The Peach Keeper
For the most part, I enjoyed this book. It is a pretty quick read. I liked the themes of friendship that the author explored, such as childhood vs. adult friendships and can they really make the transition? What makes a true friend and when is is OK to let a friendship go? The author also explores how much of our childhood self we carry over into our adult life and how it shapes who we are as adults. As for the characters themselves, I was most impressed by Paxton's character. I think she goes through the most change in the book and I was rooting for her in the end. I also enjoyed the friendship that develops between Willa and Paxton. This book offers two romances. I'm not sure I really bought into the relationship between Willa and Collin. In the end, I wasn't sure why they were together. Their relationship was quite boring and I couldn't really see how either character changed enough to want to be together. The relationship between Paxton and Sebastian was much more intense, although the question of "is he or isn't he" was dragged out a bit longer than it needed to be. (I won't give you the answer, you have to read it to find out). I liked their friendship and think their relationship was the stronger of the two.
I felt like the description of the book was a bit deceiving as there is no real mystery in the book. It's pretty easy to figure out who Tucker Devlin is; even though it takes the main characters a while to get there. I would recommend the book. I think it would be a good beach read this summer.
