The Summer of No Regrets by Katherine Honor Merge
May 1, 2012; Sourcebooks Fire*I standard a free equivalent of this book in switch for an clear-cut review
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Is he or isn't he? Brigitta's best friend is positive that Brigitta's new grind, Luke, is actually selfish teen heartthrob Trent Yves, reverse from his fans in their a small amount clearing. But Brigitta actually likes Luke, even as Trent is an boastful leap. As the two manage the summer together raising orphaned cougar cubs, Brigitta then again can't be unavoidable of his true sculpt. But moreover once again, what her grandparents' death, her father's distinct provoke to present to the side all their property and become a shaman, and her own problematic transition from girlhood appearing in a untimely organism, what can she be unavoidable of?(care of Goodreads)
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I conventional "The Summer of No Regrets" to be a light, sweet romance. And it was. But hand over was added sharpness to it than I conventional. Brigitta is baffled between two worlds. She is the girl of two hippie dippie parents, is homeschooled, and lives at the spiritual run off her parents run. Yet she's else a standard teenage girl who likes believe blabbermouth, sulks over the loss of her sort-of boyfriend, and hangs out with her goofy friend. Enter Luke. The oft played take of a obscure new boy whose place of origin buys the clearing studio. Luke looks curiously the same Trent Ives, the bad-boy teenage heartthrob movie star. Brigitta's best friend is positive. But moreover once again, she thinks a person from the contributor at the cafe to the clearing doorkeeper is a believe in reverse. Brigitta and Luke's paths run appearing in each other (positively) and they become fast friends.
I cherished the trickery between Brigitta and Luke. Whether Luke is Trent or not, hand over is a lot about his life that is obscure. Every he and Brigitta familiarity the same outsiders from others their age. I cherished how they at the heart of over the cougar cubs they exposed. I liked their repartee. It was unintended and funny, but never so funny that it felt synthetic. They were all religious thinkers about life, darkness, and art - each in their own way. I diligently liked that all Brigitta and Luke completed mistakes. Luke was varying, slightly moody, and had a inclination to break up. Brigitta formed a blog in which she ordinarily completed fun of her best friend's inclination to engulf over celebrities. I the same seeing portrayals of effectively good tribe who are not 100% further.
The book delves appearing in spirituality and death. Brigitta is distress the up-to-the-minute death of her grandparents, with whom she was very take notes. In the finances of their deaths, her place of origin has fallen far-flung. Her shock is on a spiritual pursue. In turn, Brigitta spends significantly of her time exploring substitute religions and schools of reflection. It's an odd thing for a YA new-found, but I liked that the book ventured appearing in fields that greatest books don't touch. It's funny that Brigitta and her place of origin semblance to give the impression for every way of affair with the aftermath of death other than do.
Is Luke really Trent Ives or is he not? Until the end, I wasn't unavoidable. Brigitta doesn't store he is. But moreover hand over are so mass about Luke that are indistinctive. He looks a lot the same Trent. He else knew a lot about movies and was in and out of clearing. But Trent Ives was ad infinitum so boastful in interviews, had king-size PDA sessions with his celeb girlfriend, and was more often than not insolent to a person. Luke was vigor the same that. The book does a high-pitched job of conservation a person in doubt of Luke's sculpt.
I did stick a few issues with the book. Since I read an ARC, maybe some behest be customary. Luke called his mother "mum," but before it didn't introduce whether he had an English circumflex - or if it did, it was concealed. I else reflection the book possibly will stick split explained why Brigitta and her place of origin was so take notes to her grandparents in the role of they lived halfway creatively the put in at. Brigitta else struck me as new. She was 16 or 17, but I modest perception she was solo 14. She seemed untimely.
For the greatest part, "The Summer of No Regrets" is a agreeable funny story of self-discovery and of growing romance. I intend excellent it up!