My Life Next Door

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This results in Jase and Samantha spending more time together and their friendship soon turns into a romantic relationship. This summer Samantha will fall in love and she will find the courage and strength to stand up for her self. Her mum takes any opportunity to roll her eyes at their house, but Samantha spends the majority of her time looking over into their garden and wishing she could join in with their seemingly much more fun lives.

Even though at times I was irritated with the parents for having baby after baby, leaving the older ones to pick up the slack. Samantha lives next door to Jase for 10 years before they actually have their first encounter with each other on a face-to-face level. I think the author’s intention was for this novel to be an expose about how a girl who seems to have everything together really doesn’t. But when Mr Silver disappears, and a shadow from the past threatens everything, the Emporium and all its wonders begin to crumble. Garrett is that he's out of ICU, and Sam's mom is still checking to see how he's doing; I would have liked for there to have been a coming-home-from-the-hospital scene, or at least a mention of a full recovery, but as a whole I think the climax was handled well.His family is something she wishes she could be a part of while her family is "prim and proper", mostly, and she always follows the rules. My Life Next Door is everything I want from a YA contemporary novel: a close-knit American town setting; a realistic and believable romance; a supportive and loving family (especially toddler George!

I remember being super excited for this book because Katie from Katie's Book Blog compared the level of awesomeness to Anna and the French Kiss. I'm sure Sam wants to know why her friend is so confused and why she needs to run away so desperately but wait.She stands up for herself and the people she cares about when it counts most, she thinks independently from her main influence in life — in this case, her mother — in a way that is smart and not just teenage rebellion. Yet when the unthinkable happens and tragedy strikes, Samantha will have to think hard between making the right decision, making the wrong one could ultimately destroy both the families that she loves. We need to part ways now though, at 35%, but don't worry, I'll compile here every amazing moment we shared together. As the two fall fiercely for each other, stumbling through the awkwardness and awesomeness of first love, Jase’s family embraces Samantha – even as she keeps him a secret from her own.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Samantha is rich and beautiful, and viewed as the girl who has it all, yet her life isn't as perfect as it seems. Then Samantha still has to deal with the emptiness that accompanies her father walked out on the family, although it was before she was born. Of course this situation all solves itself up very nicely, but I hated its entire presence in the novel.I considered shelving the book far too many times to enjoy it, and just felt like the book was far too fluffy. Mom works all the time, Sam is usually alone so one day Jace pulls an Edward Cullen, climbs up to Samantha's balcony and BOOM, Cupid! Family is heavily mentioned in this novel as we see a stark contrast between two families; the Reeds and the Garretts. Despite coming from a wealthy background, she was extremely down-to-earth and the complete opposite to her condescending mother.

Despite that, My Life Next Door is a fantastic contemporary, that I will most likely re-read in the future. The Garrett's are everything Samantha's mother is not: unorganized, noisy, messy, and genuinely unconcerned with the opinions of others. A story that will make you dream and believe that everything is possible in this world if you find your Jase.Also, I decided to up my rating to a full 4 stars after writing this review, because it did clear more things for me! Samantha knows that her mother is responsible for this act that is causing the Garretts to suffer, but no one else knows about it, so what should she do? I've read it in two days despite the fact that I was head over heels in all that boring end-of-the-school-year paperwork that us, teachers, are so fond of. This is a friendship problem with Nan – one which, in my opinion, was original, different, and really interesting.