Rating: 4/5 | Source: NetGalley ARC Release Date: May 5 2015 As a local girl, Lucy knows not to get attached to the Jersey Shore tourists. They breeze in during Memorial Day weekend, crowding her costal town and stealing moonlit kisses, only to pack up their beach umbrellas and empty promises on Labor Day. Lucy wants more from love than a fleeting romance, even if that means keeping her distance from her summertime neighbour and crush, Connor. Then Superstorm Sandy sweeps up the coast, bringing Lucy and Connor together for a few intense hours. Except nothing is the same in the wake of the storm, and Lucy is left to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and her broken home. Time may heal all wounds, but with Memorial Day approaching and Connor returning, will it be a summer of fresh starts or second chances? |
This one took me a while to get through. Mostly because I was reading so many other books at the same time, but also because I wanted to savour it. This book was... nostalgic, to say the least, having lived all my life near the beach, much as Lucy did. So there were so many moments where I could just float into the pages and feel what she did (even if I was never as much into marine biology as she is). The author just invited me back into that world I'm so familiar with- even when I was sitting in the back seat of a car miles away.
The story itself was wonderful. I felt so much for Lucy, Connor, Andrew, and even Liam (when I didn't want to smack him in the head). It was a great reminder of what it felt like to be young, and trying to make everyone around you happy. But I was cheering when Lucy finally stopped thinking about everyone else, and started focusing on what she wanted. What she needed. And from that point on there was no stopping her; or stopping me from giving this book all four stars it deserves.
The story itself was wonderful. I felt so much for Lucy, Connor, Andrew, and even Liam (when I didn't want to smack him in the head). It was a great reminder of what it felt like to be young, and trying to make everyone around you happy. But I was cheering when Lucy finally stopped thinking about everyone else, and started focusing on what she wanted. What she needed. And from that point on there was no stopping her; or stopping me from giving this book all four stars it deserves.