If you're looking for a particularly season-specific book, I think I've found it.
This is Tess Callahan's story of April and Oliver, childhood friends whose lives remain intertwined, for better or worse. Upon the sudden death of April's younger brother Buddy, the title characters are reunited after growing apart post-high school. Oliver is the preppy, quiet law student, who is engaged to the seemingly perfect blonde Bernadette. April is the tough-exteriored bartender whose dark hair matches her mood.
As you can probably tell from the rather striking composition of the cover, this is not a feel-good story. But it's not a total downer, either. What happened in their respective pasts that caused them to turn out the way they are? Are they ever going to just hook it up and end the suspense? Way before the end of the story, I wanted both of the main characters to succeed, in spite of their challenges. And even though part of it takes place at a beach house, you still get that sort of crispy, cool feeling that's present throughout most of the book. I read it in bed, as I often do, and it was a nice one to snuggle up with.
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Perfect timing, I just finished my book (The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing) and was looking for the next. This sounds great!
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