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Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews

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May 11, 11

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Read from May 10 to 11, 2011

Alrighty, so I won this on Goodreads, automatically making me quite happy. However, I was in a reading slump and didn't really want to read, but forced myself to anyway. Oh my gosh, I am so glad I did. Summer Rental was so fun to read and I really couldn't wait to write this review. I spent the past for days reading this, rather than studying for my exams.

So, Summer Rental is about three best friends who are all thirty-five and kind of at a turning point in their lives. They had planned to rent a cottage together for a month along with one of the girl's sister. However, at the last moment, the sister dropped out, leaving the three besties. I really loved reading about these three because they reminded me of me and my two best friends almost exactly. Ellis, who just lost her job at a bank that was downsizing, is super obsessive, driven, and plan oriented; Julia is a super model who's coming to the end of her career, but doesn't really want to give up her childhood, even though she's almost thirty-six; Dorie is an adorable little Southern girl, who is probably more beauty than brains. Together, the three are hysterical, working through their life issues at the beach. All I can say is I hope I'm as cool as them when I'm thirty :) They stay a ratty little beach house named Ebbtide, which is owned by Mr. Culpepper, who ends up being the random-slash-extremely attractive man that lives in the garage - Ty. To top it all off, Dorie invites a stranger to rent the extra room in the cottage because everyone is tight on money. Thus enters Maryn/Madison, who's running from her crazy husband. It's crazy. Read it. Summer Rental is humorous and full of all the great things about friendships that last a lifetime.

5-stars. I loved it :)

PS. Besties, we are so renting a ratty little cottage with an attractive landlord in a few summers. Got it? Good :)

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