I don’t know why I did. I’d walked past it hundreds and hundreds of times without a second thought while a thin layer of dust formed around the edges. But there was just something about the way it was sitting there tonight, on the same bookshelf where it had sat untouched for three years. Fue mi primera vez leyendo a la autora, en esta que a su vez es su primera novela en solitario, y debo decir que me gustó mucho la originalidad de la historia y lo auténtica que se sienten sus protagonistas. How many times do we have to read that Blake is very tan!? OKAY, I GET IT SHE'S A VERY TAN CHARACTER YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT IT OVER AND OVER! I think that was one of the parts in this book that drove me nuts.

If there was one thing about this book I liked less — and this is really only because of a general pattern in YA lit — it’s in its refusal to use the word lesbian. Emily is happy to refer to herself as gay, as is Blake, but neither use the word that actually describes their pattern of attraction. But hey, you’re probably tired of me ranting about this, so I’ll leave it at that. Then again, I guess I was the only thing stopping them from going to bingo night. I guess this is what summer nights can look like without me.How about you play for me then★” he says as he shakes a bunch of red chips out of a white Styrofoam cup. I watch as they shower down in front of me, forming a small pile. “If that card happens to win, I keep the prize basket.” Emily perdió a su madre, desde entonces ella también dejó de vivir, la joven divertida y arriesgada desapareció para dejar a una persona aterrada, que siempre piensa de más las cosas.

I glance over to see he has somehow managed to get only a single number past the free space. “Oh my gosh,” I say, laughing. “How is that even possible★”The first number of the night,” Donna calls into the microphone, pausing as a group of elementary school kids three tables over start a drumroll. I catch a glimpse of Sue Patterson sitting in the corner just beside them, actively saying the rosary and sprinkling holy water over her set of four cards.

Blake is one of my favorite YA love interests ever. She's charming, she takes charge, and she has a natural swagger that I find super compelling, as well typically only see these traits in male characters.A couple more of those out of old Jim over there, and Donna’s gonna purse the lip filler right out of those babies,” my dad whispers to me, his dark brown eyes crinkling at the corners as he gives me one of his smirking grins. El libro tiene un romance hermoso, bien desarrollado, surge como una amistad que poco a poco va más allá.

Although, I guess this has kind of been his thing lately. Pretending things don’t have meaning when they actually do.I’m fully expecting to see a slightly taller version of the lanky seven-year-old who wore oversize T-shirts and had apparently never heard of a hairbrush, but that’s definitely not who just sat down next to me. Pese a que el inicio se me hizo un poco lento y lineal, sin grandes acontecimientos que le dieran mayor sabor a lo que ocurría, a eso de la mitad se vuelven muy interesante y adictivo, con unos giros que no me esperaba y un final que me tuvo entre llanto y alegría. Emily's other friends Jake and Olivia were fine. I didn't care enough to pay attention to them so I don't have much to say about them. Amé a los personajes, son tan lindos, Emily y Blake son tal para cuál, aunque no mentiré, odié a Emily en los últimos capítulos, pero fue parte de su proceso de aceptación.