In Another Life is about this girl named Chloe who has just moved to a new town with her mother after her parents divorce. While at a gas station she runs into this boy named Cash who instantly accuses her of trying to pull a con to which she has absolutely no idea what he's going on about. Cash is suspicious of her because she looks just like the daughter his foster parents lost in a kidnapping years ago. They're both drawn to each other and soon embark on an investigation into Chloe's adoption to see if she is in fact this missing girl.

The beginning of this book was kind of slow, mostly just going through Chloe dealing with her parents divorce and moving to a new town while dealing with her growing attraction to Cash. It really picked up for me when they both began investigating the possible kidnapping/adoption of Chloe. Cash was looking into this out of a real love for his foster parents and later his growing feelings for Chloe. I do wish the investigation really started sooner because that was the most captivating part of this book, the suspense of what really happened and if the people in Chloe's life were who they said they were.

There weren't clear breaks between the alternating chapters in the ARC I received for most of the book so sometimes it would take me a minute to realize we switched perspectives but I'm figuring that will be fixed in the actual book.

Another thing I would have liked to see was more of the conflict at the end. I feel like it could have been played with more at the end. The lead up to it left me wanting more.

I posted a spotlight review here: https://elliepelto.wordpress.com/2019/03/26/blog-tour-in-another-life-by-cc-hunter/

includes this note: [A Personal Note From Ellie: With the recent flooding in my home state (NE) and helping my family clean up their water-damaged basement, I was unable to finish the entire book by today, but what I read so far was definitely intriguing! This post is a spotlight on the book to recommend it to my readers, but I won’t be including a rating as I normally do until I finish reading completely.]

In Another Life pulled me into Chloe and Cash’s lives from the first sentence. I devoured their story in one night and didn’t even mind being exhausted the next day after staying up WAY past my bed time. Cash and Chloe are so sweet and GOOD, I couldn’t help but love them. They both have such big hearts when it comes to fighting for those they care about. I really enjoyed the added touch of mystery and suspense in their story. It weaved seamlessly into their romance in a way that seemed realistic and not extreme.

It seems like no matter if CC Hunter is writing romance, mystery, or paranormal, her stories are wonderful adventures I enjoy losing myself in.

I voluntarily received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you so much to St. Martins Press and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I have never read anything by C.C. Hunter and the synopsis of this book really intrigued me. I love YA mystery books and as soon as I saw that this was about a girl that might have been kidnapped and adopted to a different family, I was immediately interested.

This book is about Chloe who is living with her mother that has just overcame breast cancer. After her mother and father divorce, her mom moves them to a new town and Chloe must start at a new school, as a senior no less. She's known her whole life that she was adopted but she's never let it bother her and has never had an interest in finding out who her real parents were. One weekend when her father is driving her back to her moms she meets Cash Colton and is instantly drawn to him. Cash's motives for wanting to get to know her better might have something to do with what happened in Chloe's past, something she has no idea about, something that Cash has been dealing with for the last 3 years with his current foster parents. Chloe and Cash must find out the secrets about Chloe's past before that secret ends up getting them killed.

This was a great book right from the start. You're immediately drawn in when Chloe meets Cash for the first time and trying to figure out what he was talking about when they ran into each other, literally. I loved Cash's backstory and what he went through with his dad and how he overcame that and was trying to make his life right. I also loved how the story progressed with Chloe slowly learning everything about her first 3 years of life with Cash helping her out.

I love when books are told from both main characters point of view instead of the author trying to have one main character explain both sides. It makes the book feel a lot more in depth and you feel like as a reader you're not missing out on any important moments with the other characters.

C.C. Hunter's writing style definitely drew me in and kept my attention. I loved all the drama between Cash and Chloe's relationship. It was a very enjoyable read and I hope to read other books from the author.

I really tried to read this book but I just could not get a great feel for it. I didn’t like the writing and I didn’t appreciate the characters. They were mostly irritating. I usually choose my books wisely but this was not a great choice for me. I read and love many YA books but I absolutely felt far too old to appreciate this one. I especially was not fond of Chloe. Again...this is a book that probably would be better appreciated by a younger reader.

