This was cute. It was very australian and the story went fast but it was very relatable. The romance wasn't my favorite but it was fine.

The enemies to lovers plot is hard to do in an appealing way, IMHO. Pranking one another and throwing shade makes the main characters seem immature, and that is the case here. It's also a bit hard to believe that the heroine would have booked a trip to a sheep farm instead of the big city and not noticed. I did rather like the author's style, though, so I would read another work by her in the future.

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to review a temporary digital ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.

This was my first book by this author, It was pretty enjoyable. I would give this book a 3 star rating! It was a pretty Quick and easy read!

Remind Me Why I’m Here is a fun Australian Young Adult fish out of water story.

Maya Sorenson of Chicago, Illinois, thinks she’s headed to Barangaroo in Sydney, Australia, famous for its harbourside views. Instead, she’s headed to a sheep farm in Barangaroo Creek, hours away from the Sydney beaches and cafes. To make things worse, she arrives at the farm to find Ruth, her host sister, has had to leave to nurse a sick family member. Instead, she’s going to be shown around by Gus, Ruth’s brother, who plainly has somewhere he’d rather be.

Gus’s dreams are digital, and he had his summer planned and paid for–a design course in Sydney. Why can’t their brother Pat look after this girl? Pat loves the farm and always wanted to be a farmer. But his dreams are over now he’s in a wheelchair following a farm accident. The result? Two brothers trapped in roles they don’t want, a trapped tourist determined to tick off her to-do list, and more than enough guilt to go around.

Maya and Gus don’t have a good start, especially given May has no interest in staying on a farm. While Maya learns to enjoy her real Aussie farm experience, she’s also battling with Gus–which gives a lot of opportunity for some fun scenes. Together, they both have to learn to deal with their guilt, and stand up for themselves to get the lives they want.

All that sounds very serious. Remind Me Why I’m Here is anything but. Kat Colmer has a unique ability to deliver soften the blog of potentially tough messages with excellent writing and a healthy dose of humour.

Thanks to Rhiza Press and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review.

I started this book with a feeling of excitement as it sounded like my history of being a teen that traveled to Australia for the summer. However, that's where this was the only connection. This story starts at an Australia farm where the visiting American student will be staying. The two main characters aren't what the other was expecting, and this is where the trouble starts. Soon they start pranking each other, and this is where I decided to stop reading. I was looking for something different more idyllic with rolling fields and sheep farming. There are sure to be readers in the YA who enjoy their interactions, but I decided that I had other books to go read. Also the cover didn't really excite me, which is a big draw for many readers. I received the preview copy from NetGalley.

Sadly my phone which I was using to read this book screen had broken and so sadly I couldn't finish the book because it was past the archive date and I couldn't download it onto a different device. I only got a chapter or so read but the storyline was hooking, I really wished I could of finished this book.

There is a lot to love about this book. The comedy, the language and the storyline were well executed and Kat Colmer has now made it onto my list of Authors to watch. I am excited to hunt down and read more from this author.

I received this book as an ARC from Netgalley in return for my honest opinion.

I have to state that this was a quick and fast read. I think the ebook was shorter than I had anticipated. The book was about Maya who traveled to Australia for her summer break to cross off her bucket list in Sydney. She didn’t read all the important information and somehow ended up in a sheep farm far from Sydney. Gus who was the host family’s son took over as her guide. He wasn’t thrilled by this since he had his own plans that was dashed by her presence. The story had funny pranks, deep conversations about loss, slight romance, and topics about the future. Maya and Gus were a cute and relatable couple that I couldn’t help but cheer on. I also loved Gus’s family. They were supportive in helping Maya with her bucket list. I would have liked to see more activities in Australia. I felt that I only got a glimpsed of the country. Overall, it was a cute but emotional story.

I received this ARC from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

Quick and sweet read! I've never read a book of someone running off to Australia so I thought that was so much fun. I'm ready to go visit there now once travel is available again. Anyway, I thought Maya was a good character and am all for taking a gap year. Thanks so much to the publisher and to netgalley for a copy of this book.

A wonderful story about loss, finding your place in a new world, finding something unexpected and ending up richer as you have ever been. It reminded me of the movie Australia, where Nicole Kidman finds herself in a similar position as Maya. I long for stories that are so simple and capture your heart in a minute.

Title: Great book!

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I loved this book and the raw emotion portrayed. Both of the characters were suffering from guilt and sadness while not being brave enough to be what they wanted to be. I loved how Kat was able to keep us in suspense throughout the novel but expose us to information at the right moments. The thoughts and feelings of this novel were well spread out and very nicely put. I loved the plot and the story and pretty much everything about this. The misunderstandings and childish pranks were rather hilarious in an endearing sort of way. I thought it was cute and amusing how they put spiders and lizards in each other’s rooms. I would recommend this is to anyone who is looking for a good teen romance.

