Begin Your Journey With Summer Confessions Invented By Lynn Vroman Accessible As Digital Format

book that you will not be able to put down once you start! Fast paced and well written! Loveable characters and easy to escape into their lives.
Emotional roller coaster ride as you're reading, Loved every minute of this book!


Received for an honest review A pretty good story but there where a couple things I didn't like about it also, I was given a copy of this book for review and will cover the good and bad in the spoilers.
They will spoil the book if you have not read it,

first the good, I love the characters and their relationships with each other, especially the relationship between the main character with her mother and grandfather.
Character development was not lacking at all, I also very much liked the story being told but and now for the bad I had a few problems with how it was told.
To start with was why Rachel wouldn't tell her what was going on with her brother or about the tattoo, she keeps trying to convince her that he is really bad and more obsessed with her than she knows but doesn't want to tell her why.
It made it seem like maybe he did something that would get him in trouble and even though she wanted to tell still loved her brother and didn't want to snitch on him or something but then it ended up just being a tattoo and telling her wouldn't have done anything except convince her of how obsessed he was, like she was trying to do all along.
I feel it was written this way to build suspense but didn't make sense when it was finally revealed, The second problem I have and this is the biggest reason I knocked it down to three because it is my number one biggest pet peeve in fiction is that no one told the cops when they should have.
He tried to murder his sister and then threatened her and she don't tell anyone except her best friend who also says I can't tell because I don't want him to know I know.
Even his sister who he ran over and nearly killed says "I don't want to tell the cops because they won't believe me anyway" why the hell wouldn't they believe her he had a history of being unstable and even being sent to a psychiatric hospital in the past.
all in all, it was a decent book and worth reading, From the cover, this book just looks like one of your average lighthearted and fluffy teen novels, the type where it's summer romances and friendships, Inside this book though, it tells a different story and one that I definitely did not see coming my way, The novel starts with introducing readers to Macy Diaz and her family which consists of her mother and grandad, We read as Macy heads out with her group of friends which include Ana her best friend , Jeb the guy who has had a crush on Macy for years and Rachel Jeb's younger sister and that's when we get the first twist that this wasn't just a lighthearted teen fluffy tale as Macy turns out to be a lesbian and that it's not Jeb she has feelings for but his sister Rachel and of course since Rachel goes anywhere with Jeb, Macy puts up with Jeb and his advances and suggestions in order to spend more time around Rachel.
During the novel , about halfway Rachel starts to reciprocate Macy's feelings and the two start a secret lesbian romance, Then near the end of the novel, tragedy strikes as Rachel is run off the road and lands in hospital, Rachel's family blames Macy as they were texting when the accident happened and in retailiation they fire Macy's mother which leaves Macy's family wondering how they will survive.
Then comes the massive twist at the ending in which we discover who "really" caused the accident and why I shall leave the review with this as I don't want to ruin the momentual conclusion of Summer Confessions.




sitelinkSummer Confessions is a wonderful story, It has all the makings of a great movie, It takes a look at the stereotypes and prejudices associated with same sex relationships, and it addresses the issue of mental illness, It is filled with drama and suspense, and I think it could be classified as a thriller,

This story has a special appeal to me, because it takes place in the Great Smokey Mountains of Tennessee, As a native of the area, it was nice to be able to read a book with its setting there,

Macy and Rachel face not only discrimination from their neighbors as they discover their feelings for one another, but they end up fighting for their very lives.
Rachel's creepy, psychotic brother Jeb thinks he is in love with Macy, and he is willing to do anything to keep her all to himself,

The characters were great, Macy is spunky and determined, Rachel is timid and sweet, Ana, Macy's best friend, is sassy and fun, However, Macy's Papaw is my favorite, He isn't afraid of a little gossip, and he offers Macy his unconditional love and devotion,

If you are looking for a teen romance that offers more than romance, this is the book, It will definitely keep you on edge, I couldn't put it down, Great read!
Young Adult Contemporary

Macy Diaz has managed childhood friend Jeb Porters crush for years, However, his infatuation turns to obsession, even putting a kid in the hospital just for hitting on her, In the past, Macy brushed it off, explained his bizarre acts away, But now she harbors a secret, Shes in lovewith Jebs sister, Rachel,

By some miracle, Rachel loves Macy back, and despite the small minds polluting their sleepy southern town, theyre sticking together, Unfortunately, making sure Jeb never grows suspicious proves harder every dayuntil everything falls apart,

As a sick, unstable Jeb starts to threaten all Macy values, she is reminded of what has always been perfectly clear, Macy belongs to him, only him, and he wont let her go, Ever.

If only Macy couldve loved Jeb, she wouldnt have to worry about surviving him now, To be completely honest with you guys, Im not the kind of reader that can stumble across a book with an unfortunate cover and just know without a shadow of a doubt that the book is a diamond in the rough waiting to be discovered.
In fact, when I signed up for the book blitz for Summer Confessions, I didnt bother to sign up for the review slot because I knew I wouldnt be interested in reading it.
I found out how wrong I was when I was finally given my excerpts and giveaway info for the book blast, Suddenly I just had to read it and hurried to email the author to plead a review copy from her,

Summer Confessions turned out to be a wickedly addictive adventure of two girls caught between a rock and a hard place when they learn just how difficult it is to keep a secret in a small, southern town with a pair of notsomentallystable eyes obsessively glued to Macy.

I hear its contagious, You know, the gay It rubs right off when someone touches the skin of an infected person,
When I was younger and terrified of scary movies, I would watch them through the cracks of my fingers, I had moments where I wished it was possible to do so while reading Summer Confessions, People are notorious for ignoring a problem until it becomes too big to tuck out of site, and it was difficult to watch Macy do that very thing in her love for Jebs sister, Rachel.
It was difficult not to shout at my NOOK when I just knew she was being an idiot, not realizing how dangerous Jeb had become in his obsession with her.
Macy could be an infuriating main character, but what really sold me was her close relationship with her grandfather, I have a similar one with mine and honestly wouldnt know what I would do without him,
I dont know if you realize this, but Ive nevereverloved another human being the way I loved you,
Summer Confessions was a weird mixture of adorable and suspense, Even though I found a lot of the plot predictable, I fell in love with the main characters and Ana love me some badass best friend advice.
Maybe this wasnt the most surprising plot line and the writing wasnt as beautiful or poetic in comparison to a lot of popular authors saturating the young adult market these days, but Summer Confessions was utterly riveting.
I can see myself rereading this over and over, I give Vroman props for stepping out of the heterosexual YA romance novel, Shes definitely earned a new fan in this curvy reader,


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