You, Maybe By Rachel Vail

You, Maybe
Author: Rachel Vail

This book is fiction

What made me initially interested in the book was the cover than I read the blurb on the back and I was hooked in a minute. A bunch of questions running through my head. Who is Josie going to chose? Carson or Michael? Why does Josie say “love is a brat”? Another reason way is because I felt like I could relate and connect to the girl because she is a sophomore in high school just like me and she sounds like she is going through the same problem I am.

You, maybe is about a girl named Josie who is stuck between Michael her best friend with benefits or Carson the hottest senior guy. Josie is a sophomore, she is independent and sassy, she flirts with many guys like kissing them but it never means anything to her. The book goes into detail of how Carson tries to get Josie to be his girlfriend. Between her arriving at his house in her clown costume, Carson tells her to check her pocket and she pulls her hand out bleeding, taking her to the movies and singing to her. Or does Josie choose Michael who admits to her that he loves her, that he has been in love with her since kindergarten, how he wants to grow up with her, get old together, how he wants to loose there virginity together. Among all the guy drama Josie doesn’t have time for Zandra and Tru her two best friends. Josie ditched Michael on his 16th birthday to be with her boyfriend Carson, Michael got really mad. When Josie went to Carson’s house they got in a big fight over Carson thinking that Josie didn’t love him. So Josie did a big move and left one of her grandmother’s earrings that she hasn’t taken off in years for Carson to show that she loves him. But, than at the mountains Carson told Josie that he didn’t love her. The next day Michael shows up at the mountains because Josie’s mom was in a car wreck and wants to see her. But Josie doesn’t want to leave in fear of loosing Carson. At the end he ends up giving the earring back. Josie is mad and hits him with a wiffle bat and says “well this time you don’t get what you want.” When she hit him he said “that hurt you really hurt me.” And Josie says “right back at you bye-bye Carson”


The significance of the title is that Josie’s mom was in a car wreck and Josie and Carson are in a fight and he says “go, the guy (Michael) drove up in a blizzard to get you, and your mother is in the hospital. What’s wrong with you?” and Josie says “you, maybe”

If I could ask Rachel Vail any three questions they would be
1. Why did you make Josie a sophomore and Carson a senior?
*I don’t understand why she made them so far apart in age
2. Is the story based off personal experience or is it just a made up?
*This story can relate to many teenage girls and I would want to know if she could relate to all of us too.
3. Why did Josie pick who she did?
*I want to know if there was something significance about the person that she chose.

Book blog by: Chyann Wunderlich