but it turns out that was a one hit wonder and I haven't actually enjoyed any of her other books 😭

I'm a long-time Courtney Summers fan, but both this book and her last work have left me feeling... cold. I struggled to feel engaged with the story in I'm the Girl, which is not a problem I ever had with Sadie or Some Girls Are. Summers has always been an expert at writing angry unlikable girls, but I didn't connect with Georgia the way I connected with her past protagonists.

Part of it, I think, may be due to the disorienting nature of the book, especially in the beginning when the timeline of events was really unclear to me. This immediately put me at a distance from the narrative. But I also just really dislike it when information is withheld for no good reason other than to prolong the drama.