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Summer Rental A Novel eBook Mary Kay Andrews

Summer is all too short here in my little corner of the world, and I’m always a little sad when Labor Day weekend rolls around. Hmm…how to extend that summertime feeling just a little longer? Why, Mary Kay Andrews, of course! MKA is the Queen of beachy-summer reads and I can always count on her to bring a little southern charm and sunshine into my life, regardless of the season.

This is the story of three women in their 30’s who have been best friends since childhood. Julia, Dorie and Ellis spend a “girls-only” month in the Outer Banks in a semi-dilapidated cottage owned by hunky Ty Bazemore. Everyone is at loose ends: Ellis has just lost her job (and a sizeable chunk of her identity), Dorie’s marriage is in crisis and Julia can’t commit to her long-time love. For his part Ty is in deep financial trouble and in imminent danger of losing the cottage to the bank. Add an enigmatic stranger that’s fleeing something – or someone – into the mix and you have the perfect recipe for a steamy August vacation at the beach.

This was a cute story, but lacked the southern charm of the author’s other novels set in Savannah or Charleston. I do have to say that reading this book brought back a lot of fun memories of long ago beach vacations spent in ramshackle cottages that became “home” for a few short weeks. While the writing itself is good, there's a bit of a soap opera quality to the storyline, with the characters all caught up in various personal melodramas. At nearly 500 pages this book felt a bit too long to me; there’s just not enough story here to fill all those pages and there were times when I felt like the book just ran out of steam. Still, it was a pleasant read and I could practically smell the Coppertone and feel the sand in my flip-flops, and that’s really what I was looking for. I waffled between a 3 or 4 star rating for this one, but overall I enjoyed it so 4 stars it is!

Occasional swearing/strong language and some brief adult content.


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Summer Rental A Novel eBook Mary Kay Andrews Reviews

A most tiresome book by this author. I feel like she had to write it to fulfill contractual obligations.

I have truly enjoyed her other books, including "Blue Christmas", which was really sappy. But this book, really, had the most sanitized, annoying characters ever. I just can't believe that these thirty something girls(they didn't act like women) could be so clueless. Yet they were.

And the plot...all wrapped up neatly...no zip, no sparkle, no giggles, no suspense, contrived sex..brought on only continual naps by reading this at the beach...and at home.

Sad to say, I would not recommend this book. I'd rather re-read all her others, they were good and the characters had real substance. And I missed those characters after finishing the books. I don't ever want to encounter this group again.
There are few things I enjoy reading more than a good chick lit book, and Summer Rental was just that.

Ellis, Julia, and Dorie are three women in their mid 30s who have been best friends since grade school. They decide to rent a house on the Outer Banks for the month of August as a girls getaway. Throw in Ty, the good looking landlord, and Maryn, a woman on the run from her troubles, and there are twists and turns along the way.

What I loved most about Summer Rental was it centered on a group of women in their 30s, not their 20s. As I enter that new decade, I love finding books with characters in that age bracket. It's a must read for a summer day or two at the beach or pool!
Themes of friendship, trust, and challenging events during a tough economy pepper the pages of this delightful book.

Ellis, Julia, and Dorie have been friends since early childhood, but now, separated geographically and by their circumstances, they are looking forward to their summer vacation in a beach house in Nags Head, North Carolina. Dorie's sister Willa has begged her way into the vacation, but Ellis is determined not to let anything annoy her. She has arranged it all online, and of all the women, she is feeling very much in need of something she can control. She has just been "downsized" after a successful banking career, so her future looks uncertain.

Arriving first, she is somewhat disappointed by how much the house needs a major overhaul, but decides to make the best of it. While waiting for her friends, she observes a man in the garage apartment next door...a hunky man. But she is determined to focus on the friendship connections.

When the three friends gather together, they start off the month like a real girlfriend getaway. But all kinds of things happen over the next few days and weeks that turn things into so much more. A stray woman with secrets of her own manages to rent one of the rooms--after Dorie's sister Willa cancels out on them--and trying to ferret out this woman's secrets could turn everything into a completely different kind of event.

Mix in some romance and girlfriend makeovers, and you have a fun page-turner. The thrilling ending has enough excitement to keep the reader turning pages.

Despite these events, Summer Rental was a pleasant, somewhat predictable read in many ways. But the aforementioned elements kept it from being tired or stale, so I gave it four stars.
For a Mary Kay Andrews book it took awhile to draw me into the story. There were lots of female characters and I kept wondering who would be take the lead. The story did has a sense of mystery and end up with a suspenseful ending. It was again a movie scene, and lots of designing of the beach house. Good read but not her best.
Southern summers spent by the shore, any shire, is a gift all if it’s own. There’s just something about it that keeps me in Florida on any lake of river. These girls come back together like all best friends do, and it’s like they never skipped a beat. And they get some excitement thrown into the mix. The ending was a bit abrupt. That’s really my only issue.
I've read a few of Andrews' other books and I love them! This book didn't disappoint. It had the right amount of relationship gooeyness and other twists and turns. I highly recommend this as a Summer read. I couldn't put it down and finished it in a matter of a few days.
Summer is all too short here in my little corner of the world, and I’m always a little sad when Labor Day weekend rolls around. Hmm…how to extend that summertime feeling just a little longer? Why, Mary Kay Andrews, of course! MKA is the Queen of beachy-summer reads and I can always count on her to bring a little southern charm and sunshine into my life, regardless of the season.

This is the story of three women in their 30’s who have been best friends since childhood. Julia, Dorie and Ellis spend a “girls-only” month in the Outer Banks in a semi-dilapidated cottage owned by hunky Ty Bazemore. Everyone is at loose ends Ellis has just lost her job (and a sizeable chunk of her identity), Dorie’s marriage is in crisis and Julia can’t commit to her long-time love. For his part Ty is in deep financial trouble and in imminent danger of losing the cottage to the bank. Add an enigmatic stranger that’s fleeing something – or someone – into the mix and you have the perfect recipe for a steamy August vacation at the beach.

This was a cute story, but lacked the southern charm of the author’s other novels set in Savannah or Charleston. I do have to say that reading this book brought back a lot of fun memories of long ago beach vacations spent in ramshackle cottages that became “home” for a few short weeks. While the writing itself is good, there's a bit of a soap opera quality to the storyline, with the characters all caught up in various personal melodramas. At nearly 500 pages this book felt a bit too long to me; there’s just not enough story here to fill all those pages and there were times when I felt like the book just ran out of steam. Still, it was a pleasant read and I could practically smell the Coppertone and feel the sand in my flip-flops, and that’s really what I was looking for. I waffled between a 3 or 4 star rating for this one, but overall I enjoyed it so 4 stars it is!

Occasional swearing/strong language and some brief adult content.