All Summer Long by Dorothea Benton Frank

I had trouble with this one, it was hard to stay involved with the story. Frank does a wonderful job with the settings in the book, the way she describes the ocean and the scenery and the background locations of the book are wonderful, and make you wish that you were there.

The overall premise of the book was good too and the main characters on the book, Olivia and Nick are wonderful together. I loved the message of the story, the importance of love, but overall the story fell a little flat. This book should have been right up my alley and it fell a little flat. I think for me the biggest problem was the dialogue between the characters. For me it just didn't flow nicely, it seemed forced or choppy maybe. It got in the way of me enjoying what was otherwise a very good story.

Thanks to Edelweiss and the editors for the Advanced Readers Copy. Rated 3/5 stars on Goodreads.

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