10 Weeks

by Mia Josephs

[Angie]

10 Weeks follows three friends during one summer. Kay-Kay, Jody, and Sam are all counselors at an all girls camp, and this is the summer where all of them find love. The story doesn’t alternate POV. Instead, we get Kay-Kay’s story first, followed by Jody’s, then Sam’s. Even though it’s the same exact time frame, it’s not repetitive. There are mentions of events that happened, but that’s to be expected. And they’re from a different POV, so we see a different side to things.

Kay-Kay’s story was my favorite part of 10 Weeks. She’s 19 and in love with a man twice her age. She’s known Alex since she was a nine year old camper herself, but now she’s all grown up. Kay-Kay is not shy about her feelings (or anything, really) so it’s all up to Alex whether or not things develop between them. Sure, it seems kind of creepy for a 40 year old man to be interested in a 19 year old, especially one he knew as a child. But who cares?! She’s grown now, and they’re into each other! I loved it!

Jody’s story was good too, but there was some annoying drama near the end that kind of ruined it for me. Jody is dealing with her ex who works at the neighboring boys’ camp. He hasn’t told his parents that they broke up, and wants her to keep up appearances. But Jody has her eye on Liam, the local bartender. She isn’t sure if she should go for it or not, but when’s the last time she did something for herself? I also liked how her story dealt with figuring out what to do in college when you’re already close to graduation. Stay on the same path since you’re so close, or jump ship?

10 Weeks kind of lost me with Sam’s story. I cannot deal with the “I don’t know how to be in a relationship” trope. Sam comes from a rough background, but she seems to have found the perfect boyfriend in Nate. But instead of staying with him when things get serious, she runs off to be a camp counselor without telling him. She pulls the “I don’t know how to love someone so good” card and I just couldn’t. Loving is not something you need to “know how” to do. You either do, or you don’t. Stop being stupid.

In the end, I did enjoy 10 Weeks overall. Kay-Kay and Alex’s story was more than enough to make up for the parts that I didn’t like.

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