Book Blurb
Sunbathing, surfing, eating funnel cake on the boardwalk—Lucy loves living on the Jersey Shore. For her, it's not just the perfect summer escape, it is home. And as a local girl, she knows not to get attached to the tourists. They breeze in over Memorial Day weekend, crowding the shore and stealing moonlit kisses, only to pack up their beach umbrellas and empty promises on Labor Day. Lucy wants more from love than a fleeting romance, even if that means keeping her distance from her summertime neighbor and crush, Connor.
Then Superstorm Sandy tears apart her barrier island, briefly bringing together a local girl like herself and a vacationer like Connor. Except nothing is the same in the wake of the storm. And day after day, week after week, Lucy is left to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and broken home. Now with Memorial Day approaching and Connor returning, will it be a summer of fresh starts or second chances?
Then Superstorm Sandy tears apart her barrier island, briefly bringing together a local girl like herself and a vacationer like Connor. Except nothing is the same in the wake of the storm. And day after day, week after week, Lucy is left to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and broken home. Now with Memorial Day approaching and Connor returning, will it be a summer of fresh starts or second chances?
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Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala
Lucia lives in New Jersey at the beach. She is used to tourists showing up for the summer. Her next door neighbor, Connor, is such a person. He and his family come every year to the beach. Lucy has known him for a long time but he is a player. He always has a different girl with him.
Last summer things started to change between them. They started hanging out more. The day Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey something happened between Lucy and Connor. Connor promised to call but he never did after he went home. Lucy’s heart is broken. She spends the rest of the year missing him. When January rolls around she decides to give her best friend, Andrew, a chance at her heart.
Everything is going well until one morning she wakes up to find Connor next door. He is the first thing she sees when she looks out her window. All her feelings she thought she got rid of come flooding back. She is confused and doesn’t want to get hurt. Even as she tries to protect herself, her life as she knows it crumbles around her. She finds herself alone. It takes a stranger she meets one day at the beach to get her back on track where she goes after what she really wants.
This book was great to help readers understand the devastation left behind by Hurricane Sandy on a personal level. The author showed how the aftermath of the storm changed people’s lives in numerous ways. Lucy seemed to be reeling from the results. Her home had to be fixed and they were waiting to fix their cottage. Money is tight as a result.
She is also struggling with her relationships, especially the one with her brother. They both hold their feelings in and the author makes each of them shut the other out before something forces them to realize how they really feel.
I like the conflicts that Lucy had to face especially her feelings for Connor and Andrew. She was mature to realize what wouldn’t work and what would. I also liked that she took a chance and followed her heart.
This was a great book. I liked the characters and the setting. The hurricane gave it an extra element. I absolutely loved the ending. I give it a 4 out of 5.
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