Sunday, August 10, 2025

Summer Girls (by Jennifer Dugan)

A queer YA about two girls - one ridiculously rich who is in a beach town for the summer, the other lower middle class who works as a lifeguard there - who get together. Their conflicts are about their class differences, including the fact that one girl's dad is a real estate developer gentrifying the town.

I almost DNF this despite it being a quick read - the central relationship just didn't make sense or feel believable to me. They got together too quickly in the story and their romance seemed to pretty much just be based on the fact that they found each other hot. I closed the last page thinking, "Well, that will never last." 

Not exactly what you want from a young adult romance!  

 

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