Thirty Sunsets by Christine Hurley Deriso

Publisher: Flux
Release Date:July 8th 2014
Pages: 240
Source: Publisher
Age Range: Young Adult

To Forrest Shephard, getting away to the family's beach house with her parents and her brother, Brian, is the best part of every summer. Until this year, when her mother invites Brian's obnoxious girlfriend, Olivia, to join them. Suddenly, Forrest's relaxing vacation becomes a mission to verify the reality of Olivia's rumored eating disorder. But the truth behind Olivia's finicky eating isn't at all what Forrest expected. And over the next thirty days, Forrest's world is turned upside down as her family's darkest secrets begin to come to light.

I found Thirty Sunsets a very nice in-between read. The story was entertaining to read, altough it didn't move me very much. Forrest isn't on the good side with her brother's girlfriend Olivia, but then she finds out something about Olivia that changes her point of view. The other storyline with her and Scott was very grim. Secrets just filled this book. I felt that there where some secrets I understood why they kept them to themselves but there was a couple where I felt that they needed to know. Even though nothing should change, it is better for a person to find out from that person rather than hear it from someone else.

It's a fast summer read set against the background of summer. I recommend it to fans of contemporary YA authors like Sarah Dessen.