A review by joliendelandsheer
A Midsummer's Nightmare by Kody Keplinger
4.0
Synopsis
Whitley Johnson's dream summer with her divorcé dad has turned into a nightmare. She's just met his new fiancée and her kids. The fiancée's son? Whitley's one-night stand from graduation night. Just freakin' great.
Worse, she totally doesn't fit in with her dad's perfect new country-club family. So Whitley acts out. She parties. Hard. So hard she doesn't even notice the good things right under her nose: a sweet little future stepsister who is just about the only person she's ever liked, a best friend (even though Whitley swears she doesn't "do" friends), and a smoking-hot guy who isn't her stepbrother...at least, not yet. It will take all three of them to help Whitley get through her anger and begin to put the pieces of her family together.
Review (spoiler-free)
The first book I read by Kody Keplinger was The DUFF, which is still one of my all-time favorite books. Afterwards I read Shut Out, and loved that one as well. So I figured I should read A Midsummer's Nightmare as well, as I had loved all of her other books so far.
And I must say: I was not disappointed! This book is so amazing! Whitley, the main character, is a girl with a lot of issues. She drinks too much, parties too much and makes out with too many people. And even though I am a teenager, I am definitely not like her. But I could still relate to her, could still understand her and sympathize with her. It takes a very good author to make you relate to someone you have nothing in common with (apart from being a teenager).
Overall, I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars. I would have given it more, if that were possible!
Whitley Johnson's dream summer with her divorcé dad has turned into a nightmare. She's just met his new fiancée and her kids. The fiancée's son? Whitley's one-night stand from graduation night. Just freakin' great.
Worse, she totally doesn't fit in with her dad's perfect new country-club family. So Whitley acts out. She parties. Hard. So hard she doesn't even notice the good things right under her nose: a sweet little future stepsister who is just about the only person she's ever liked, a best friend (even though Whitley swears she doesn't "do" friends), and a smoking-hot guy who isn't her stepbrother...at least, not yet. It will take all three of them to help Whitley get through her anger and begin to put the pieces of her family together.
Review (spoiler-free)
The first book I read by Kody Keplinger was The DUFF, which is still one of my all-time favorite books. Afterwards I read Shut Out, and loved that one as well. So I figured I should read A Midsummer's Nightmare as well, as I had loved all of her other books so far.
And I must say: I was not disappointed! This book is so amazing! Whitley, the main character, is a girl with a lot of issues. She drinks too much, parties too much and makes out with too many people. And even though I am a teenager, I am definitely not like her. But I could still relate to her, could still understand her and sympathize with her. It takes a very good author to make you relate to someone you have nothing in common with (apart from being a teenager).
Overall, I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars. I would have given it more, if that were possible!