I'm pretty sure she didn't have one real conversation with any guy before jumping into bed/front seats with them. I wanted her to realise that guys weren't the problem, she was. I was just waiting for Gwen to have an epiphany. I didn't connect to her and I was so upset by that. She never seemed to learn from her mistakes, at least for the longest time. I just think that I couldn't get behind her, especially when she made the same stupid decisions each time and was such an impulsive person. Some of them made me shake my head and want to shout at her. But I didn't really agree with many of her decisions.

She wasn't the virgin girl who's never done anything wrong. I thought she was a realistic female lead for a contemporary romance. But honestly, keep it in your pants woman!Īt the very beginning, I actually really liked Gwen as a character. This led me to one important question: why keep making the same mistake over and over and over and over and over again? Learn from it! I started feeling like a horribly judgemental person. The flashbacks mainly taught me that Gwen slept with almost everybody and regretted each and every time. But for the longest time you don't really understand what went on there. Gwen talks about her past summer a lot and all the mistakes she made, the biggest being Cassidy Somer's. I felt like I had started it half way through, like I'd arrived late to the party and had no clue what was happening. This book is set out in a way that had me feeling disconnected from the story. Sadly, I really didn't and most of the time I was left feeling a little lost. I was so excited to see what she came up with next and I was certain I would absolutely love it.

So you can obviously understand why I couldn't wait to get my hands on Huntley Fitzpatrick's next book. I read My Life Next Door last year and it instantly became one of my favourite books.

I was looking forward to this book so much and I am beyond. I'm actually finding it hard to think of words to describe the disappointment that I feel right now. Sparks fly and secret histories unspool as Gwen spends a gorgeous, restless summer struggling to resolve what she thought was true-about the place she lives, the people she loves, and even herself-with what really is.(Goodreads summary.) Gwen worries a life of cleaning houses will be her fate too, but just when it looks like she'll never escape her past-or the island-Gwen's dad gives her some shocking advice. He's a rich kid from across the bridge in Stony Bay, and she hails from a family of fishermen and housecleaners who keep the island's summer people happy. Gwen Castle's Biggest Mistake Ever, Cassidy Somers, is slumming it as a yard boy on her Nantucket-esque island this summer.

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