FORM: e-Book, Netgalley
SYNOPSIS (from Goodreads): Sophomore year broke Clementine Williams’ heart. She fell for her best friend’s boyfriend and long story short: he’s excused, but Clem is vilified and she heads into summer with zero social life. Enter her parents’ plan to spend the summer on their sailboat. Normally the idea of being stuck on a tiny boat with her parents and little sister would make Clem break out in hives, but floating away sounds pretty good right now. Then she meets James at one of their first stops along the river. He and his dad are sailing for the summer and he’s just the distraction Clem needs. Can he break down Clem’s walls and heal her broken heart? Told in alternating chapters that chronicle the year that broke Clem’s heart and the summer that healed it, Unbreak My Heart is a wonderful dual love story that fans of Sarah Dessen, Deb Caletti, and Susane Colasanti will flock to.
REVIEW: Unbreak My Heart is the perfect summer read! I am a great lover of books that involve "road trips" of sort; trips that help the main character find meaning and purpose. It also seems that all road trip (in this instance it's a boat trip) books include lots of iPod/playlist references...another favorite topic of mine! So for the summer days coming ahead, the days of sitting in the sun at the pool, this book is one you want to add to your list!
I enjoyed Clementine, she was a perfect mix of brooding teenager, and genuinely good kid! I think what I enjoyed most is that I remember having emotions exactly like Clementine. I never did anything like coming close to "cheating" with my best friend's boyfriend or anything like that, but I do remember actually wanting to be in a bad, lonely mood - simply because I felt like it was what I deserved. I also loved her little sister, Olive! She was fun and perfectly persistent. Between her, and James (the beau of the book) the two of them manage to pull Clementine back into a better frame of mind, and help her to realize that while she made mistakes, she does not deserve to be miserable.
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