I see London, I see France...I see Sydney's underpants.
Nineteen-year-old Sydney has the perfect summer mapped out. She's spending the next four and a half weeks travelling through Europe with her childhood best friend Leela. Their plans include Eiffel Tower selfies, eating cocco gelato, and making out with très hot strangers.
Her plans do not include Leela's cheating ex-boyfriend showing up on the flight to London, falling for the cheating ex-boyfriend's très hot friend, monitoring her mother's spiraling mental health via texts, or feeling like the rope in a friendship tug of war.
In this hilarious and unforgettable adventure, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski tells the story of a girl learning to navigate secret romances, thorny relationships, and the London Tube. As Sydney zigzags through Amsterdam, Switzerland, Italy, and France, she must learn when to hold on, when to keep moving, and when to jump into the Riviera...wearing only her polka dot underpants.
From Goodreads:
Sam's summer isn't off to a great start. Her boyfriend, Eli, ditched her for a European backpacking trip, and now she's a counselor at Camp Blue Springs: the summer camp her eleven-year-old self swore never to return to. Sam expects the next seven weeks to be a total disaster.
That is, until she meets Gavin, the camp's sailing instructor, who turns her expectations upside down. Gavin may have gotten the job just for his abs. Or that smile. Or the way he fills Sam's free time with thrilling encounters—swimming under a cascade of stars, whispering secrets over s'mores, embarking on one (very precarious) canoe ride after dark.
It's absurd. After all, Sam loves Eli. But one totally absurd, completely off-the-wall summer may be just what Sam needs. And maybe, just maybe, it will teach her something about what she really wants.
Perfect for fans of 99 Days and Anna and the French Kiss, this unforgettable, sun-drenched summer romance from one of YA's bestselling and most beloved authors, Sarah Mlynowski, is an irresistible dive into the joys of seizing the day and embracing the unexpected.
My Review:
These books were a lot of fun to read. And it was interesting to see the contrast between traveling Europe, and staying in one summer camp in America, for about the same amount of time. It was really fantastic to read, and I really enjoyed both of these characters!
Sydney was a really great character, she was dependable, and she was the one who planned the trip, even though she was a last minute passenger. And she had a difficult home life in where she was needed, and leaving, well, she had to deal with a few things.
I wasn't sure if Just a Boy was a sequel or not to I See London, since it was a series on Goodreads when I made this post, but not when I was reading these books. But since they take place at the same time, with some crossover characters, with Kat's boyfriend being Gavin, and Eli's girlfriend being Sam, I decided that yeah, this is a series, at least to me!
Sam, I enjoyed, she wanted to be a teacher. I didn't like all of her decisions, because hey, cheating isn't cool. But she stood up to people who were being mean, so that was great. Plus that ending was unexpected, there were hints, but I loved how it ended, and that we got a line about how Sydney was doing, how her future was going to go, that was really great!
I really enjoyed reading these books, they were fairly light and cherry, dealing with some adult topics, and I had a great time reading them!
Author: Sarah Mlynowski
Series: I See London, I See France #1, 2
Read: May 22nd, 22nd, 2020
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really good and I've enjoyed her writing, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2020 Books!
Publisher:
Published: July 11th 2017, May 19th 2020
I See London, I See France:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
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