Call It What You Want

By: Alissa DeRogatis

Narrated by: Ada Sinclair, Michael Gallagher

A situationship, a heartbreak, a mistake—you can call it what you want. But was it love?

It's 2016, and Sloane Hart's senior year of college is bound to be the best one yet. Her nights consist of drinking cheap vodka and singing along to The Chainsmokers with her friends, and her days are spent writing as she prepares for the post-grad life in New York City she's always dreamed of.

The last thing she needs is for a guy to get in the way of her goals. With graduation so close, she just needs to focus on landing a job and enjoying this last year with her best friends all under one roof. But that plan becomes a little more complicated when her upstairs neighbor, Ethan Brady, enters the picture.

Ethan's pull is undeniable. He's tall, mysterious, and handsome as hell, and when Sloane is with him, the entire world slows to a halt. But Ethan's guarded past is too hurtful for him to face, and if letting Sloane in means that the walls he's built around his heart would come crumbling down, he may not be willing to let that happen.

As their chemistry and connection intensify, Sloane finds herself falling deeper and deeper, but will Ethan ever be ready to catch her?

Nostalgic, heartfelt, and profoundly cathartic, Call It What You Want is an ode to almost-love stories—the kinds with no labels, no promises, and the potential to turn your entire world upside down.

©2024 Alissa DeRogatis (P)2024 Podium Audio

such a relatable story

I loved this book!! I'm sad it got so many low stars on goodreads. I thought the story was very relatable to what a women goes through when they're involved in a toxic relationship. I could not stop reading and very much enjoyed the book.

Great story!

I loved/hated that it was not a happy ending but as a mom of a young girl I watched this several times with my daughter before she saw the light!

That she was so blind to see Ethan was not for her after so long.

How long it took sloane to realize ethan was not her person is was mad me upset at times.

The realization and pain that the words bring back

This is perfect for someone many years past a toxic relationship like Ethan and Sloan it hurts but it is amazing listening to the beginning of the story and picking apart the red flags that I had once fallen for.

It’s honest.

It shows how toxic a situationship can get. But there’s no growth. Sloan was desperate for a guy who told her and showed her multiple times that he doesn’t want her. It’s sad. But real. I was hoping for more.