One summer on the Jersey shore, when Skye is looking for something new, she meets Seth and a new love is born. They have a variety of mishaps (amongst other things, they lose touch for a year because they failed to exchange contact information). Throughout it all, they have friends to bond and break with, and a variety of family issues. None of these themes are developed or explored. The book simply drifts from one topic to the next. In the end, they have the promise of living happily ever after.
In sum, nothing much happens.
Colasanti can be good when she wants to, but here she merely phones in her book. It's a lazy affair and lacks a story, any meaningful character development, or the vaguest attempt to be contemporary (we're treated to yet another example of adolescents who worship 80s music, don't appear to own a smart phone, and have never heard of social media). And worst of all, it takes place on a beach. Enough said!
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