REVIEW: Tan Lines (Katherine Applegate)

Title: Tan Lines
Author: Katherine Applegate
Series?: Yes
Description:
Summer can''t wait to get back to the Florida Keys. She, Marquez, and Diana have already decided to get an apartment so they can spend the whole summer together. But even with her friends by her side, Summer is in for more boy trouble.

Summer''s boyfriend, Seth, is ready to take their relationship to the next level, but he''s all the way across the country in California. Enter Austin, the hottie from spring break whom Summer hasn''t stopped thinking about.

With Austin flirting 24/7 and Seth hundreds of miles away, Summer is about to learn about true love...

Review:
Tan Lines is the sequel to the best selling novel Beach Blondes by Katherine Applegate.

I have to say, I really enjoyed this book. Once again, I found myself relating to nearly all of the main characters.

Katherine does a very good job of mixing plot twists in with a great summer romance.

My favourite twist in this book is when you discover that Jared, the boy who nearly killed himself by driving off of an embankment in Germany that Summer is taking care of for the summer, turns out to be good old Adam. Throughout the entire story, I was wondering why Adam just kind of fell off the face of the earth and why we never hear about him anymore. I have to say, even though Adam was a jerk for not caring about Diana and Summer's near rapes, Adam is probably my favourite male character throughout the entire series.

When I first decided to read the second book in the series, I wasn't quite sure which one I was supposed to read first, Tan Lines, or Spring Break. I decided to go with Tan Lines, and though I was quite confused about a few things, I loved Tan Lines.

Tan Lines, I find, was better written than Beach Blondes was, it had more of a plot.

I recommend reading the entire series.


Rating:

Writing: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
Plot: 5/5
Ending: 3/5
Originality: 3/5

Overall: 21/25 = 84% = B