I am giving it a three star rating because I can’t send this to the publisher without a rating.

Title: In Another Life
Author: C.C. Hunter
Genre: YA
Rating: 4 out of 5

Chloe was three years old when she was adopted and became Chloe Holden. She wishes her biological mom had wanted to keep her, but she’s had a good, happy life. Until her parents’ divorce, when her mom moves her to Joyful, Texas—where joy is in short supply for Chloe’s mom, still bitter and angry from her dad’s betrayal.

Chloe runs into Cash—a hot guy from her new school—but his suspicion makes her wary. Who does Cash think she is? Chloe’s trying to parent her mother, and she could really use someone to rely on, but when Cash tells her he thinks she’s the kidnapped daughter of his foster parents, Chloe can’t deal with the questions this possibility raises.

In Another Life is a quick, read. It’s billed as a suspense novel, but I’d just say it has a little suspense in it. The focus is on the relationship between Chloe and Cash, but also on Chloe’s mom and her issues. I enjoyed reading it, but there weren’t any “I didn’t see that coming!” moments. Chloe and Cash both have some growing-up to do, and this novel explores the beginnings of that.

C.C. Hunter is a NY Times-bestselling author. In Another Life is her newest novel.

(Galley courtesy of St. Martin’s Press via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.)

" I wonder if that´s all life really is, just smears of color."


I knew this writer in This Heart of Mine and I really enjoyed her writing, when I saw her new release I picked up without even reading the synopsis. When I received and read the synopsis, I was afraid whe I read it was a thriller because I did not like this genre very much, but what was not my surprise when I started reading and realizing that it was more a romance than a thriller. I loved this !

Chloe had her whole life transformed after a family problem that forced her to move from where she lived. She believed that she has the perfect family, the perfect boyfriend, the perfect friends, the perfect life, but we know that nothing in this world is perfect and she will discover it at a hard way. On a ride with her father, Chloe bumps into Cash, a serious kid taken from a badboy who implies with her right away.

Cash had a very hard childhood and locked himself in a shell to protect his heart. From foster home to foster home he closes himself even further. Now he is in Fullers' home, a grieving family who has lost they young daughter. In this family, he finds the love, but he resists to it for think taht he does not deserve love. Upon meeting Chloe, he is intrigued by the girl's resemblance to the biological daughter of the Fullers and begins to approach her to know what exactly happened with the girl.

In the midst of a delightful romance, parallel plotting, a certain suspense and tension, CC Hunter creates a plot about acceptance, strength, second chances and love leading the reader to delve into the lives of these characters and cheer to know who Chloe is and what Cash did in the past to be so distressed.

I really liked the ending chosen for Chloe's mother, I really liked the cover and the plot although I think that at times it got a little repetitive and that the writer could have developed the suspense better.

4/5 stars

The first book I read by C.C. Hunter was the shadow falls series and I was instantly in love with it, it was an auto buy series for me as long as the books were being released, so when I saw this book on Netgalley I was eager to get my hands on it and I almost cried and screamed when I received the email letting me know I had been approved for it, however 5 chapters in on the book and I had lost interest. This book is a different genre than books I’ve read by the author in the past, this was supposed to be a thriller/mystery and it fell short of that making me feel like perhaps it was maybe a middle grade type of thriller.

The book itself has a good plot and would of been a good story had it of been written better, it’s a little similar to Caroline Cooney’s The face on the milk carton, but it still sounded like it was going to have good intentions.

The story was all over the place, perhaps it was the layout of the e-arc or poor writing style but it bounced from story line to story line and characters POV to characters POV and it was a bit confusing to read.

There was no oomph to the book the author let us know almost immediately what was going to happen, and sure enough it did without leading us on or keeping us guessing for long.
Another issue I had with the book was the girl was kidnapped from her birth parents and get this falls in love with a foster boy her birth parents are raising who very well knows she’s the daughter of his foster family, that was super weird and seriously inappropriate.

Personally I felt like the book was a mess and had much more potential than what was provided there wasn’t many details and despite it being a bit of a long read, there wasn’t much to go on the author released the plot without teasing, and the plots kept moving forward in the wrong directions. One minute we’re reading about a perfectly normal girl then we find out she’s been kidnapped and then she’s hooking up with her foster brother and then their being shot and it just didn’t make any sense or add up at all. I do look forward to reading more from this author and I hope that maybe one day there will be a follow up book to provide more detail.

