bmanatee_reads's Reviews (658)

Ah, Ted and Lily, I feel like I truly know you. Damn that octopus.

When Eugenia moves to LA with her family from Italy, she is not ready for the transition. A teenage girl who misses everything familiar, she struggles to fit in with the culture and hangs with a myriad of misfits throughout the novel. About halfway through, Eugenia takes a summer vacation in Sicily, and new characters are introduced. This section of the novel makes the story feel disconnected. Eventually she begins to grow up back in LA and become a young woman not afraid to follow her dreams and interests in the US. Thank you, netgalley, for the chance to read the ARC.

Meh, this was okay. Found the ending to be anti-climatic.