Book: Girlfriend Material by Melissa Kantor

Rating: 4 Stars

Release Date: May 5

Summary:
If Kate were Lady Brett Ashley, the devastating heroine of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, she’d spend her summers careering around the Riviera in her coupe, breaking hearts by the dozen–because why not? In reality, Kate’s never even had a boyfriend, and she’ll be spending the summer abetting her mom’s lame ploy to make her dad jealous: running off to Cape Cod and crashing at the seaside home of her wealthy friends, the Cooper-Melnicks. To add to the shame, the Cooper-Melnicks’ gorgeous daughter Sarah is a bit like Lady Brett, and she seems less than thrilled to hang out with her new houseguest. Any dreams Kate once had of a perfect summer are ruined.

That is, until Sarah’s cute, witty friend Adam starts drawing Kate into the fold–and seems intrigued. With Adam around, Kate feels like she just might have a bit of heartbreaker potential after all. But when a breezy summer romance quickly grows more complicated can Kate keep pretending her relationship with Adam is just a carefree fling? Or will she take the risk and tell him her real feelings? Suddenly Kate is asking herself a question she never thought she’d stoop to: Is she girlfriend material?

Overall:
Kate has always wanted to be Lady Brett Ashley. She has always wanted the guys to be all over her. She has always wanted to be cool and sophisticated. She never wanted to be the shy girl who gets tongue-tied around any cute boys she may happen to meet in her hometown of Salt Lake City.

Then, things change. Kate is forced to spend her summer with her mom at an old friends beach house on Cape Cod. Things look horrible from the get go. Her parents marriage seems to be breaking up, the only person she knows on Cape Cod turns out to be a giant witch, and she gets stuck giving tennis lessons to the nastiest teenager on Cape Cod. Could things possibly get any worse?

Yup. She could fall for the wrong guy who makes her think that maybe she doesn’t want the summer to end. She could fall for the wrong guy who makes her feel like Lady Brett Ashley. How could anything good possibly come of this?

Okay, first off, this is the first book I have ever read by Melissa Kantor so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I loved it. I plan on reading more of her books as soon as I can get my hands on them. Girlfriend Material was cute, funny, romantic, and everything I could possibly want in a good summer read.

Kate was such a likable character, as was Adam. They were just so cute and easy to relate to. Kate was so much like me. She was just so confused by guys. She had no clue how to act around them or even how to talk to them. It was like reading about myself, a little. Adam was also one of my favorite characters. He was so sweet and seemed like he would make the perfect summer boyfriend. I just kept turning the pages, hoping everything would work out in the end.

While the story of Girlfriend Material isn’t exactly a new one, it was still a very good one. It’s the perfect summer read, whether you are at the beach, the pool, or even stuck at home. I definitely recommend it and I could even see myself rereading this one.

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