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3.97 AVERAGE


Fun, quick, light.

Adorable quick read.
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced
adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Such a fun cute read!! I could not put it down once I started. The wilderness trip storyline was like reliving my trail crew summer, made me miss it and all the people. I could relate to this book too much, and loved the character development of Helen learning to love life. 

Favorite quote from the book that hit home so much: “But it would never be this group again, in this place, with these circumstances. This was a moment in time that was already lost.”. Literally teared up because I felt that so hard after my summer in the wilderness having an experience of a life time with people I never expected to know. 

Jake was a cute male lead, and it’s fun to see an age difference you don’t see much. 
funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was incredibly readable. Helen is a great character and Jake is adorable. I'll admit, having watched the movie first, I did tend to superimpose the characters from the film into the story as I read. 

This was better than the movie in many ways. Helen was more likeable and her motivation made more sense. 

A lot of fun and just enough sadness to make it really, really sweet.