One day, Jase Garrett spots Samantha spying and climbs up the trellis to say hello, opening the door to a summer of moonlight swims, stargazing, and family time with the Garrett’s. Grace has made it clear that Samantha is not to socialize with “those Garrett’s.” But Samantha can’t keep from watching the Garrett family on the sly, wondering what it would be like to be on the other side of the fence. When the oversized Garrett family moves in next-door, five lively kids and counting – Grace Reed just knows that their family won’t keep house to her pristine standards, certain their cluttered ways will bring down the neighborhood. It’s always been just the three of them, and they have managed very well on their own. Samantha Reed lives in a coastal New England town with her mom Grace, who is a State Senator, and her older sister, Tracy. I found myself on a recent warm spring day devouring this book and falling in love with the family next door, just like Samantha. This coming of age is appealing with the forbidden love and opposites attract aspects, though there are also some deeper issues to explore in this debut novel.
This book cover just screams summer, doesn’t it? My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick arrived just when I was in the mood to do a little escapist reading, and the more I read about it the more I couldn’t wait to start reading. Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?A dreamy summer read, full of characters who stay with you long after the story is over. Then in an instant, the bottom drops out of her world and she is suddenly faced with an impossible decision. As the two fall fiercely in love, Jase's family makes Samantha one of their own. until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs her terrace and changes everything.
And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them. All the time.”The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Genres: Young Adult, Love & Romance, Family, General, Social Issues, Dating & SexĪlso by this author: The Boy Most Likely ToĪ gorgeous debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another “One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts.
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