Title: Second Chance Summer
Author: Morgan Matson
Pages: 483 pages
Format: Ebook
Source: Owned ebook
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Synopsis
From the Flying Start author of Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour, a powerful novel about hope in the face of heartbreak.
Taylor Edwards’ family might not be the closest-knit—everyone is a little too busy and overscheduled—but for the most part, they get along just fine. Then Taylor’s dad gets devastating news, and her parents decide that the family will spend one last summer all together at their old lake house in the Pocono Mountains.
Crammed into a place much smaller and more rustic than they are used to, they begin to get to know each other again. And Taylor discovers that the people she thought she had left behind haven’t actually gone anywhere. Her former best friend is still around, as is her first boyfriend…and he’s much cuter at seventeen than he was at twelve.
As the summer progresses and the Edwards become more of a family, they’re more aware than ever that they’re battling a ticking clock. Sometimes, though, there is just enough time to get a second chance—with family, with friends, and with love.
My Thoughts
This is the second book I’ve read by Morgan Matson. I’ve actually had this on my kindle for a while now but I kept putting off reading it.
I really enjoyed this story but I did have a few issues with it that kept me from giving it 5 stars. It was a little repetitive which was annoying and it could have used a little more editing.
I can’t believe I am about to say this but this book focused more on the second chance romance/friendships and while I did enjoy that aspect I wish we would have got more of the emotion of what the family was going through with their dad being sick.
In the first half of the book I got a little teary eyed a couple of times but the last half was when things got hard. This is only the 2nd book to make me cry like a baby both of which had to do with losing their dads.
I lost both of my dads within a year of each other and one of them was from cancer so this hit close to home and was a very emotional read for me.
Oh Misty, I am so sorry for the pain you must have gone through. The cover looks good. Lovely review. I am off romance
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Thank you Shalini! I don’t think I will ever be off Romance. It is my favorite thing to read whether it’s full on romance or just sprinkled in with another genre.
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I’m so sorry about the loss of your dads! I hope this book didn’t break your heart too much. It did sound like a lovely read, but I totally see how it could be upsetting that the focus of the book was so much on friendship and romance.
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Thank you Naty!! I really did enjoy reading and it didn’t break my heart to much. It definitely is heart breaking and you will cry especially in the last half of the book. I enjoy romance I’m sure you know it’s my favorite thing to read about but I was just expecting this book to focus on both aspects equally I guess and it definitely did not do that.
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Yes, it’s always weird to me when the book has such a poignant theme and then it glosser over a bit… I feel like a lot of YA books do that! I wonder why?
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Yeah maybe they think it’s to deep of a subject to talk about it fully.
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I’m so sorry for your loss! I had a scare with my dad and I can’t imagine what it would be like to lose him! This was a lovely review as always
-Emma 🙂
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Thank you so much Emma!! 😊
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