Anger is all I feel

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Effie (18) and Henry (20) are on their honeymoon to Cape May, New Jersey; a place that Effie visited as a child, unfortunately, that place in September is nothing like Effie remembers. Just when they decide to cut their honeymoon short, and return home to Signal Creek, Georgia, they are invited to stay with Clara and Max at Clara’s family’s home. What follows is a whole lot of drinking, partying and sex not necessarily with the person you came with.

I had high hopes for this book, but it fell short for me. None of the characters had any redeeming qualities, and the only emotion I felt while reading this book was anger. I realize it took place in 1957, but still the double standard and the awful way Henry treated his wife of two weeks was appalling.

Thank you to the publisher for the advanced copy won in a BookishFirst giveaway; all opinions are my own.