Young adult · Romance
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Every summer, a girl and her family stay at a beach house with her mother's best friend and her two sons. This year, at fifteen, she is seen differently by the brothers she has always known, and her feelings change too.
- First published
- 2009
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a sun-soaked coming-of-age love triangle that captures the ache of one particular summer.
Skip this if you want fast plotting or dislike teenage love triangles and drifting, reflective narration.
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