Enjoyble,light read.
Wasn't the worst of chick lit.

The author had 1 ethnic slur which I took offense too.Mario the Eurotrash... Don't understand why the insult had to be made. The character could have been described differently without insulting an entire group of people with stereotypes. ( )

The Summer of Us by Holly Chamberlin
Gincy, Danielle, and Claire all come together for the summer and
rent a house on Martha's Vineyard. They only have the weekends
and they find when they first get there they do not really have
anything in common. As time goes on they learn about one another
to the point they help each other out. There are very short
chapters, some as short as 3 pages long. A lot of life events
occur and they deal with them in one way or another. They are
all single, one engaged to be married and one can be her wedding
planner. They all come from different backgrounds and religions.
What they find on the island with the time they do spend together
makes them as close as sisters. Really a good read about the
under 30 aged women, its about 457 pages long with an excerpt
of Last Summer. They come to also realize that they can see
themselves in others and a change is needed, to risk it all,
take the next step. I rate this a 4 out of 5 because of the
friendship gained and how they got there, and all the descriptive
travel. ( )

Three dissimilar young women from Boston come together at a roommate meet and greet and decide to rent a house for the summer on Martha's Vineyard. Gincy is hard, Danielle a fashionista and Clare on the way to becoming a Stepford mold for her new fiancee Win. Somewhat predictably, the run-down cottage serves as a commonality between these three, who forge a friendship with each other. The book moved a little slow in parts for me, and unfortunately, I have read several other books this summer with a similar premise. It was a good read, just nothing terribly special about it for me. ( )

I had to make myself keep reading this until about 2/3 through, then I was curious enough to want to know how these three distructive and unlikeable characters ended their respective dramas. A book should get you interested in at least the first chapter, if not the first few pages. This book, however, takes a nontraditional approach and instead of "Chapters 1 though # you get a short looks of a few pages at a time from a different character's perspective, so you had to keep reading beyond that first couple pages to try and give it a chance. It was often confusing just who the "I" was referring to, and I would have to glance at the title of the mini "chapter" to see who it was. It did make sense to do that though - if you're going to have three equally "main" characters, you need to skip around to their personal scenarios.
I did find the three girls sudden friendship a little hard to buy - they had nothing in common, and in fact, were quite clear that they didn't even like each other, then all of a sudden they were bosom buddies. A girl I've only known a few months will not know me well enough to help me plan a wedding, thank you.
I did like that not everyone's story ended up in a neat, happy package - at least, not the neat, tidy happy package I expected. With that said, I"ll not be re-reading this, and won't be passing it on to anyone else.
The cover bothers me, too - I get that each pair is supposed to represent each of the three characters, but the characters don't neatly fit into a certain pair. Danielle is the red, fluffy heels, but Gincy needs a ratty pari of tennis shoes - or Keds - not the pristine and PINK tennis shoes on the cover. And the blue sandals I suppose are for Clare, but they didn't seem to go with her dishwater personality either. The cover is cute, though, even if it doesn't go wtih the book. ( )