Twenty Boy Summer
Sarah Ockler
Rating: ☺☺☺☺
"Don’t worry, Anna. I’ll tell her, okay? Just let me think about the best way to do it."
"Okay."
"Promise me? Promise you won’t say anything?"
"Don’t worry.” I laughed. “It’s our secret, right?"
According to Anna’s best friend, Frankie, twenty days in Zanzibar Bay is the perfect opportunity to have a summer fling, and if they meet one boy every day, there’s a pretty good chance Anna will find her first summer romance. Anna lightheartedly agrees to the game, but there’s something she hasn’t told Frankie–she’s already had her romance, and it was with Frankie’s older brother, Matt, just before his tragic death one year ago.
TWENTY BOY SUMMER explores what it truly means to love someone, what it means to grieve, and ultimately, how to make the most of every beautiful moment life has to offer. - Summary from Goodreads
I want to slap myself for not reading this amazingly written heartbreaking and heartwarming story I soon as I had it.
While reading Twenty Boy Summer, I found myself smiling or teary-eyed.
Matt, Anna and Frankie are best friends. But Anna liked Matt ever since they were ten years old. On Anna's 15th birthday, Matt confessed her love for Anna. On that day, they kissed and Anna knew he was the one. They couldn't tell Frankie because she might feel like an outcast in their friendship. Matt planned on telling Frankie on their vacation to California. But an accident happened. Matt died without telling Frankie everything.
A year after, Anna and Frankie's family spends their vacation in California. The memories of Matt were still in the beach house, the beach, and the alcove. Trying to forget everything, Anna and Frankie decided to have Twenty Boy Summer. Twenty boys in twenty days.
I liked the Anna-Matt relationship. Even though it was brief, it was for me the sweetest thing ever. I liked the Anna-Sam relationship too but hey is that even called relationship? I guess it's just fling. Summer fling.
I liked the book a lot. And it will surely stay in my favorites shelf.
*first review ever so bear with me
