Summer in the City

Summer in the City by Elizabeth Chandler

Summary:

Jamie has graduated from high school and has a basketball scholarship to college. She is looking forward to spending the summer with her Dad at the cabin; that is until he decides his new girlfriend should come too. So Jamie bails on her Dad and decides to spend the summer in the city with her Mom. Too bad Mom forgot to mention that she has a live-in boyfriend. Very uncomfortable for Jamie. Uncomfortable is the word for Jamie for this summer. Uncomfortable that her Dad enrolled her in a lacrosse class with girls many years younger than her. Uncomfortable that she ends up with a college guy for her coach that she is attracted too. Uncomfortable that the guy next door (a poet) is really into her and Jamie not so much. Jamie goes from trying to endure one thing to another. Will she ever get to go out this the guy she actually likes? Will he even speak to her? Will she get a summer job? Can she survive a summer job? Will she find the summer romance she was hoping for?

My thoughts:

Elizabeth Chandler does a good job of misdirecting the reader into not seeing the clues she has left behind. I like that in a book. I want some surprises. I don't want to figure everything out on my own. I really like the characters. They seem real. Josh, the coach, is a great puzzle that finally was a great picture at the end. Andrew is a piece of work. He has all the right moves for any girl; unfortunately he doesn't listen very well. I loved the teacher, the big M. She was perfect. The romance in the book was hot. I loved the kissing scene in the gym, it made the book!

If you like a fun easy read that draws you in and keeps you there, then you will like this book.

Enjoy the read! Summary:

Jamie has graduated from high school and has a basketball scholarship to college. She is looking forward to spending the summer with her Dad at the cabin; that is until he decides his new girlfriend should come too. So Jamie bails on her Dad and decides to spend the summer in the city with her Mom. Too bad Mom forgot to mention that she has a live-in boyfriend. Very uncomfortable for Jamie. Uncomfortable is the word for Jamie for this summer. Uncomfortable that her Dad enrolled her in a lacrosse class with girls many years younger than her. Uncomfortable that she ends up with a college guy for her coach that she is attracted too. Uncomfortable that the guy next door (a poet) is really into her and Jamie not so much. Jamie goes from trying to endure one thing to another. Will she ever get to go out this the guy she actually likes? Will he even speak to her? Will she get a summer job? Can she survive a summer job? Will she find the summer romance she was hoping for?

My thoughts:

Elizabeth Chandler does a good job of misdirecting the reader into not seeing the clues she has left behind. I like that in a book. I want some surprises. I don't want to figure everything out on my own. I really like the characters. They seem real. Josh, the coach, is a great puzzle that finally was a great picture at the end. Andrew is a piece of work. He has all the right moves for any girl; unfortunately he doesn't listen very well. I loved the teacher, the big M. She was perfect. The romance in the book was hot. I loved the kissing scene in the gym, it made the book!

If you like a fun easy read that draws you in and keeps you there, then you will like this book.

Enjoy the read!