Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

This is the teachers and friends book club selection for May.  We are behind in meeting due to an injury and a family member's passing.  Our meeting is next week for this and our previous book The Weekend Retreat. 

This romantic comedy was chosen by Mrs. Tirollo over at Mackrille.

Eye roll, eye roll, eye roll with vomit, eye roll. Yeah, this was NOT my cup of tea.  Far-fetched, contrived, wishy-washy, bad childhood/crazy parent, cringe romance scene, set up for a trilogy.  Now, if you like rom-coms, especially ones that can be read in one beach day, then cool.  But blah for me.  

Emma and Justin are both seemingly cursed--the person they break up with finds their soulmate in the next person he or she dates.  They meet via Reddit DM and Emma drops everything to move to Minnesota to meet him.  Emma's mother is bonkers, her foster sister Maddy and her family are grounding, Justin is about to assume custody of his 3 younger siblings when his mother goes to prison for money laundering.  Way too convoluted and unbelievable.  Maybe for you, but for me?  Sorry, not sorry to dislike. 

However, that's kinda one point of a book club: be forced to read things you yourself probably wouldn't pick up, let alone finish.  Will I be reading books 2 and 3 in the series? No. 

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