Book Review- The Summer I Gave Up Boys

Name: The Summer I Gave Up Boys

Author: Kassandra Kush
Genre: New Adult, Romance
Publication Date: 22nd October 2013
Publisher: Amazon (not much information given)
Synopsis: "A summer love novella. Kaliyah Simon just broke up with her cheating boyfriend, and now that summer break is here, all she wants is a quiet, boy-free summer. To focus on work, reading and her tan. But then she meets up with her old high school nemesis, Isaiah Winters, on the way home, and he seems more interested in being friends than enemies. Can Kaliyah lower her walls and get over seven years of pushing Isaiah away and find out what it would be like to actually be with him? With her best friend going boy-crazy, a twenty-first birthday looming over the horizon, Isaiah continually showing up on her doorstep, and an ex that seems to want her back, Kaliyah's summer promises to be anything but quiet.."


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Review: This is a romance novella, so I read this pretty quickly. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars because it amazing but predictable, which is probably what knocked this down to 4 stars when it had 5 star potential. It was well-written, you could relate to the characters (especially Kaliyah who is a complete book worm, probably like most of us here) and just in general it was good. It's written in the point of view of Kaliyah, which I found brilliant, you got to know her a bit better with her thoughts and personality and it was just so comically written too in some areas. It was short and sweet, but a bit predictable in all honesty. When you read it you can see where it's going to end up, but it's still pretty amazing. I think I picked this up because it was a free romance book that was short, if you are in the mood to read something quick and/or is romance (without the sexual content) then I say you might as well give this a go. And as I already said, it's FREE! You can't go wrong here! I love the fact that the character's don't have simple names like 'Jane' or 'Bob' but unique names like 'Kaliyah Simon' and 'Isaiah Winters'. Another thing I loved about this novella is that these characters aren't teenagers, they are adults that know their actions and know the consequences of their actions, so they are more mature than the typical teenager in this sort of book.

Rating: 4/5 Stars