what happened to goodbye sarah dessen summary

Samantha’s family dynamics were complicated and increasingly uncomfortable despite its small size, and I was hooked on reading about how her mom’s campaign for state senator slowly encompassed their entire family structure. While the book is often primarily seen as a romance, and the romance is very present and very well done, this book managed to integrate family with just as much weight into its narrative, an impressive feat in YA. However, I found My Life Next Door to be much more nuanced than I anticipated and found it really lived up to the hype and expectations I had for it.

I expected a light, fluffy read with perhaps some slight shades of dysfunction, similar to a Sarah Dessen novel.

Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?A transporting debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another.įeeling like one of the only bloggers who had yet to read and love Huntley Fitzpatrick’s debut novel, I eagerly started it while on my vacation this summer. She's suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Then something unthinkable happens, and the bottom drops out of Samantha's world. until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs up next to her and changes everything.As the two fall fiercely for each other, stumbling through the awkwardness and awesomeness of first love, Jase's family embraces Samantha - even as she keeps him a secret from her own.

And every day from her rooftop perch, Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them. All the time.'The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. 'One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. My Life Next Door (My Life Next Door, #1) by Huntley FitzpatrickĪlso by this author: The Boy Most Likely To

What happened to goodbye sarah dessen summary