I'm a girl. I met a boy. Why can't it stay that simple? Here, in this town, summer doesn't just mean tiny bikinis and sunglasses, white toothed grins and lounging at the beach. It means pain. And loss. And false promises. It means liars pretending to be saints, friends pretending to be enemies, rivals pretending to be lovers. For me, it means being crushed. The Crush, actually. The one they all want simply because they were told to. It means being surrounded by beautiful faces and gorgeous bodies, sweet words and sizzling kisses. It means being wanted and despised. My name is Chloe Summer, and I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, this summer could be my last.
I had the honor of receiving this book as an ARC. Cushing Summer has to be the oddest book that I’ve read in a long time. Odd, not in a bad way, but like a “What the hell!?” type book. Although it did take me a few chapters to really get into it, I did eventually get sucked in because with so much going on in the book, you couldn’t turn away without finding out what happened next!
Chloe
Summers home town has an odd summer tradition called “The Assignment”, during
the summer months all law enforcement and parents turn a blind eye. Every child
ages 13-18 participate, voted into school “politics” and have to behave as
their assigned part…King, Queen Bee, Crush, Heart throb, Jock, Outcast etc.
Although some take this a little TOO seriously. Last year the “Crush” was
murdered, yet the towns police wrote it off as nothing but an accident!!
Chloe wants
absolutely no part in the “assignment” this year, especially after meeting the
new kids in town, Julie and her brother, Casper. Yet, someone has put in her
name, and she is crowned “Crush”. Everyone in town is to “want her”, to “be
her”… she is chased around town with flowers, love notes and chocolates..
Julie is a
young year old girl who is terminally ill, and Casper does everything in his power
to make sure that she is safe. Except, the town voted Julie as “Outcast”… All
of the kids in town are to treat her as such. She gets tomatoes thrown at her,
her house egged and TPed.. Ridiculous behavior!!
There are
way too many characters to name in this review, but Chloe is torn between
building a relationship with Casper, protecting Julie, staying close to the “King”
for protection, and getting to the bottom of last year traumatic events. Like I
said there is a lot going on all at once.
I didn’t
pay too much attention to the love relationship side of the book because there
was just so much else going on. This is my first C.M. Stunich novel but she has
certainly grabbed my attention with this one!
Enjoy <3
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