A summer of secrets and second chances
Every year, Tilly dreams of the dad she’s never known showing up for her birthday. But he never does. When she wakes up on the morning of her sixteenth birthday dadless yet again, she knows it’ll never happen.
In fact, it’s her worst birthday ever because her grandmother died a few months ago, her mum is working again, and the boy she’s in love with—the ridiculously gorgeous Josh—refuses to break up with his drama-queen girlfriend and notice her instead.
Then Tilly’s dad does show up, shocking everyone, and she works out an awful truth: Her mum and her grandma lied to her. For sixteen years! Tilly is drowning in her family’s lies. Worse, these feelings for her neighbour Zack—these stupid, flustering, more-than-friends feelings she’s been trying to ignore—mean she’s also lying to herself.
My Review: 5 STARS
I picked this up because the title and blurb pulled me in. The whole idea of life being turned upside down, and possibly finding love along the way just drew me into the story. I loved Tilly, loved Zack from the first meeting and adored the way Benveniste made you hooked on the twists and turns along the way. I loved the therapist, and the way she worked with Tilly, and the whole book was raw and emotional, while also sweet and engaging which sounds like a contradiction but very much is not. One that I recommend to everyone who loves a sweet romance with some messy parts to it!
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