I wish you could all see my notes on this book—it’s just me constantly writing any given variation of “this is such a mess/this is so messed up” over and over again, and it really is such a big mess. I truly still don’t know what my honest feelings about In Another Life are? I equitably liked and disliked it for so many reasons.

it was easy to dive into this book. the characters and the plot sweep you off your feet right away—I mean, what would you do if you learned your whole life is potentially a lie, and your parents might actually turn out to be your kidnappers? that’s a GREAT concept, if you ask me, and this book definitely sets off with a bang. I really, really, really found myself enjoying the first few chapters, but then this book just wafts. it stays above the surface, sure, and the buoyancy it created for itself with the plot and characters definitely help it out along the way, but I don’t think that’s enough. it fluctuates a lot. the writing style, for me, unfortunately, kept me disconnected from the story most of the time. the POV constantly switches between Chloe’s first person and Cash’s third person, which gave In Another Life a little bit of a bewildering pace as it kept shifting back and forth between tenses and pronouns.

I really liked Chloe and Cash individually, but I don’t think they worked well together as a couple. and I don’t know if that’s just me, but their relationship was borderline, lowkey, incestuous? I’m not about to dive into the spoilers, but if you read this book, you’ll know what I mean. I was also very worried about the legal aspects of this whole ordeal. lawyers weren’t mentioned until the VERY end of the book, when things go a little haywire, but there’s definitely other legal stuff involved in this case aside from the kidnapping?? what about custody?? fraud?? forged papers?? identity theft basically?? I’m probably missing a lot more stuff but I just find it so unrealistic that none of this was dealt with legally speaking, the characters just……. move on. and never speak to their lawyers again, like, I REALLY REALLY REALLY DON’T think it’s that easy.

I feel like this review sounds overall like a very negative one but PLEASE don’t get me wrong, because I DID enjoy In Another Life!!! the concept and premise behind it are fascinating and it definitely had me hooked most of the way through, it’s just that some stuff in here really sticks out like a sore thumb to me, but that’s fine!! it’s still an enjoyable reading experience and I really feel like looking more into the rest C.C. Hunter’s books?? even though her writing style was hard for me to connect with, her books always sound so interesting and engaging and that’s honestly all I want from a story. thanks again to St. Martin’s Press, Wednesday Books and NetGalley for providing a free copy of this book!!

The premise of this book caught my interest immediately. I think 90% of the reason I finished this book was because the storyline was unique and I was interested to see how everything would play out. The positives mostly end there.
I had some pretty huge problems right off the bat, and almost decided to DNF it at 10%. I'm glad I didn't because it did get better, but the end had some similar problems to the beginning. I first want to note that I did get an advanced reading copy which does mean that final corrections haven't been made, but there were SO MANY grammar and spelling mistakes that it distracted me. I'm sure these will be fixed, but there was also no way of telling when the perspectives changed between Chloe and Cash so one second I would be reading in the first person and the next sentence would be in the third person and my brain wouldn't understand what happened.
I felt like the entire book was pretty predictable even though the author had a lot of opportunity to make some plot twists. At only 6% into the book, the narrator started repeating herself, literally saying the exact same thing that she did in a previous chapter. This happened a couple times throughout the book. I also had a hard time liking the main character, Chloe, which was a huge negative for me. Even though I related to her situation with her parents, I felt like she had a terrible attitude and acted like a brat sometimes.
My biggest problem with the writing was mainly in the beginning and end when it became very lazy and was telling instead of showing. The best writers show us what characters are like and how they might act, they don't tell us.
I am thankful for the opportunity to have read this book, but it wasn't my favorite.

What if the life you knew was based on a lie? How can bumping into someone change a life?

Chloe knows that she was adopted when she was three years old. She has had a great life - loving parents, a great home, but all of that is challenged when her parents get divorced and she and her mother move to Joyful, Texas. Angry at her father one day, she storms into a convinced store and runs (literally) into Cash Colton, who instantly believes she is running a con.

