by Laura Nowlin
Reviewed by Valerie Palmer
I read this book because
I have seen it so many times in some book related groups, I am a part of, and
people kept saying how "gut-wrenching" it was for them. So, I have
determined long ago I must be a heart-less woman because I have only cried
reading one book total. Every time I see books claiming to "pull on your
heart strings," I am convinced I need to read it. Why I have started
challenging myself in this way I have no idea. Ha! Having three children under
five, and working full-time, I devoured this book in FOUR days.
Summary
This book is about a boy
and a girl who used to be inseparable. Their parents were the best of friends,
so they grew up playing together. Autumn and Finn were also neighbors and were
basically family. But something changed and now they tried their best to ignore
each other.
Autumn has her small
group of friends and her boyfriend, Jamie and avoids Finn as much as possible.
Finn becomes the popular guy at school that everyone wants to be around. As
hard as she tries to stop having feelings for Finn, they cross paths again and
she wonders if things could have been different and maybe they should be
together.
Towards the end of
summer, things will change forever. As time passes in the book, Autumn is
forced to think about how her life could be different if she and Finn never
parted ways in the first place.
What I Liked
I like how this book depicted the life of
typical high schoolers. Of course, it had the cliques, the popular kids, prom,
cafeteria table nonsense and teenage relationships. It was an easy-read and a
sweet romance. I loved how this book made me shed actual tears which signifies
to me it’s a good book.
What I Didn't Like
I did NOT like how this
book ended. I am not going to say the reason as to why because I try my hardest
to NOT include SPOILERS in my reviews! I will say I was not wowed by the
content of this book at first.
Rating⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
This book received 4.5 stars from me on
Goodreads. This book was a solid 4 ranking throughout the read until about the
last quarter of the novel. However, it got bumped to a 4.5 because of the
emotional havoc it created for me. I sat with my eyes glued to the pages and I
actually CRIED over the ending. People recommending this book and saying it
wrecked them, I can agree with that statement. I had a book hangover for a few
days and kept thinking about it randomly and how I wanted it to end.
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