Forever Summer by Jenny OliverMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Three and a half stars.
Norah Whittaker's life has been turned upside down. Although her parents rejected their privileged upbringings to life a more genuine life, her father was still looking for get-rich-quick schemes and has recently been sent to prison for investment fraud. Norah and her mother are still living on their houseboat, although no longer moored on the idyllic Mulberry Island, but now she goes to the very exclusive Chelsea High School, all funded by her maternal grandparents. Things are looking good, Norah has a boyfriend, Ezra, but he and his family are staying in New York pursuing specialist treatment for Ezra's little brother.
When the new school term starts we are introduced to Laurent Summer, brother to Mean Girl Coco Summers, who has been in Argentina for six months improving his polo game. Laurent is just as good looking as his sister, but also just as entitled, arrogant and condescending.
What follows is a madcap mixture of school sports (but polo not football), advertising shoots on a Greek Island for a perfume brand for which Coco is an influencer, plots involving a criminal gang and Norah's father, a love triangle, and the school play.
Imagine Mean Girls meets Mallory Towers meets Gossip Girl - if that's your vibe then I think this will be right up your street. I'm *whispers* fifty-five years old and I still enjoyed this high school romp.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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