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@yabooknerdlibrarian Summer loving, travel, and adventure! #loveandgelato #summerlovin #summerromance #YAromance #booktok #YAbooks #YAbooknerd #bookstomovies #ifyoulike ♬ FEEL THE GROOVE - Queens Road, Fabian Graetz
Liv's world changed forever when her father left their family when she was eight. Liv never understood how he could leave without looking back. Years later, she's spent her time trying to fit in. She doesn't want anyone to leave her again.Out of the blue, her father invites her to Greece during the summer. Her mother forces her to go. Her father's making a documentary for his search for the lost city of Atlantis. Liv remember all the times they talked about finding the city together.Now they possibility is before them. But Liv isn't ready to go backwards in time. Can she and her father heal the past in order to move forward together?
Sidney and Asher and their families have been vacationing together for years. The first summer was magical. But after that, the prank war started. Now the two of them can't rest easy around each other.My Thoughts: I love that Sidney and Asher spent every summer pranking each other - but I also love how they started a truce and became friends. Also that Sidney can hold a grudge (something I appreciate). Of course the pranks were fun to read about. And I also enjoy a good enemies to lovers story. I also loved that the two main characters were going to college in the fall and were both on the swim team - and spent the summer training together. I loved the party spent playing games. A very fun summer romance that is on the YA/New Adult line.
But when the pranks threaten to ruin their summer, it might be time for a truce.
Can Sidney and Asher go back to being friends? Could there be feelings between the two of them? Old habits are hard to dismiss, but the growing attraction between the two of them can't be ignored...
Grayson, Mike, and Ian are hoping for one last epic summer on the island before everything changes. But in reality, everything's already changed.My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this book. I love that it's about older teen boys who just graduated high school. It reminded of books from a few years back, which I miss. I like how everything is from the guys perspective even though each of the boys has a summer romance. I love the island setting. I love how the boys are different (race and social class). I love how they try to talk with each other without really saying too much - until it all came out. I love the fantasy show they all talk about - how very Game of Thrones.
Grayson's mom left his family. As a reaction, he drove off angry and got into a car accident that messed up his shoulder. He's lying to everyone about how badly it still hurts, realizing that in the fall, he probably won't be playing college football.
Mike's girlfriend breaks up with him. She does this often, but this time it might be for good. With his father out of work, Mike steps up to help out the family. Floundering he's not sure what's going to happen to him.
Ian's father never came home from his latest deployment. For him the summer is only a reminder of what he lost. Can he find a way to overcome his grief?
Final Thoughts: I Love Jessica Brody - a fantastic summer read filled with tension, friendship drama, family drama, grief, wrong impressions, and romance. Check it out!
Clem thought her summer would be boring. She was wrong.My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this book. I liked the timeline - flashing between the previous school year and the summer. I liked waiting to uncover the horrors of the year. I really liked Clem's sister Olive. She was so observant and wise beyond her years. I liked how she tried to break Clem out of her shell. I liked the talk of music, Clementine's friends, and that she read so many books. I loved the main issue with the year before and what Clem's heartache was really about. I really liked the ending. A fantastic summer book!
She thought she would miss her life - most of all her friends. She was wrong.
She's happy to be getting away from everything - all the drama, all the judgement, and all the accusations.
She's not getting away from the sadness or the heartbreak because her best friend and her broke up. Clem's been trying to write to Amanda to share her side of the story, but she can't find the right words.
She spends her days hanging with her family, moping, reading, and trying to forget.
Clem meets people along the same boating route. There's one boy her age and they've started hanging out. She wants to tell him the truth, but she's terrified what he will think of her. But as the summer progresses and the more time they spend together, she begins to find a glimpse of her old self. Does she owe him the truth?
