My Life Next Door
A gorgeous debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs her terrace and changes everything. As the two fall fiercely in love, Jase's family makes Samantha one of their own. Then in an instant, the bottom drops out of her world and she is suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself? A dreamy summer read, full of characters who stay with you long after the story is over. "A summer romance with depth." --The Boston Sunday Globe "Fitzpatrick's excellent first novel movingly captures the intensity of first love." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "An almost perfect summer romance." --Kirkus Reviews "On par with authors such as Sarah Dessen and Deb Caletti." --SLJ
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The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs her terrace and changes everything. As the two fall fiercely in love, Jase's family makes Samantha one of their own. Then in an instant, the bottom drops out of her world and she is suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?
A dreamy summer read, full of characters who stay with you long after the story is over.
“Maybe if I can just sleep for a hundred years, I'll wake up in a better story.”
I haven't read a good YA contemporary in a long time. Sarah Dessen was always my go to for books like that. So when I decided to pick this one up, I looked forward to the same feeling Sarah's books gave me. Now, have never read a Fitzpatrick book before, so I didn't know her writing style going in, but the cover and synopsis practically shouted "read me, I'm a contemporary you'll love."
And that I did.
Samantha is a teenager with regular problems, but her mom is running for mayor, her sister is always away, and the Garretts are causing some major curiosity. Samantha has done everything her mom has told her to do without complaint, but her summer is about to change because of the Garretts. Knowing she shouldn't, her curiosity gets the best of her and she's quickly surrounded by the Garretts and all their woes/happy moments. Samantha is wise but goes against her mothers hatred for the Garretts and spends more time with them, finding them the polar opposite of her family, and she finds this exciting and new. I see Samantha as this girl who wants more of a family and to know what love really feels like, so when she starts to feel it, she becomes uneasy and hesitant.
“The Garretts were my bedtime story, long before I ever thought I’d be part of the story myself.”
Until Jase....
Want to finish this review? Check it out here: http://abibliomaniacs.blogspot.com/2016/07/review-my-life-next-door-huntley_20.html
A dreamy summer read, full of characters who stay with you long after the story is over.
“Maybe if I can just sleep for a hundred years, I'll wake up in a better story.”
I haven't read a good YA contemporary in a long time. Sarah Dessen was always my go to for books like that. So when I decided to pick this one up, I looked forward to the same feeling Sarah's books gave me. Now, have never read a Fitzpatrick book before, so I didn't know her writing style going in, but the cover and synopsis practically shouted "read me, I'm a contemporary you'll love."
And that I did.
Samantha is a teenager with regular problems, but her mom is running for mayor, her sister is always away, and the Garretts are causing some major curiosity. Samantha has done everything her mom has told her to do without complaint, but her summer is about to change because of the Garretts. Knowing she shouldn't, her curiosity gets the best of her and she's quickly surrounded by the Garretts and all their woes/happy moments. Samantha is wise but goes against her mothers hatred for the Garretts and spends more time with them, finding them the polar opposite of her family, and she finds this exciting and new. I see Samantha as this girl who wants more of a family and to know what love really feels like, so when she starts to feel it, she becomes uneasy and hesitant.
“The Garretts were my bedtime story, long before I ever thought I’d be part of the story myself.”
Until Jase....
Want to finish this review? Check it out here: http://abibliomaniacs.blogspot.com/2016/07/review-my-life-next-door-huntley_20.html
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