My Life Next Door: Huntley Fitzpatrick

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Okay, I will admit I loved, loved, loved the beginning of the book and pretty much to the half way mark. I love Sam and Jase so much and I absolutely adore Jase's big family of 10. 8 kids, 2 parents and another on the way. Remember when Sam and me agreed on something? Frankly, it just made my day. Truly. Hope to die and all that shit. I dislike the fact that the "unexpected event" was so obviously implemented there with no connection whatsoever with the story line, just to try to mix things up a little. And the ending was so perfectly convenient for everybody I still feel like throwing up. However, all is not perfect, and Jase and Sam eventually find themselves facing a very real crisis. One that could ultimately tear them apart. I dislike this weird dynamic between Jase, Sam and Tim. And at one point, I just couldn't care any less to understand.

Sam's sister was okay. I hated Sam's mom and her moms young boyfriend, Clay that is helping her on her campaign on becoming a senator. He was the best first boyfriend you could have. Smart, cute, funny, and patient. I liked how open he was and honest, how he treated Sam so well even when things got rough. Also I loved how he was there for his siblings, for his parents, and I loved how he kept fighting for his dreams (figuratively speaking) even though there were such slim chances for them to come true. As the two fall fiercely for each other, stumbling through awkwardness and awesomeness of first love, something unthinkable happens and Samantha's world starts crumbling. She's suddenly faced with an impossible decision. But I can't forget mentioning the entire Garrett family! Made up of eight totally individual children and two adoring parents, the Garretts are my dream family. Loud, fun, hilarious, affectionate. Obviously Jase is my favourite, but George — Jase's adorable 4-year-old brother who watches too much Discovery Channel for his own good — was a close favourite! :')

The humor! The wit! The complexity! This book was funny like I didn't expect, and heartwarming in ways I never imagined. The only reason (and I mean ONLY) that this book gets a 4.95 instead of a full 5 stars is because I felt like the ending didn't wrap up enough. There's this big, bad event that happens, and I don't think it made the characters grow. If anything, we just get a lot of anxiety, sitting around and waiting for something to happen. When it does, it was anti-climatic. He's [the Obvious Dad] even got Tim's pot plant in with his own plants, giving it Miracle-Gro. What kind of man was young in the eighties and doesn't recognize marijuana?" P.S. My older sister read this book in two days... and she hasn't read another book in six months! Now try and TELL ME that the amazingness of this book is just in my head! x)

This book was worth waiting for. 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.Over multiple occasions, Samantha is introduced to the other members of the Garrett family and is later asked by Mrs. Garrett to babysit the younger children, to which she agrees. This results in Jase and Samantha spending more time together and their friendship soon turns into a romantic relationship. A fun and refreshing, sweet summer read! The writing was fluid and wonderfully captured the essence of being a teen in a very realistic manner.

There's only one thing that I missed - I wanted him to play a song for Sam, as i love guys paying guitar. I LOVED that this book put a smile on my face and made me laugh almost the entire book. Although it did have me teary eye a little bit at one point. :o)With one of the funnest contemporary casts of all time, an extremely sweet and beautiful romance, and a twist that will be a surprise, My Life Next Door is undoubtedly one of the best contemporaries of all time — and one of my all-time favourites as well! Samantha is faced with doing the right thing when she realizes that her mother has affected the Garrett family in which she has become a pseudo-member. Jase and Samantha’s relationship was adorable, snarky, and well done and I’m excited to find another great author. The story wasn’t too young for my tastes but just the right amount of first love, summer fun, and villain drama. This just felt way too heavy and dramatic in a way that seemed very pointless. Also, I did not care for the characters much at all, so it was a slog to get through it. OH BOY. Can I just forget it? To me My Life Next Door is silly, filled with platitudes and flat dialogues, bland and stereotypical characters I don't give a shit about (including a perfect snowflake and an absent mum), an instalovish romance with no chemistry whatsoever and - Well, I guess that's all.

It's not insta-love guys, because it's not the first time they talk. Nope. It's the second time, not to mention that she has stalked him for years. Of course it counts! Five YA novels that inspire author Lauren Morrill". Happy Ever After. 2012-12-12 . Retrieved 2019-05-16. And yeah… I have a tiny complain. Where the hell is the end??? Seriously!!! I am missing it. I know I have an imagination and blah blah blah but come on!!! Stars!! This was a 5 plus star read for me…until the end, because there really wasn’t one, or at least not one that satisfied me. I only detracted a half a star, because the rest of the book was amazing. I enjoyed the comparisons and stereotypes of two completely different families. But they are also a happy, loving family, and Samantha cannot help becoming drawn to their unique lifestyle. For Samantha, watching them is like dreaming--until one day Jase climbs up to her window, and the Garrett's finally materialize.He was troubled, but he was such a nice guy. I didn't know he was supposed to have so much impact in this story, so it was a great surprise and I loved all the moments with him. He was such a good friend (when he was not being a jerk and when he was sober). I thought this book would be very cliché: little rich girl falls for the boy next door; gets a whole new perspective on life through the eyes of a financially-strained, but very happy — unlike her own — family; and learns something big about herself over the course of one short summer. In a lot of ways, that is what this book is about. But, in truth, it is about so much more. I thought it would be about a romance. A contemporary novel that usually explores the values of family, friendship, life etc. Things like 'best friends forever' are easier to say than do, and the truth is that you don't need to work on keeping close a friend, you just have to be there, to enjoy the friendship.