REVIEW: The Summer After Me and You by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

(Summary from Goodreads). Sunbathing, surfing, eating funnel cake on the boardwalk—Lucy loves living on the Jersey Shore. For her, it's not just the perfect summer escape, it is home. And as a local girl, she knows not to get attached to the tourists. They breeze in over Memorial Day weekend, crowding the shore and stealing moonlit kisses, only to pack up their beach umbrellas and empty promises on Labor Day. Lucy wants more from love than a fleeting romance, even if that means keeping her distance from her summertime neighbor and crush, Connor.

Then Superstorm Sandy tears apart her barrier island, briefly bringing together a local girl like herself and a vacationer like Connor. Except nothing is the same in the wake of the storm. And day after day, week after week, Lucy is left to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and broken home. Now with Memorial Day approaching and Connor returning, will it be a summer of fresh starts or second chances?

I received a copy of this book for an honest review. 

Lucy had a really hard year when she fell for her summertime neighbor, Connor, and didn't get a call from him after the Hurricane and their night together. This book was about finding yourself and finding your true love. It is a really cute and sweet story that is very similar to other contemporary books. I was honestly thinking Jessi Kirby and Morgan Matson-esque while reading it. 

I really liked all of the characters. Especially Lucy and Liam. I have a thing for twins. I find twins fascinating. Whenever they are in books, I'm captivated. I love the "twin telepathy" between them and the bond that they usually have. 

I knew that Lucy and Connor would end up together. I really liked Andrew, but the fact that he wanted to leave Lucy to drink at prom was just ridiculous.  Her friends were really interesting. I would love to have another story about Liam and Kiki or even Meghan and Mateo (and of course another story about Lucy and Connor). 

The thing that was a little confusing (reading this on a Kindle) was that the flashback scenes weren't in a different font or in italics. I would get a little thrown off when it would just switch to a flashback without any warning. 

Great fun, fast read. I really enjoyed it! :)

Four out of five stars.