Main Character: Anna
Love Interest: Will
Series: None
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Anna is dreading another tourist-filled summer on Dune Island that follows the same routine: beach, ice cream, friends, repeat. That is, until she locks eyes with Will, the gorgeous and sweet guy visiting from New York. Soon, her summer is filled with flirtatious fun as Anna falls head over heels in love.But with every perfect afternoon, sweet kiss, and walk on the beach, Anna can’t ignore that the days are quickly growing shorter, and Will has to leave at the end of August. Anna’s never felt anything like this before, but when forever isn’t even a possibility, one summer doesn’t feel worth the promise of her heart breaking….
It’s summer time on Dune Island and Anna has got ants in her pants. She’s restless and not quite sure why she feels the way she does. She loves the island but she’s also longing for adventure, somewhere in the big city. Her two best friends Sam and Caroline have gotten together and are officially a couple which kind of weirds her out because she’s not used to seeing them all lovey dovey with each other and try as she might, she can’t stop feeling left out of whatever they’ve got going on.
So what do you do to cure yourself of all of the weirdness going on with your friends? You get yourself a boyfriend, duh!
Anna meets Will one night on the beach and it’s almost cute the way that they stare at each other. Will is a shoobie, a summer tourist and he’s like to do all of the touristy things around town which is something that Anna and her townie friends frown upon. But Anna can’t help it, she doesn’t care what she does as long as it’s with Will.
Watching Anna and Will’s relationship blossom was such a treat. They were too cute and I loved that the way their romance was so normal. It’s the kind of romance that you’d likely hear from someone you met in real life. Dalton did a great job of showing the reader that even normal people can have great romances. This book was about summer romances and even though they’re short and passionate, they’re still real and memorable.
The worries Anna had about the end of the summer were all so real and the author did a wonderful job of making me sympathize with Anna instead of wanting to beat her for ruining a perfect summer romance. She was upfront with what worried her and she had those normal teenage worries that made me sigh and think back on my past summer romances.
Will was a great love interest. I thought he was adorable and the way that he loved Anna was too freaking cute. He wasn’t this perfect boy who had all the answers and was the popular boy on the beach, he was just Will and I adored him.
This is the perfect summer read. It’s got a cute romance, characters that will have you smiling all through out the book and it’s a fast read. There wasn’t any time for it to lag so all around, it was a great story! I enjoyed it a lot. Read this book if you’re in the mood for something light and summery with cute boys in it. This one fits that bill!
..and that’s your scoop!
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I also thought it was a nice summer read, but it didn’t hold my attention long enough for me to finish it. I guess I wasn’t in the mood all that much 😛
Anyway, thanks for the review, I might give it another go sometime,
Oh I really want this!! I’ve got it on my watch list and hopefully will pick it up when the price goes down a bit.
@Alex: I thought this book was too cute. I find that I’m always in the mood for the light and fluffy summer reads. Whether they’re romances or YA’s- it doesn’t seem to matter for me. =) Hope you enjoy it as much as I did when you pick it up again.
@Dev: It was cute! I hope you like it sweets!