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Written on Jul 13, 2013
Reading with ABC
A few months ago I participated in the blog tour for The Boys of Summer and I loved that book. I was really excited to be invited to review...Read more
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Reading with ABC
A few months ago I participated in the blog tour for The Boys of Summer and I loved that book. I was really excited to be invited to review An Endless Summer, the second book in C.J. Duggan’s Summer series. I really love the series and I can’t get enough of the “Onslow Boys” :)
What makes this new adult series so good is the characterization. ALL of the characters come alive within the story; they have their distinct personalities, however, they are not perfect. This makes them feel even more real to me.
The story is told in the first person, from Amy’s point of view. Amy is very different from Tess (in the first book). Where Tess is sweet and a bit timid, Amy is a tornado of emotions. She is funny, snarky, sarcastic, loyal, and self conscious. She is trying to live under the shadow of her family and what people believe she is: a spoiled princess. Don’t get me wrong, she can be spoiled, but she constantly tries to get from other that shadow and rise above her problems and her own insecurities. Another thing that I love about Amy is that she didn’t want to be ‘saved’. She wasn’t waiting for a knight in shining armor, not because there is something wrong with that, but because she didn’t want to be the damsel in distress.
How I adore Sean! He is one of my favorite “Onslow Boy”, not only because he is gorgeous, but because he is good to the core and he is so sure of himself all the time. Sean is a great friend, loyal, selfless, and even sweet. I love the dialogue between these two, it was priceless!
Now, on the Onslow Boys! I was so wound up to read about all of them again. A few years (about 3-4) passed between the first book and An Endless Summer and we can see what has become of Ellie, Tess, Trish, Chris, Adam, Ringer, Stan, and Toby. The “Boys” are not in their mid twenties and as handsome, disorderly and close as ever. How I love this group of friends! Also present are all the adults and parents that add something extra to the story.
The story is a contemporary, new adult romance. There is no secret tragic pass, but just the familiarity of childhood friends as they unite to revive the Onslow Hotel. The Onslow, on and by itself becomes one more character, full of life and memories. The plot is simple, well executed and Duggan’s writing is supreme. I just love the sense of family, togetherness, and friendship that is at the core of the series.
I will most definitely read That One Summer, the last book on the series; I cannot wait to visit Onslow again!
About the cover: It’s pretty, but nothing we haven’t seen before in NA books.
Reading with ABC
A few months ago I participated in the blog tour for The Boys of Summer and I loved that book. I was really excited to be invited to review An Endless Summer, the second book in C.J. Duggan’s Summer series. I really love the series and I can’t get enough of the “Onslow Boys” :)
What makes this new adult series so good is the characterization. ALL of the characters come alive within the story; they have their distinct personalities, however, they are not perfect. This makes them feel even more real to me.
The story is told in the first person, from Amy’s point of view. Amy is very different from Tess (in the first book). Where Tess is sweet and a bit timid, Amy is a tornado of emotions. She is funny, snarky, sarcastic, loyal, and self conscious. She is trying to live under the shadow of her family and what people believe she is: a spoiled princess. Don’t get me wrong, she can be spoiled, but she constantly tries to get from other that shadow and rise above her problems and her own insecurities. Another thing that I love about Amy is that she didn’t want to be ‘saved’. She wasn’t waiting for a knight in shining armor, not because there is something wrong with that, but because she didn’t want to be the damsel in distress.
How I adore Sean! He is one of my favorite “Onslow Boy”, not only because he is gorgeous, but because he is good to the core and he is so sure of himself all the time. Sean is a great friend, loyal, selfless, and even sweet. I love the dialogue between these two, it was priceless!
Now, on the Onslow Boys! I was so wound up to read about all of them again. A few years (about 3-4) passed between the first book and An Endless Summer and we can see what has become of Ellie, Tess, Trish, Chris, Adam, Ringer, Stan, and Toby. The “Boys” are not in their mid twenties and as handsome, disorderly and close as ever. How I love this group of friends! Also present are all the adults and parents that add something extra to the story.
The story is a contemporary, new adult romance. There is no secret tragic pass, but just the familiarity of childhood friends as they unite to revive the Onslow Hotel. The Onslow, on and by itself becomes one more character, full of life and memories. The plot is simple, well executed and Duggan’s writing is supreme. I just love the sense of family, togetherness, and friendship that is at the core of the series.
I will most definitely read That One Summer, the last book on the series; I cannot wait to visit Onslow again!
About the cover: It’s pretty, but nothing we haven’t seen before in NA books.