I wrote this voluntary review in exchange for an ARC copy.

A cute YA story about 2 broken souls who seem to need each other to get over pain in their past.

Maya and Gus are both in a bad place. Maya is am America who comes to Australia looking for healing and to get away from her loss. She thinks she is eating to a big city, but it turns out she is headed to a shoe farm. Gus is forced to look after Maya when his sister bails. But Gus doesn't realize that their stars have aligned and they are destined to help each other in healing.

Thank you NetGalley, Rhiza Press and Kat Colmer for gifting me a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!
When Maya gets to Australia, a Bucket List list in hand, she’s expecting six weeks exploring Sydney and laying on the beach. Instead she’s taken hours away to a sheep farm, no beaches or buildings in sight. Add the fact that her host sister, Ruth, had to leave town and Maya will be stuck with her brother, Gus, and this trip is officially NOT a good time. But this trip isn’t for Maya and her bucket list is not her own so she’ll make it work. Too bad Gus had plans of his own and will do anything to get her to pack her bags and fly back home. Between pranks a friendship builds and soon Maya and Gus realize they have a lot more in common than they realized.
I thought the storyline of this one was super unique and held my attention all the way through. I blew through this book in one sitting and didn’t even realize it was over until it was over. I wouldn’t say there was really a climax. I know what point was meant to be the climax but the entire book just sits a mid-level. I liked the characters and their growth was nice to see, but we missed a TON of details that could’ve been added to enrich the story. They’re in Australia and I don’t think readers really got to see much of that. Plus Patrick and Maya had more chemistry in my opinion. All in all, this is a solid young adult read, the perfect quick and light pool accessory!

As I reflect back on this story, Kat Colmer did a great job capturing what it is like to figure out what to do with our life after high school. I gave this review 3 stars as an adult, but if I was reading this story as a recent graduate from high school, and still in undergrad than I would give it 4 stars because I would be able to relate to it back when I was 18/19 years old. When I read books it's important to me to find some type of life lesson to learn from the character's story and experience. My lesson from this book is following your heart and your passion even if it isn't what your family, friends, or society is expecting of you. You are only going to enjoy life if you truly love what you do and get to call that your passion.

As a social worker, I love how Colmer adds the small details of Maya fidgeting with her leather band on her wrist. Though we come to find the greater meaning to this leather band, Colmer's descriptions of how Maya reaches for it when she's anxious or nervous normalizes the need for a comfort item or fidget to help her cope. I'm a sucker for a love story and though Colmer gives us a little romance between Maya and Gus, I like that this isn't the highlight or the main story line, there is so much more to grasp and fall in love with than Maya and Gus' love story. Colmer also gives the reader a look into the culture and norms of Australia; having never visited it was nice to escape to another place and be able to visually imagine the landscapes, attractions, and animals.

If you recently graduated high school, currently in college, or just graduated from college and have no idea what you want to do yet I recommend this book! For those who are avid readers, this is a great book to read to take a break from intense stories or when you just want an easy read to escape reality.

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I probably would have rated this one as 2 stars if it wasn't YA.

Since it is, it's a cutesy story with likable main characters struggling with life changing choices. It stays light hearted even though both Maya and Gus are dealing with heavy subjects but there is nothing gripping about the story.

The author is clearly an AU based author as she has Maya saying things Americans don't say. For example, Maya says "pop the bonnet", we call it a hood, we don't call our mother's "mum" we say mom, we also call it a trunk not a boot, we say college or university but not uni, and no one refers to it as the Willis Tower, everyone knows it as the Sears Tower. It would help to have a US editor go through Maya's bits.

I also wish this took place over the 6 weeks she was there. We get to peek into a week of her stay there and then there is an epilogue. I wish I could have seen her and Gus's relationship build more, instead of finding out he transferred to Columbia.

It wasn't a bad book, it was just missing something.

I received this ARC from netgalley.

This story starts incredibly relatable for everyone who's read/watched too many stories about life changing gap year travel, only go plan your own trip that doesn’t go exactly as planned. Full of mishap after mishap on Maya’s first adventure alone with a clear enemy attractive “stuck together” style enemy you are cheerleading becomes a romance.

Despite the set up, I did not find this to be a fun enemies to lovers romance. This is a contemporary YA that is a coming of age, learning to cope with grief of multiple kinds. There is a fair amount of drama coming from all angles that I found did take me out of the story with the overwhelming amount of convenient situations you need to believe came together to make the story work.

If there was a romance, and I disagree that there was any romance, it was not the focus of the story. The relationship between Maya and Gus really seemed to have developed a sibling style friendship. The lack of a romance was a good choice for the overall story; there are just more important things going on that a romance wouldn’t have been cohesive.

This was so stinking cute!!! Loved it! It’s a quick and fun read for a study break! If ya love a quirky fun contemporary read this is for you.