Book: A Midsummer's Nightmare by Kody Keplinger
Pages: 304
Genre: Young Adult, Romance
Source: Library
Short Synopsis: Whitley's life has turned upside down, when she discovers the boy who she had a one nightstand with after graduation, is actually her father's fiancee's son.
My Thoughts: A very fast paced read where characters are thrust into an even more unique situation, as they dread to face reality of what really happened between them.
Whitley Johnson's dream summer with her divorcé dad has turned into a nightmare. She's just met his new fiancée and her kids. The fiancée's son? Whitley's one-night stand from graduation night. Just freakin' great.Worse, she totally doesn't fit in with her dad's perfect new country-club family. So Whitley acts out. She parties. Hard. So hard she doesn't even notice the good things right under her nose: a sweet little future stepsister who is just about the only person she's ever liked, a best friend (even though Whitley swears she doesn't "do" friends), and a smoking-hot guy who isn't her stepbrother...at least, not yet. It will take all three of them to help Whitley get through her anger and begin to put the pieces of her family together.Filled with authenticity and raw emotion, Whitley is Kody Keplinger's most compelling character to date: a cynical Holden Caulfield-esque girl you will wholly care about.--From Goodreads
Ever since I read The Duff, her first novel, I grew addicted to Keplinger's writing style. A Midsummer's Nightmare is no different. I love reading her quirky characters that are put in odd situations, and always manages to learn something out of it in the end.
Whitley Johnson, is the typical wild, crazy, party girl who gets into a world of trouble with seemingly no consequences at all. She doesn't realize that though she doesn't have any dire consequences, what she does, still effects those that are closest to her.
The situation between Whitley and her one night stand/potential step-brother Nathan, are both stuck in an odd place, where both form a close relationship and want to take things further, but are forced to keep things under control, as they will soon become related by marriage. I loved reading about how both were put in that weird situation, and given time, they both accept each other and find out that they had more in common than they thought.
I wasn't a fan of the whole facebook debacle, as what the other students did to Whitley was really cyber bullying, and Whitley never did a thing to stop it. I felt that Whitley's father was a jerk throughout the novel, and though he redeems himself in the end, he still should have cared for Whitley more than he did. It was fun reading about returning characters, and I definitely can't wait for her next novel.
Would I recommend this book: Yes
Rating: I give this book a 4/5.
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