Blog Post #26: Summer Boys

Right now I am reading the book Summer Boys by Hailey Abbott, it is about 3 cousins that have love troubles and want to find a guy for the summer.  Jamie Tuttle and her 2 cousins are back in Pebble Beach for another summer. Jamie reunites with her last summer boyfriend, Ethan, but things change quick when he tells her that he just wants to be friends. Ella is a girl that bounces around guys, but this summer she wants to find a person to settle down with. She falls in love with a singer at a concert named Peter, but her sister gets to him first.  Beth wants to find a boyfriend that does not just like her looks. Though, soon she finds out that she is in love with her best friend, George. Throughout the book she hides her feelings from George because he found a summer girl. The theme of this book is that you cannot rely on something or someone to be the same forever. Also another theme is that if you made a choice and regretted it, do not make it into a big emotional pain. You should live from your mistakes and move on with your life.

The theme of this book is that people cannot rely on things being like the way they were before because things or people can change. When Jamie came back to Pebble Beach she was so excited to see Ethan, but he had changed since the last time she had seen him. I think that nothing can stay the same forever, especially people. Things can change in a split second, but that is life and you should just get over it. No one can stay the same person forever. Ethan changed in one summer, but Jamie still thought that he was in love with her. Jamie really thought that Ethan would be her one and only love, but that turned out to be wrong.

Based on the story I can tell that the theme connects to real life because in real life there are a lot of breakups, hook ups, and fights. Ella broke up and hooked up many times, but never found the right guy. Ella made many wrong choices, but she never regretted them and just moved on. Though she did regret trying to get her sister’s boyfriend to notice her and go out with her. In real life people would try to do things that they would later regret, but they never move on. They should just keep on living their life and forget about their mistakes. Ella really wanted to settle down with a guy, but she soon hurts her sister by doing so.

Sometimes people can keep on staying out of the way, but really want to show what they really feel. Beth made a choice that she regretted and it was that she set George up with a hot summer girl. It would have been better if Beth figured out that she was in love with George before that. Beth started to feel jealous of Cara because she wanted to be in her spot hanging out with George. I think that Beth could have stopped this emotional pain if she figured out her love quicker instead of waiting for Cara to show her that she loved him. Even though Beth made a big mistake she still made it through and continued to live her life.

In conclusion, there were 2 themes in this book that played big roles. I think that you cannot rely on someone or something to be the same as they were before because things can change in a second. Also, if you made a choice that was regretful you should just move on with your life. You should not make a mistake take over your life so you cannot live it freely anymore. It can’t make your life into a huge pain.