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Read from June 02 to 03, 2013
4 out of 5 stars
I find this series getting better and I’m enjoying this more than when I started reading the series. This book is when things get more emotional and more serious than the first one. A story of family, friend, love, and facing realities. It is where they grow up, well maybe except for Belly.
This book is about love, losses, and grieving. Upon losing two people who she dearly love into two different ways, Belly is having a very hard time. The death of her mother’s best friend came as a big slap to her for Susannah is like a mother to her as well. Then losing the love her life, Conrad, due to Belly’s immaturity and misunderstandings.
Given the fact of losses, there’s also fighting for their home, the house at the cousins beach. When Conrad and Jeremiah’s dad decided to sell the house, it is up for the three of them to save it and who else will help them, of course, Susannah’s best friend and Belly’s Mom, Laurel.
Also, this book is about choices. The one where Belly have to choose between the person that she’s in love with since she was young or her best friend who’s always there for her ever since. It’s a hard choice and what makes it harder is that those boys are brothers. Not just ordinary brothers, but they are the Fisher brothers (Beck’s boys).
I guess it will not be summer for Belly without Beck’s boys and the cousins beach. How I wish I have a summer house too where I can escape everything. Well, this book gave me a summer house where I can visit through the pages.
Wotcher, Stranger! 
Love this series a lot, I read it last summer! One of those rare series that tugs the heart strings, but makes you happy at the same time. 🙂