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If you saw my review for Nantucket Blue, you would know that it wasn't a ME book. I pride myself it taking steps away from my normal, and reading something that doesn't usually appeal to me. Which is why I went ahead and snagged up Nantucket Red. I'm glad I did! I really liked it!
Nantucket Red starts off at the end of "last" Summer, with Cricket heading into her senior year and things still rocky with Jules. But within the first 4 chapters, the whole year is summed up and we are taken back to Nantucket for Summer fun before Cricket heads off to college. There are a few things that happen in between, of course, with the break up of Cricket and Zack and her acceptance into Brown, just to name a few.
What bothered me the most in Nantucket Blue was the idolize of Nina, Jules mom, taking so much precedence in the whole book. Which was the intention, I'm sure. So when we get back to more Nina, I thought I would dislike that angle being thrown back in. But it was so different here in Nantucket Red. Cricket finds a list that Nina had written after college, and she uses that to feel connected to her again. But what she does is find herself. Cricket has really grown up and come into her own, and I loved every minute of it.
Cricket has grown a lot over the course of these 2 years. It's one of my favorite aspects of these books. As we get older, we change, we want different things and I love how Leila captured that.
I didn't care for her relationship with Zack before, but for some reason, the whole situation tugged at the heart-strings. I wasn't a fan of the "pause" scenario. You just don't push PAUSE, like your life is movie, but I understood why Cricket would want to hold off. Yet, in the same token, if that were the case, then she shouldn't have been surprised that he moved on. Anyway, there is more to all that.
Overall -
Nantucket Red is the perfect Summer read. This book captures the beauty of finding yourself, growing up and best of all, family and love.
*I received this book from the Publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.*
If you saw my review for Nantucket Blue, you would know that it wasn't a ME book. I pride myself it taking steps away from my normal, and reading something that doesn't usually appeal to me. Which is why I went ahead and snagged up Nantucket Red. I'm glad I did! I really liked it!
Nantucket Red starts off at the end of "last" Summer, with Cricket heading into her senior year and things still rocky with Jules. But within the first 4 chapters, the whole year is summed up and we are taken back to Nantucket for Summer fun before Cricket heads off to college. There are a few things that happen in between, of course, with the break up of Cricket and Zack and her acceptance into Brown, just to name a few.
What bothered me the most in Nantucket Blue was the idolize of Nina, Jules mom, taking so much precedence in the whole book. Which was the intention, I'm sure. So when we get back to more Nina, I thought I would dislike that angle being thrown back in. But it was so different here in Nantucket Red. Cricket finds a list that Nina had written after college, and she uses that to feel connected to her again. But what she does is find herself. Cricket has really grown up and come into her own, and I loved every minute of it.
Cricket has grown a lot over the course of these 2 years. It's one of my favorite aspects of these books. As we get older, we change, we want different things and I love how Leila captured that.
I didn't care for her relationship with Zack before, but for some reason, the whole situation tugged at the heart-strings. I wasn't a fan of the "pause" scenario. You just don't push PAUSE, like your life is movie, but I understood why Cricket would want to hold off. Yet, in the same token, if that were the case, then she shouldn't have been surprised that he moved on. Anyway, there is more to all that.
Overall -
Nantucket Red is the perfect Summer read. This book captures the beauty of finding yourself, growing up and best of all, family and love.
*I received this book from the Publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.*
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