Book Review: East Coast Girls | Kerry Kletter

📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚

BOOK: East Coast Girls

AUTHOR: Kerry Kletter

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Stars: ⭐⭐⭐

Published: May 26, 2020

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This is one of those instances in which I need to explain that 3 stars doesn’t mean I didn’t like a book. In fact, it means I thought it was a beautifully written book, but not one in which I was connected with personally. 

It is very well written though, with beautiful language. Piecing together the story of what happened “that night”, you travel with the girls to discover how to heal after so many years. However, I felt like the story didn’t go far enough. It almost ended far too early, with a few stories I would have liked to see with a little more journey. On top of that, the actual reveal of what happened was built up to something a little less intense than I expected. Not that I wanted something worse to happen to the girls, but the trauma of a decade really only affected 1 or 2 profoundly enough for them to be acting out in the way they do.  

That being said, I do have to say that the characters did have some very realistic feelings. I could see this speaking to people in a very real way. But for me, I felt like I needed more to really resonate with me.  

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Small Summary:

Childhood friends Hannah, Maya, Blue and Renee share a bond that feels more like family. Growing up, they had difficult home lives, and the summers they spent vacationing together in Montauk were the happiest memories they ever made—campfires on the beach, salt-spray hair and the effervescent excitement of the bright future ahead. Then, the summer after graduation, one terrible night changed everything.

Twelve years have passed since that fateful incident, and during that time, their sisterhood has drifted apart, each woman haunted by her own lost innocence. But just as they reunite in Montauk for one last summer together, hoping to heal those wounds and find happiness once more, tragedy strikes again. This time it’ll test them like never before, forcing them to confront decisions they’ve each had to live with and old secrets that refuse to stay buried.

*****

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.