It's about love. For everyone. In the worst moments. It's about finding love for those who
hurt you while loving yourself. It's about understanding the difference
between yourself & others. Between those who love you now and those
who will love you later. It took me a little to get thought this book,
but in the end, I LOVED it.
Caitlin Sommers & Victoria are BEST friends. But what does that
mean, really? This book is an easy, steady read as you follow the two
girls from middle school through to the rest of their lives--through
marriage & divorce even in a well-paces 301 pages. The most
fascinating things bout this book is that you, as the reader, know MOST
of what is taking place in each of the character's lives, yet you're
surprised continuously as the story continues. You get insight to their
actual thoughts, so as they're trying to figure out how everyone around
them feels, you already know the deal. The FACT that Caitlin and
Victoria are COMPLETE opposites never escapes us. You know from the
beginning that the friendship will end in a way only a storyteller can
dream up, but the ending is all worth it.
Caitlin --well off, sexy & spontaneous-- befriends Victoria
--intelligent, strong and reserved-- and shows her the ropes. They
spend every summer together & in that time, Victoria learns. She learns how to be "sexier" and simply how to live
life. She exposes Victoria to her very own body, calling the sensation
between their legs "The Power" and insisting the keep the secret to
themselves. They even take the NBO pact: Never Be Ordinary. Victoria
learns so much more from Caitlin than Caitlin is aware of. Meanwhile,
in hopes to satiate her desire for pass ate love, Caitlin lives a full
and disastrous life --enjoying and abusing men across the globe,
claiming that the "best way to learn a language is to fuck interesting
people (p205)."
Over the course of this book, you simply question. You have faith in
Victoria but love for Caitlin. You wonder where their lives will you.
You wonder how strong their friendship actually is. You wonder who loves
who more. but you wonder these things simultaneously with the
characters as they go through their rough patches and flip coins between
acceptance or abandonment -- choices we're begged to make in our own
daily lives. In the end, you question your own friendships. The decisions you've
made. You gauge levels of love. Levels of trust. Summer Sisters is
simply a fictional tale about the truths of friendship. About how you
never really know. About how people lie. About how you have to love each
other through your bad decisions. About how sometimes the man you love
"is like all others, following his pointer through life (p276)."
I didn't think this book was going to end like it did. (Nor did I expect such entertainment from Judy Blume, but then again...) Neither did the
characters in it. If you want to know what happens, I suggest you pick
up a copy. there's nothing but hot guys, questions of morality &
entertaining offensive language (I'm always up for that!).
Get your #TeamSexyBrain on & pick up a book.
Enjoy!
