This book would be diffently a great summer read on the beach in the back yard even a cozy couch read I enjoy the writing a book you can get through at a good semi fast paced the characters each have had full and individual personalities that you could understand they had flaws and and had a lot of depth to them which I appreciate the daughter was a typical teenage girl the atmosphere of the book was good with the writing I could completely visualize the summer the house which you know is important another thing I really liked about the book was the relationships in the beginning I could feel for everyone I think this could be a great summer read and I think if you can get your hands on the book you should