The Boy Is Back by Meg Cabot

The Boy Is Back

by Meg Cabot

In this brand-new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot, a scandal brings a young man back home to the small town, crazy family, and first love he left behind.

Reed Stewart thought he'd left all his small town troubles--including a broken heart--behind when he ditched tiny Bloomville, Indiana, ten years ago to become rich and famous on the professional golf circuit. Then one tiny post on the Internet causes all of those troubles to return . . . with a vengeance.

Becky Flowers has worked hard to build her successful senior relocation business, but she's worked even harder to forget Reed Stewart ever existed. She has absolutely no intention of seeing him when he returns--until his family hires her to save his parents.

Now Reed and Becky can't avoid one another--or the memories of that one fateful night. And soon everything they thought they knew about themselves (and each other) has been turned upside down, and they--and the entire town of Bloomville--might never be the same, all because The Boy Is Back.

Reviewed by girlinthepages on

3 of 5 stars

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The Boy is Back was one of my most highlight anticipated books of the year. I loved the other installments in Meg Cabot's Boy companion series, back when email was still a novelty, and I was excited to see her return to the technology format for this book (the story is told entirely through texts/emails/online news sources/etc.) While this book was a quick, light read, it seemed to be missing some of the charm of Meg's older books. The romance felt sort of flimsy and the premise of the whole book was sort of strange and wacky in a way that didn't completely work, though there were plenty of funny moments. This book also really felt like it fell into the trap of telling everything instead of showing, which I suppose is a trap that's easy to fall into when the entire format of the novel is written dialogue. This is a perfect bubble bath or beach read, but it probably won't leave a lasting impression or give you any swoons.

Overall: A rather underwhelming installment by Meg Cabot, but a quick and easy read if you're a fan of hers who wants to read all of her works.This review was originally posted on Girl in the Pages

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