Dusting that encounter off, Chloe is rattled when she sees Cash again at her new high school. It's a she notices him, he is eyeing her type of budding relationship. Cash has a story himself - he spent a portion of his life in foster care. His foster parents love and adore him and would like for him to be a permanent member of their family.

Things sound like they should be rosy and fine for this pair of teens, but Chloe is dealing with having with her parents separation, her mother's health, and being a parentified child. Cash is dealing with guilt, feelings of inadequacy and shame over the life he led with his biological father. Another thing nagging Cash is that Chloe looks exactly like his foster parent's kidnapped daughter!

This book is dubbed as a teen thriller. I would say it's YA with a little bit of thrill thrown in. I liked the questions this brought up. What if you learned your whole life was a lie? What if you thought you knew a secret and if you divulged that secret, lives would be changed? How do you cope with loss? Who do you handle grief? How does loss and grief affect not only a person individually but also the family unit as a whole?

I found this book to be a fast read which sucked me into the characters’ lives right away. I quickly cared about the main characters (mainly the teens) and enjoyed their romance. Their reactions, emotions and thoughts felt real for someone in that age range (heck for most age ranges). I liked that there was just enough teen angst, and nothing felt too over the top. Of course, there were times where I thought, would the average teen do this?

This book dealt with various issues such as infertility, self-esteem issues, kidnapping, adoption, foster families, loss, grief, illness, self-blame, accountability, trust, young love to name a few.

I enjoyed this YA book and believe most teens and adults will enjoy this book. Again, I found it to be more YA young love than thriller, but it worked for me. Will the reader guess some things - sure, but that did not hamper my enjoyment of the book. The epilogue was nice and tied things up in a very tidy fashion.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press, C.C. Hunter, and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was a fun, fast paced read that I enjoyed but it was lacking in some areas for me. While the writing and flow were great and the I liked the character development, the mystery/suspense side of things was lacking for me while the romance side was played up a bit more than I was expecting. It was still a good read and I think many people will enjoy it.

This is awful. The writing needs serious work, the plot is unrealistic and overly melodramatic, but most of it, these characters ARE TERRIBLE. In the first 5% of the book, there were four mentions of the main character's breasts, and neither she nor the love interest seem to be capable of going more than a page without referring to how "hot" everyone thinks Chloe is. She's tall and skinny-but-curvy(!) and beautiful with her "great B cup breasts", WE GET IT. Oh my god, I don't remember the last time I cringed this much in such a short span of time.

On top of the general all-consuming obnoxiousness, Chloe is an asshole. I get that life is hard for her, but that gives her no excuse to slut-shame other women's outfit choices or to act like her dad's new girlfriend is the only one worthy of blame (when the woman is evidently barely legal, and her dad is a middle-aged man — might this not be a great time to point out how predatory this has the potential to be, instead of just blaming it all on "that whore bitch" girlfriend?). I just can't do this. This is awful and I will probably never try another book by this author because I literally wanted to throw my kindle across the room a few times over how annoyed I was.

Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I am a fan of this author's Shadow Falls series. Thus the reason that wanted to read this book. I will admit that I have read a few books recently with this same type of concept. Sadly, this book did not work for me. Not, because of the fact that as I mentioned I have already read several books like this but because I personally, did not feel that this book transitioned very well to all reading ages. Yes, the book may be targeted towards young adult readers but most of these books are being read by adults as well; so authors write books with this in mind.

Young adult readers may like this book. What I struggled with is the character connection. I had no problems with the Shadow Falls series. Instantly, I connected with those characters and the stories. In this book, Chloe came off as a bitter teenager. I even excused this behavior for a little while but than it got on my nerves. When it came to Cash, I was unsure whether I liked him or not. I am going to say I am neutral towards him.

The overall pacing of the story moved slowly to the point that I even skipped ahead a couple of times. It did get better in the latter half of the book.

