I was contacted by the publisher and sent this through Net Galley from Entangled Publishing. This does not affect my opinions on the book.
This story is set on the cutest beach, Luna Cove in Sebastopol, California. This is the artist part of Sebastopol where Dakota McCloud spent/spends her life.

Dakota has just gotten her heart broken when she finds out that her best friend, River has hooked up with her boyfriend, Cody at college; Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Dakota’s anger results into writing a letter and putting it in a bottle to throw out to sea. But, she doesn’t have a very good throwing arm.

Jack is tall, dark and handsome. So, we can’t really be angry that he’s kind of a stalker. He’s a …hot stalker. The minute Jack sees Dakota at her favorite coffee shop, his mission is to get to know her. But, not by going up to her! By secretly following her and catfishing her! Weird, I know.

Dakota is a very unique character, she’s artsy and has been home schooled her whole life. Also, she’s very confident which I enjoyed a lot about her. She sees right through the barista, Miles’ who is trying to hit on her every chance he gets. She’s witty and humorous which made me crack a smile or dozens. Since I love coffee so much, my favorite part of this book was Dakota always stopping for Chai at her favorite place, Cafe Vida.

The messages between “Jack” and Dakota were interesting to read. I learned a lot about them as well as Barcelona while reading them. I enjoy books with emails or message format so this added a star for me! They were very cute and I loved the way Dakota felt about them. Her responses and feelings were very realistic.

This book had a lot of Spanish-esque to it, which I didn’t really understand at most parts because 1.) I’m not Spanish 2.) I’ve never taken Spanish or really know Spanish. This is the only flaw I had.

Nonetheless, this book was very cute and a good read! It is suspenseful, funny and realistic. The challenges Dakota goes through are pretty common to happen IRL. It’s just a few months before she’s heading to college and she’s very torn.

Thank you to Entangled Crush Publishing for sending me this book for review!

I received this for review from the publisher through Net Galley.

I really enjoyed this! As a nerdy introvert, a lot of these comics spoke to me! It talks about being in a long-distance relationship and dealing with grief and depression. It's organized by season and the strips relate to the season. Also, I liked how the strips were primarily black and white and switched to color when necessary!

This was my first Adult book and so I was aware that I would experience mature content. I felt that this book had a great story, I enjoyed reading it but it was not suspenseful until the last 100 pages or so (imo). I can say that I was shocked about the outcomes of the various situations, mind blown. Although this is fiction, I think a few of them were unrealistic. I did not like how the characters and their stories were broken up. I know they all couldn't be broken up by chapter but I just felt the broken up paragraphs made it a little confusing. At first, I felt it was hard to follow because there were many characters. I was interested when I got to the middle of the book and that is what continued me to read until the end. I feel it was decent & a easy read, if I read the 240 page rather than the 229 pages I would probably have a different perspective. I would recommend this book, if you are interested in books with many scandals.

Full review coming.
Jubilee Express: I loved Maureen Johnson, the dialogue was funny/witty and written very well!

A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle: This was such a John Green story, it's just something about his style.. it's fascinating. Tobin reminded me of Pudge from Looking For Alaska in some ways. It was chaotic, but a cute love story. But, I didn't really enjoy it that much.

The Patron Saint of Pigs : I didn't like Addie, she was very full of herself and that bothered me. Also, how her friends called her out on it was rude.

I love how all these stories interconnected, the authors did a great job with it. It was humorous and suspenseful.