THE PERFECT SUMMER READ TO GET YOU TO THE BEACH
3.7/5.0 stars
I do not feel like putting 3 stars in this book. It is way down. But I do not feel like it reaches the 4 star rate either. But it's a YES for recommendation!
PLOT
I loved the plot. It was fresh, (not so) light, enjoyable and cute.
I have a thing for men being in love and acting behind the scenes with respect and admiration for their interests. It shows maturity. A high-value man. There is something about men being in love with someone long before they reveal it that gives me chills.
It feels like that is one of the deepest, purest, mature ways of affection, but I can never find the ways to describe completely why I love it so much
WRITING
Just because I loved the plot, I was disappointed by the narration. Way to many unecessary small talks, zero talks between Sam and Jack that could give us a deeper context about their relationship and his character, and the conversations between the main couple were few, brief and shallow.
I enjoyed the scenes from the past. But as for the present, I needed a bit more with the MC. Everything was very flat and non-existent. I got to understand Sam's character but I needed more interaction with Wyatt. Fights, conversations. Something...
After the middle of the book I started getting kind of tired for a while. Why would I want to read about small details that do not give anything to the main plot and not read more detailed discriptions about their reactions, feelings, discusions and interactions?
SAM
I liked how I got to see Sam's psyche and how it evolved. The way she was building a life-fortress for herself. A very well organised plan of life in which there were no excitments, no big feelings, and so, no heartbreaks. But somewhere along the way she realised that in the process of building such a life she was burying a part of her self.
WYATT
I needed MORE
Reading young Wyatt's POV was enjoyable. I love when I can get to see the MC's POV's and how they handle their emotions.
And that is why I got disappointed when I could not get that with the older version of him
I needed to see a POV from Wyatt.
I needed to know his psyche.
His way of handling things all these years.