I’m always looking for books that will hook my students. This Heart of Mine by C.C. Hunter was a hit in my class (I enjoyed it as well), so I was excited to read another novel by C.C. Hunter. In Another Life is destined to be a hit as well. Its pacing is perfect and it includes both romance and mystery. The characters are also very connectable, both deal with real life situations: adoption, foster care, and cancer.
Chloe is adopted at the age of three. Her parents love her and give her a wonderful like. Unfortunately divorce hits her parents and leads Chloe and her mother to move to Joyful, Texas. Her mother has cancer and is nearing the end of her treatments. The divorce and cancer has her mother terribly depressed leaving Chloe to fend for herself in many ways and turning her into the adult figure and care taker.
Cash is a foster child and has been in and out of foster homes and has now found a home with the Fullers. The Fullers’ only child was kidnapped years ago. Mrs. Fuller has not given up hope in finding her and has recently been conned by a man pretending to have information about their daughter.
Cash recognizes Chloe immediately. It’s not that he knows her, but he has seen photos of her. Cash has a lot of guilt and feels unworthy because his real father used him in a lot of his own cons. He befriends Chloe right away because he needs to know what she is up to. Only time will tell.
Thanks to Negalley for the opportunity to read and review this novel. I will be adding it to my classroom library.
4/5 stars

I read this thinking what a great movie this would make!

“A new YA thriller about a girl who learns that she may have been kidnapped as a child, and her race to uncover the truth before she becomes a victim. “

Very well written.

I received a copy of this book from St. Martins Press and NetGalley for the blog tour.

It is my first book by C.C. Hunter…Synopsis intrigued me and fortunately, I got the chance to read it. I am recently in the phase where I am loving Mystery YA books and series(Yes I am watching PLL RN).

Chloe Holden’s life is in chaos her parents got divorced, the mother is suffering from cancer and moved along Chloe to another city…Chloe left everything her friends, her bf, her father, her past, her good days behind. Until she met Cash, a weird foster kid in the new school. Did I mention Chloe is adopted? After a short good time, things are again going in more chaos than before. There are certain secrets which can lead to dangerous paths.

I like the story it is different than what I read before, I won’t say it was completely mysterious, It was at certain points which I enjoyed…The writing was average for me, Chloe part is in First Person POV while Cash was and the other was in 3rd person. There wasn’t space while changing the POV so it was confusing and took time to realize oh now I am reading Cash’s or Chloe’s.

The struggle of Mr. and Mrs. Fuller is defined beautifully as well as Cash’s. Lindsay feels like filler…I was expecting more chemistry between Chloe and Cash.

Overall I enjoyed the book.

The first few chapters of this book had one of my eyebrows raised. Chloe had a lot of teenage drama going on and I was worried I wouldn’t be able to handle it for the rest of the book. Boy, was I wrong! The book quickly took a turn for the better. Chloe runs into Cash. The story turned upside down (for the better)! I will say that I predicted a few of the major events (or twists) early on, but it did not stop me from enjoying the read. Cash completely stole my heart. He has gotten himself into so much mess in his life. But, the determination he had to find his foster parents’ lost daughter was emotional and heartbreaking. I kept cheering him on despite decisions he had made previously. The ending wrapped up perfectly. I didn’t feel like I was left with unanswered questions. All in all, what a fun read to finish in one night!

In Another Life by C. C. Hunter, is a fantastic young adult romance/mystery book. Chloe moves back to her home town, Joyful, TX, with her mother, after her parents divorce. Chloe has always known that she was adopted, but when Cash becomes her friend, he opens her up to the ideas about her childhood. Chloe and Cash are determined to get to the truth. This book has everything, fun, love, sadness, and danger. I strongly recommend this book.

I reviewed an arc from Netgalley and St. Martin's Press. Thank you.

I absolutely enjoyed reading this book. I was actually surprised at how much action it had, and how dark it got at certain points. I loved the back and forth points of view of both Chloe and Cash, their obsession with Skittles and caramels, and overall just how cute their relationship was. I thought the family dynamics were very real, even though they were hard to read at points. And the plot was definitely intriguing!

Unfortunately, this didn't quite live up to This Heart of Mine for me. This does deal with the difficult topics of adoption and being a foster child, as well as the death of a parent, a parent with cancer, and child abuse. I just didn't feel as strong of an emotional connection with this one as I did by her previous book. It was still really good, but I think it might have had a little too much going on for me to really connect to it.