For all fans of Jenny Han, Holly Bourne and The Kissing Booth comes the must-have teen read from bestselling fiction author, Jenny Oliver!
Summer term and the heat is rising …
It’s summer term at Chelsea High, the most exclusive school in town! The weeks ahead are filled with glamorous events – including a variety show AND a trip to a tropical island! But a shock revelation has new girl Norah Whittaker rethinking everything she thought she knew about herself. With family, friendship and romance up in the air, studying at Chelsea High is NEVER straightforward!
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Forever Summer by Jenny Oliver
Pages: 384
Publishing Date: May 27th, 2021
Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
MY THOUGHTS
Thanks to Netgalley for this review copy in exchange for an honest review.
After reading so many Mystery/Thriller, I wanted to read something light and quick. I requested it on Netgalley and didn’t realize that it is part of a series. It wasn’t mentioned anywhere neither on Netgalley nor on Goodreads. So I wasn’t aware of the characters past and the reason behind their relationships. It was like joining a class in middle and you have to teach everything to yourself.
Norah and Ezra are in a relationship (I didn’t get to know how they were there in the first place, because they were so different to each other). He is in NY where his brother is going through some treatment (I don’t know if he was only studying in the UK or he was from the UK). Coco is Ezra’s Ex and famous model/Instagrammer. Laurent, Coco’s brother, has joined the school this year, apparently, he was in Argentina for six months so he is new to Norah. Well, Norah is new in Chelsea high and doesn’t have many friends without Ezra she is kind of lost.
After struggling at the start, I started to understand characters and their dynamics. The story was fast-paced and a bit different. I wanted to read something light and cheesy and it served me right. I wish, I knew more about Norah’s dad and her paternal side. I was unable to understand the last scenarios as I wasn’t invested in Norah’s dad story. I got it that the author was promoting self-love above everything but sometimes it felt forced. Overall I enjoyed it.
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