Sometimes going back is what you need to move forward.
The vibe
book / swimsuit / cover-up / shades / hoops / necklace / bag / shoes / bandana
The review
After escaping her small hometown for a fast-paced assistant career in Hollywood, Georgie is back in town to help her best friend prepare for her baby while she figures out her next step. It’s not the life younger Georgie wanted to live, and she gets the idea to do some of the things she said she’d do in high school when she finds an old high school bucket list of sorts. An unexpected collaborator emerges in Levi, the older, bad-boy brother of her high school crush. Reconnecting with her younger self and opening up to a handsome stranger helps Georgie navigate what she really wants in her adult life.
I’d heard great things about this book, but it seemed very “girl figuring out her life and instead falls in love” premise and I don’t *love* that on principal. But I did love Levi. So dreamy — swoon! Small town homecoming stories are also a bit meh for me but this one did pass the vibe check. I mean who wouldn’t want to go back with the confidence of an adult to do the things you were too scared to do as a teen?
While this wasn’t inherently a beach read, it had some of those elements and I enjoyed reading it poolside. The book chapters alternate between Georgie and Levi’s perspectives.
The audiobook: Not my fave. The female narrator who voices Georgie’s chapters was great, but I couldn’t stand the overly country accent for Levi. I would only listen to Georgie’s chapters and had to read Levi’s, that’s how bad it was, lol.
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