Review: One Last Summer by Jo Noelle

One Last Summer by Jo Noelle
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I received this in exchange for an honest review. This is a very quick read, I think it took me about 3 hours to read over the course of a day. It is sweet and clean novella, which you need sometimes to cleanse the palate if you will. Overall I really liked it.  I'm using this for the Popsugar reading challenge prompt: A book with one of the four season in the title.  It fits nicely I think.

The story alternates between perspectives of Jenna and Cole, who both have alot of baggage. They have been best friends since age 10 and they both love Misty Harbor cottages where Jenna's Uncle rents cabins not far from Seattle. Cole has lived there most of his life and Walter has been like a father to Cole. Cole's mom was not an upstanding citizen and not a great role model. Jenna's mom has hopped from husband to husband, filling Jenna's head with nothing but nonsense about men and relationships. Cole and Jenna have a strong friendship and they love each other. Cole expresses his feelings to her, but Jenna always runs hearing her mother's voice in her head. This summer is different, Uncle Walter wants to sell the cottages to Cole or Jenna and retire. He devises a competition, playing on both of their competitive natures, where winner takes all. Cole hopes he not only will win Misty Harbor, but that that he can use the summer and the competition to win Jenna's heart as well. Jenna wants to win, but she has other plans and a romance isn't part of her plan.

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