I loved the first book I read by this author, Today Tonight Tomorrow, and so kind of begged the publisher to send me a copy of this one. I did enjoy this a lot, couldn’t put it down, although I probably had one issue with this one that I didn’t with the other. On the one hand, I totally understood how Quinn dealt with the guys in her life that she dated. I get it, not expecting it to last so kind of keeping them into the physical aspect of a relationship and not letting it go farther. But, I also got a little tired of the extent she took it to when she had such an awesome guy like Tarek right there, showing her how much he liked her and was interested.

Something I really liked was the glimpse into mental health that we got from both Quinn and Tarek’s different issues. I really felt the whole issue with the email she had sent him at the end of the last summer and how he didn’t really answer was just so real. Something that would happen, and the way she reacted to the lack of real response from him was something also so realistic. There were also a lot of great side characters, both family and friends. There were a lot of different things going on in this book totally making it just like real life. It was nice to also see a teen who even though she knew she didn’t want to do what her parents wanted her to go to college for, she didn’t even know besides that what she wanted to do. And Quinn’s feelings that she would lose out on her family, and that she would hurt their feelings if she left the family business hit home for me as well. I worry about not doing things with my family at times even when I don’t want to, because I’m afraid I’ll hurt their feelings.

Such a great book! I’m definitely a big Rachel Lynn Solomon fan now!

Review first posted on Lisa Loves Literature.