By Jacquelyn Mitchard
After a bit of a slow start, this story of four women lost at sea is suspenseful and exciting. Tracy, Olivia, Holly and Janis have been life long friends, going way back to their days of Catholic school. Even back then, they were daring, fun loving girls. Twenty-five years after graduation, they are reuniting for the trip of a lifetime: sailing on a small yacht to various islands in the Caribbean. When Janis is forced to drop out at the last minute due to her husband’s emergency surgery, Tracy’s college student daughter Cammie takes her place.
At first, the trip is wonderful, the ladies are all enjoying each other’s company and Cammie is flirting with Michel, one of the two crewmen on board. Then, things start to go terribly wrong and the women end up alone in the boat with no power and little food or water as they endure bad weather, serious injuries, hungry sharks, and even drug smugglers. The difficult conditions bring out the worst and the best in each woman.
Although this isn’t exactly literary fiction, I still found it to be well written with interesting characters. I really enjoyed the adventurous aspects of the novel even though it might stretch the imagination a bit. There is one plot twist that is totally obvious but plays out in an interesting way. For Mitchard’s more serious side, I’d recommend The Breakdown Lane or Christmas, Present. An entertaining book that’s hard to put down, Still Summer would make a great movie!
After a bit of a slow start, this story of four women lost at sea is suspenseful and exciting. Tracy, Olivia, Holly and Janis have been life long friends, going way back to their days of Catholic school. Even back then, they were daring, fun loving girls. Twenty-five years after graduation, they are reuniting for the trip of a lifetime: sailing on a small yacht to various islands in the Caribbean. When Janis is forced to drop out at the last minute due to her husband’s emergency surgery, Tracy’s college student daughter Cammie takes her place.
At first, the trip is wonderful, the ladies are all enjoying each other’s company and Cammie is flirting with Michel, one of the two crewmen on board. Then, things start to go terribly wrong and the women end up alone in the boat with no power and little food or water as they endure bad weather, serious injuries, hungry sharks, and even drug smugglers. The difficult conditions bring out the worst and the best in each woman.
Although this isn’t exactly literary fiction, I still found it to be well written with interesting characters. I really enjoyed the adventurous aspects of the novel even though it might stretch the imagination a bit. There is one plot twist that is totally obvious but plays out in an interesting way. For Mitchard’s more serious side, I’d recommend The Breakdown Lane or Christmas, Present. An entertaining book that’s hard to put down, Still Summer would make a great movie!
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