Week 49 Review: Changes in Latitude

From Goodreads:
Jen Malone, author of teen novels Wanderlost and Map to the Stars, will take readers to the high seas—literally—in this contemporary YA novel about a girl facing the dissolution of her parents' marriage, a new romance, and self-discovery while sailing down the Pacific coast.

After concluding that her is to blame for her parents' recent divorce, Cassandra McClure is hoping to stay as far away from her as possible. With a summer of freedom right around the corner, it shouldn't be too hard. But when a forty-foot sailboat appears in her driveway and her mom announces that Cassie and her brother Drew will be accompanying her on a four-month sailing trip down to Mexico, Cassie's plans for the summer go, quite literally, overboard.

Once the three set sail, tensions quickly rise. So meeting Jonah—a gorgeous, whip-smart deckhand—is an unexpected bright spot on an otherwise dim horizon. Though she tries to keep him at a distance—considering the upheaval of her home life—their chemistry is impossible to ignore, and Cassie soon finds herself questioning everything: Should she go for it with Jonah? Can she forgive her mom? Will home ever feel the same? With life's unpredictable tides working against her, Cassie must decide whether to swim against them, or dive right in. 

My Review:
I enjoyed reading this story. I've been on cruises, but they were only a week long, or so. And this was to be 4 months long. And cruise ships are huge, and the boat that Cassie and her family is on is fairly tiny. So it was a new experience to read about! 

This is mainly a story about a family dealing with the aftermath of a divorce, and the summer they spend together on a boat. And I enjoyed watching these characters have to deal with the issues that have been popping up. They had their fair share of blame, though! 

Cassie was pretty headstrong, she was pretty stubborn, and having to go on this trip with her family was not in the plans she had made. And there is the start of a romance in this book, which was really great to have something positive while dealing with the family drama, though having that drama was cathartic.

I'm a little iffy on the ending of this book. It was a bit abrupt, but I loved how things were dealt with that were not left open ended. The main conflict was resolved, but there were a few questions that were left to be answered that I wish we had gotten. 

This was a great book, and I had a good time reading it! 

Author: Jen Malone
Read: November 28th, 2020
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: I've enjoyed her writing, and it's a SAC 2020 Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: July 25th 2017

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