As you’re turning pages, you sort of start to wonder how far McCafferty is going to take this heavenly nostalgia trip. Things go off the rails within the first few pages, and they just keep going. But reading this book truly felt like watching one of those. That is, until Cassie and her former best friend find themselves on a mission to find a treasure of sorts hidden somewhere in the mall.Īdmittedly, I haven’t seen as many shows or movies set in the early ’90s as I should have being born of the era and all. Not only does she lose her boyfriend AND her only source of income, but she also finds out her picture-perfect family is breaking apart.Īll seems hopeless. After a month stuck at home with no contact with the outside world, she can now finally return to her boyfriend and her job - and enjoy the last summer before going off to college. But it didn’t turn out anything like she originally planned.Įverything in Cassie’s life is finally about to get back to normal. Remember the summer before you went off to college - that glorious stretch of time between graduation and move-in day you hoped would never end?Ĭassie Worthy thought she was going to have one of those. By Meg Dowell 2 years ago Megan McCafferty’s hilarious novel is the perfect reflection of what it felt like when you first realized you didn’t actually have your life figured out after all.
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