

Taylor was a fairly boring character though her defining trait is her tendency to run away from problems instead of facing them, there isn’t much else particularly memorable about her. This book was pretty good, but definitely not 5-stars. Maybe this summer will give her a second chance to make things right. Struggling to cope with her father’s situation, her distant relationships with her siblings, and her rekindled crush on Henry, Taylor knows she can’t run from her problems this time. Taylor hasn’t been to Lake Pocono since she was 12, and spending the summer there means reuniting with her childhood friends Henry and Lucy, who, after their falling-out, haven’t spoken to her for five years.

Since he only has 3 months to live, give or take some, Taylor’s family decides to spend their last summer together at their old lake vacation home in the Pennsylvania mountains. Taylor Edwards’ life is turned upside down when her father is diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. It was nine a.m., we were leaving for the lake house in two hours, and I was running away.” When I was sure that it was, I shouldered my purse and closed the door behind me quietly, then took the stairs down to the kitchen two at a time.

Favorite quote: “You can always find your way out, no matter how lost you are.”įirst lines: “I eased open my bedroom door to check that the hallway was empty.
