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I’m sure there are going to be people who disagree with me people who are massive fans of the Sloane-Emily friendship in Since You’ve Been Gone, or people who love the road trippiness of Amy & Roger or the realistic portrayals of grief in Second Chance Summer. Agent: Emily van Beek, Folio Literary Management. The Unexpected Everything is Morgan Matson’s best book. Though Andie’s friend and boyfriend complications feel forced and are resolved without much ado, Matson’s fans will enjoy sinking into this immersive summer read. Then she meets and falls for Clark, a cute and slightly geeky boy who hires her to walk his dog, breaking her habit of short-term flings she likes to keep “light, fun, not too serious, and nothing more than kissing.” Matson ( Since You’ve Been Gone) makes good use of elements common to many of her novels: new romance, friendship struggles, an easy-to-like protagonist with relatable insecurities, and memorably quirky details (an unfinished painting by Andie’s dead mother, a scavenger hunt, movie marathons with her father). I don’t remember if Since You’ve Been Gone did this, but The Unexpected Everything seemed to end scenes in slightly bizarre places and it felt like a lot of the scenes were left unfinished. On the plus side, staying in Connecticut means spending time with her three best friends. Suddenly Dad is always around, trying to act like he’s involved in her life, and Andie’s only job option is dog-walking. congressman, becomes engulfed in scandal. Andie Walker’s plan to spend the summer at a young scholars’ program at Johns Hopkins is upended when her father, a U.S.
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