Though it is explained in the book why she does this, it's really no justification for the amount she lies. She makes some awful choices and continues to drag out lies that she shouldn't have. Samantha is an enjoyable character, but undoubtably really really messes everything up towards the end of the book. At the point where I really started to root for them, everything went downhill and that's where my only trouble with this book started. This combination makes it pretty believable that they would cling on to each other fast. Jase and Samantha fall in love fast, but also spend a lot of time together and both seem kind of lonely generally in life. It was done in a cute way without being too barf-worthy. I really enjoyed the love story in this one. Their love happens fast, but along the way their different home situations turn out to be more difficult to converge than imagined. After years of looking in from the outside, Samantha meets one of the boys, Jase. They have more kids than anyone count, have a messy house that annoys Samantha's mother to no end, and most of all they always look extremely happy. However, she lives next door to the Garretts, who are everything she is not. Samantha Reed has a very proper family with a politician mother and a rebel sister who leaves her no room to do anything wrong. The story is contemporary and fluffy romantic, exactly what you would expect from the cover. One of my first reads of the year was My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick a novel that already seems to be very popular in America, but was only released in the UK last week. It's a week later than expected, due to a really bad cold, but I am finally back and will continue posting reviews on my regular schedule (twice a week)! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year and that you all got wonderful books that you can read! This in no way influenced my opinion of the book. I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.

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