Description
A firecracker bookworm. A Neanderthal surfer. One unforgettable summer.
Seventeen-year-old Cat Kelty should be spending her last summer before year 12 buried in books, prepping for the future she’s determined to claim.
Instead, she’s trapped in a house with rowdy brothers, mortifyingly affectionate parents, and a cantankerous Nonna.
Then, to make things worse, Paul GD Lightwood—a walking surfer god, King of the Neanderthals, all abs and an infuriatingly disarming smile—shows up to work for her father.
Cat’s plan is simple: escape this testosterone-fueled town and never look back. But life—and Paul—have other ideas.
Salty hot chips, beach parties, swimming beyond the breakers—Summer, in Between is a funny, heartwarming story about first love, family, and finding where you belong.
Review
Cat, aged seventeen, pretty much has her life and dreams sorted - ace Year 12 and then get out of her little seaside town to study medicine or law. She gets great marks and is totally focused on her goal.
But then her Dad, a builder, employs a local surf god named Paul to help him on their summer renovation project. How can she possibly concentrate on her studies with him in the house?
With the encouragement of both her parents, and her usually strict Nonna, she starts to date him. They have a tumultuous relationship as Cat believes that she can’t possibly be good enough for the older Paul. He also questions why a private school girl with the world at her feet would stay with him. Is this destined to just be a summer fling?
Well written, this is a terrific, edgy romance that asks the age-old question of what defines love. These two come from opposite lives, with one a gorgeous but sometimes misogynistic surfer dude and the other a high-achieving private school girl. Their world truly collide and neither one is ready for the fallout. A great debut novel that will be best read by those aged 14 and older.
