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School is out and Lucy is ready for the perfect summer: lazy days at the pool, invitations to the most exclusive parties, and romantic dates with her hot new boyfriend. That is, until she lands in trouble one too many times and her parents issue the ultimate punishment: a summer job. Suddenly, the summer can't end fast enough.
To make matters worse, the job is painting houses with Justin, the most popular, egotistical guy in school. Spending all summer with Justin might be other girls' dreams, but definitely not Lucy's. After all, Justin is cocky, annoying, and a jerk. So what if he's the most beautiful jerk Lucy's ever seen? Or that his grin makes her forget she’s mad at the world? Or that maybe, just maybe, there's more to Justin than Lucy realizes. Only one thing is certain: it won’t be the summer she wanted, but it might be exactly the one she needs
To make matters worse, the job is painting houses with Justin, the most popular, egotistical guy in school. Spending all summer with Justin might be other girls' dreams, but definitely not Lucy's. After all, Justin is cocky, annoying, and a jerk. So what if he's the most beautiful jerk Lucy's ever seen? Or that his grin makes her forget she’s mad at the world? Or that maybe, just maybe, there's more to Justin than Lucy realizes. Only one thing is certain: it won’t be the summer she wanted, but it might be exactly the one she needs
My thoughts?
I really liked this one. Again, I pretty much only write about the ones I really like lol. A few things set things set this book apart from a lot of other books with characters this age. First there was angst but it wasn't stupid, irrational, angst for the sake of angst. That type of angst really really annoys me. The angst in this book was the completely rational kind that often arises in teenage years when you feel completely grown up and want to make all of your own decisions but your parents are still your parents, and still want to, well- Parent. I feel like the author completely portrayed the frustrations and realisations that occur in times like that. It was refreshing.
I again loved that the heroine worked through things by herself, no fixing by the hero that is so popular in a lot of writing these days. She figured things out for herself. She started making conscious decisions to do and be better. And was able to overcome a lot of her insecurities and feelings of worthlessness.
Sexual Content: Some kissing, a few references to sex in conversations, an attempted sexual assault that doesn't go that far.
This one gets 4 stars from me
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